Newborn sleeping

The safest place for a baby to sleep for the first 6 months (including naps) is in a room with an adult. This greatly reduces the risk of SIDS. When we were kids the advice was different, and since introducing safer sleeping advice the rate of SIDS has dropped drastically. So it’s different from when we were babies, but worth following the latest guidance.

They should be in a Moses basket or next to me crib in the same room as you until 6 months due to risk of sids and also baby will likely wake you to want a feed every few hours x

Next to me until 5 months old then moved to own room , do whatever you feel comfortable with.

We kept our baby in the same room until 8 months. We definitely wanted to do the 6 months minimum as it's protective against SIDS. Your family probably didn't do that as there wasn't as much research into SIDS then and it wasn't common knowledge what can help and what can be dangerous. When I was a baby I had a cot with bedding, toys etc which we now know is also unsafe and baby should be in a completely clear space.

Mine was a very noisy sleeper so I had to move his bassinet out of my room just before 4 months and sleep trained him. I used a baby camera monitor. It was quite scary at first when he didn’t wake up for a night feed.