Ladies I need advice and support, tonight is the first night my little boy is going to sleep in his big cot in his own room for the last 7 months he has always been in his next to me crib in my room I need advice and support of how tonight will go I'm currently sat at the top of my stairs crying my eyes out due to knowing my little boy isn't going to be in my room on a night anymore. What can I do to help him fall asleep in his own room. Please help a mamma out x
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I was the same worried two nights ago and she did completely fine! Honestly we all sleep better for it you’ll be ok!

Honestly baby will be fine. Both times I managed to fit the cot in our room for a little bit before moving baby into their own room, only so they were used to sleeping in their cot first. I'm not sure it would have really made any difference. My first went into his own room at 6 months, my second was 8 months. I wouldn't say their sleep particularly improved, they both still woke twice a night, but it definitely didn't get any worse. I still rock/cuddle baby to sleep now and he's almost 10 months, but its completely up to you what works best

Asking based on how you’ve written this, do you need him to be in his own room?

I did this when he was 6 months old… fast forward he still sleeps in my bed every night 😂😂😂 was wasted tears he lasted a few hours ahahhaha

I say try doing a day nap in his room , at 8 months my baby still struggles with sleep. Some days are great and some aren’t.

We were really ready at 6 months to get our bedroom back so in a diff position to you (wanted to put light on chat before bed etc rather than tiptoeing around).
At this point Charlie was putting himself to sleep so we did the same routine and then left him to fall asleep :)

Started at 5 months in her own room , honestly nearly 4 months down the line I still wait for her to wake up at 4am to bring her into our bed because I miss her so much

Awee my baby is 2 yrs and her crib is next to me. Literally next to me. She wants to sleep in her bed. But I don't want her too 😭. But I don't fight it. I want her to gain confidence to be independent. Momma is not ready thou 😍

attempted sleep training once I cut the feed to sleep association and failed miserably. none of us were happy and it didn’t feel right. I got a floor bed for her room we had a solid bedtime routine. after reading a couple books the lights go out, red nightlight on, rain sounds, and i’d say it’s time to close our eyes goodnight I love you, and I lay with her till she falls asleep and roll away. she feels safe and secure w her mama till she falls asleep and I still get to have my room back and alone time. I also found by supporting her to sleep this way she’d fall asleep very quickly bc she wasn’t fighting anything it was just the next thing we do together. if she wakes up i’ll go sleep in there w her bc it’s a floorbed, but putting her in her own room actually cut her wake ups immediately I think the true silence and not having dogs scratching themselves or us flipping over in our sleep did her wonders. i’d say her wake ups went from 2-3x a night to only a couple times a week.
She’s too pushy and I’ve said no endless times. It’ll be very stressful for him. I don’t pump because I don’t like it and my baby doesn’t like bottles. I’m currently trying to break nurse-sleep association. It doesn’t make any sense to attempt a sleepover because it’ll be just stressful for baby and I. I just can’t be asked to keep saying NO. It’s almost harassment. I said it’ll eventually happen once I’m back to work, not while I’m in mat leave as I don’t want to be away from my son yet. How can I approach this in a friendly way? She’s just too much sometimes and I’ve been very friendly and open about the idea, but not about the timing.
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