Moving baby to own room

My LO is 4.5 months and has nearly outgrown his cot in our room. My partner has suggested moving him to his own room, so he gets used to it before we ‘have’ to move him due to him being too long, but also as our snoring (I swear I don’t snore lol) sometimes wakes LO up.

I know and appreciate the arguments against moving him before he’s 6 months old, and completely understand so please no judgement. And we are just considering things. So, I wondered if anyone has moved thier LO into thier own room at this age, how did it go? Also how did you feel, I feel a bit sad my little baby isn’t so little anymore and may not be in our room with us much longer (small bedroom, won’t fit a bigger cot or travel cot in there).

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We moved my LO a week ago and it went great - didn't bat an eyelid at the change, but he was consistently napping in his own room for at least 8 weeks before we moved him. He loves to wriggle in his sleep and with more space he no longer wakes himself up hitting the side of the next to me. I genuinely think he prefers his own room and we keep the monitor on at night so I can hear him (but not see him as monitor screen is off).

I was sad for the first night but in all honesty being able to get up to pee, cough, sneeze without worrying about waking him up was such a relief and I quickly felt happy he was so much happier/sleeping better in his own room and I actually think his self soothing is much better

Thanks that is so reassuring, looking forward to being able to not worry as much about waking him up…and to be able to go to bed and watch TV in my PJs for some me time lol

I think he will be better with less noise and baby monitor will be on all night. He has napped in his cot and I’ve been putting him in his cot to chill out while I do housework upstairs to get him used to it. Just feels like such a big step

We went for holiday to my partner's mum's house for a week and cot in bedroom just wouldn't fit to she was on her own in other room. When we came back, she wasn't even 5 months old and we tried her in her own bedroom. She seems to be sleeping better as partner doesn't wake her up with snoring ( I don't believe i snore so loud ). She's been in her room for a week and even bed time routine got better without fussing and she falls asleep pretty quick. I'm just going to say one thing. Guidelines are just guidelines, you don't have to do everything by them. If he is ready to be on his own, it's just good. Also yes, i was very very upset and i was crying first two nights. It is very normal. Also to prevent any problems, i recommend to have a video monitor above the cot in new bedroom so you can see and hear what's going on at any time. Helps you wake up quicker and reduce discomfort for LO. If it didn't go well, you can then reconsider and have him back in your bedroom. Hope this helped

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