Moving preemie to own room

Hey all, just after a bit of advice, my boy is now 6 months corrected and I feel like we are waking him up at night. Health wise he is good and his weight is fine, he can go through now without a feed, he is just having a lot of wakes as soon as we come to bed, which makes me think it’s not just developmental.

However I am really struggling with the idea of it, after having him in nicu.

It is bringing back memories of going to sleep without him and although I’m in counselling I’ve not mentally fully dealt with it yet (if I ever will).

I just know it is probably the best for his wellbeing to get more sleep and more sleep would likely also help me.

If you’ve moved your preemie out of your room, how did you go about it and any tips to make it a smooth transition? I feel he would be fine it’s just me!

Thanks in advance.

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Hi, I’ve had two preemies. I kept my first baby in our room probably too long as I was so worried about her being in another room. However she settled really well and slept so much better when she went.

We bought a sensor that went under her bed so if there was ever an issue it would alarm. It’s the only way I could sleep for a long time.

It worked for us but I know a lot of people didn’t need that reassurance

Good luck x

I did the same as above and bought a sensor pad to sit under the mattress in his cot. It’s the only way I’d be able to get any sleep!
We moved him into his own room at Christmas, when he was 6.5 months corrected age. To be honest, I did struggle with being separated from him but in the past 4 weeks he’s been waking up so much he ends up back in our bed anyway 😂

I've bought the babysense monitor and under mattress sensors to prepare for this for when we do move her and I'm going to start using it for her day naps anyway as she's still in a moses downstairs currently. I use the Snuza clip at the moment, so I wanted something else for when we stopped using that anyway.
Anything for peace of mind!

Could you set the monitor screen up on a bedside table maybe if you have one? Then you can still have bub next to you in a way, that's what I might do.

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