Room transition
Last night was the first time my little one slept in her own room (shared with her brother) when she was with us she slept through from 9:30 to 7 but last night we had a few wake ups luckily my son is a heavy sleeper so he didn’t wake up when she cried or stirred, my son didn’t sleep through until he was 18months so I’ve got nothing to compare her to but has anyone else transitioned and how long did it take to get back into their usual sleep pattern
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My son has done it really well and honestly pretty fast - around a week or two we had much less wake ups but I don’t know if that was his own room or teething etc waking him up. He does still wake up once around 5 for a bottle some days but luckily he’s not a crier just babbles😂 he’s an early riser anyway though
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Am I overreacting
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