Leaving Baby Alone to Sleep?

Absolutely fine! Just keep monitor with you in case, you can always go up and check if you’re nervous but enjoy the time 🥰

Personally I wouldn’t at that age. I know you do the bedtime routine but at that age they can sleep through most stuff so you and your partner could relax on the bed and catch up/ watch a show ect. That’s just my suggestions, I’m sure other will have better ideas x

Ι used to keep him with us downstairs at that age after having the bedtime routine. He used to wake up after 2 hrs regardless so it was easier for me too and i wasn’t feeling stressed. I started leaving him alone in the room with the monitor after the 5th or 6th week. But it’s up to you and how you feel about that

everyone is different but i didn’t even know about this with my first. i knew baby had to share a room until at least 6 months (nhs guidance) and we had a next to me crib too, but i had no idea i was expected to go to bed when he goes to bed too, so i didnt. i had the monitor with me and would go in and check on him periodically, but when he was newborn we started routine from the get go to try help with sleeping longer stretches etc, and bedtime for our baby was 7:30pm. we would start bedtime routine at 7pm. once i’d put him down, we’d chill in the living room until we were ready to go to bed, baby would usually wake before this (around 2 hours later) and we would feed, put him back down to sleep and then go to sleep ourselves. gradually he started sleeping longer and longer each night so routine helped, but i definitely didn’t feel like i needed to stay in the room whilst he slept xx

Personally I wouldn’t as it’s advised to keep them in the same room with you while they sleep especially this young. We just sat in bed watching tv together with baby in the room asleep. They sleep through everything at that age. We didn’t start sitting downstairs until she was about 4 months old even with a monitor x

As much as you should do what you want and you feel comfortable with, I feel it is important that you are fully informed and know the risks. Research suggests that babies should sleep in the same room as you for *at least* the first 6 months and this includes all daytime sleep too, to reduce risk of SIDS. So, this is up to you, but I would never happily tell someone it is fine to do so. Here is some info on safe sleep for you to make your own decisions. https://www.lullabytrust.org.uk/baby-safety/safer-sleep-information/safer-sleep-overview/

Personally no I wouldn’t. They recommend baby sleeping ALL sleep in the same room as you until 6 months minimum. 1 year ideally. This is for SIDS prevention and the use of a monitor does not provide the safety of breathing regulation.

Totally understand how important time with your partner is, but I agree with most other comments, I wouldn't leave baby alone while they are still so young. It's important they are close to you to regulate their temperature and breathing.

Thank you ladies!! Glad I asked the question, looks like I need to invest in a tv for the bedroom then! X

wireless headphones and a kindle have been my best friend 😂 me and my partner are in separate rooms right now as baby will only bedshare to sleep properly.

It’s only a season though, not forever x

tbf, my partner comes to bed a lot later due to shift patterns, so by then, we’re usually in the middle of first feed. As the babies in the crib next to me, it means my partner can still be in bed! Just miss that time together on an evening but we just need to find the “new normal” for us x

You do what you feel comfortable with ❤️ you’ll end up watching that monitor all night! We moved our little one into his own room at 12 weeks, he’s now 15 months and flourishing! NHS provides recommendations and guidance, it’s not law, so you do you and what works best for you, your partner and your little one x

I always just kept my little ones downstairs with me until around 10pm when I went to bed. I’m sure I read one of the reasons is because your breathing regulates theirs, so no I wouldn’t leave a 2 week old in a different room, but we did have a crib in the living room so I could put them down if asleep and relax, I’d then just take to bed with me around 10ish. Don’t worry, it’s not long and you do get your evenings back and it does feel such a relief! X

This is a completely different question, for the ones saying don't do this. I have never heard that they are supposed to be in the same room as you even for naps. How do y'all let your babies nap when you have a toddler? My two year old is LOUD and I'm having twins, I was planning on putting them in our room where they will sleep at night for naps?

yeah definitely a big change! We’ve not had much time together in the evening for a while but he’s slowly starting to do a bigger stretch at the start now that he’s 7m he can be left on his own. Although I’ve still not started doing that lol. His bedtime is about 8.30 so we just make do for now haha x

can’t comment on how to do this with a toddler but the guidance is from the NHS and the AAP also recommends at least 6 months for SIDS prevention as baby regulates their breathing, temperature etc from mum. I know some people say ‘do what you think is best’ but medically, the same room is best!

I wouldn’t. Our LG has always used white noise so she’d be in the Moses basket with us in the living room with the white noise on and we would watch tv and she wouldn’t be disturbed at all

they just sleep, honestly! I don't know how but my toddler rarely woke the baby.

my toddler isn't talking yet, he communicates by literally screaming as loud as he possibly can, pretty much constantly. I'm trying to work on it but we are still struggling. I've never even heard of this I always heard about them sleeping in the room with parents at night until at least 6 months, but not that they couldn't sleep separately at all. My son always slept in our room at nap time with me in the living room or kitchen doing stuff and always went to bed before us. I wonder if the advice is different in different countries.

I believe the advice is the same in America. It's to help their breathing and temperature regulations and therefore protect against SIDS. Just Google safe sleep and you'll find this information. It's all sleep for the first 6 months minimum.

everything I'm seeing says it's recommended for at least 6 months for night sleep, but the only thing saying the same about naps that I can find is from the NHS