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My husband wanted to move out baby into her own room at 6 months because he went with the safe sleeping recommendation timeline. Trouble is he didn’t think of the baby needing to be with us, 6 months is still so very small.. I let him try for a couple of nights but it was breaking my heart and I couldn’t do it. She’s now 2 and a confident, independent sleeper, and I think that’s because I didn’t rush her into her own room when she wasn’t ready for it

My recommendation is to do small changes at a time for a smooth transition. Too much all at once is a shock to the system

I EBF as my 5 month old won’t take a bottle. I’m waiting until 6 months when we can try a sippy cup or open cup to start combi feeding and slowly transition away from breastfeeding (ideally by around 10 months). I read that if you breastfeed, to reduce the feeds really slowly so that you don’t get engorged or end up with mastitis and to ideally start with a midday feed rather than morning or night. Good luck Mumma. Exciting times ahead for us😃

We are prepping babies room now, and will start naps in it at 5 months, then at 6 months put her to bed in there (and move her to our room at the first wake up, if she is still doing lots of wake ups).

For food we won't make a big deal of it at 6 months but start with giving her some veg sticks to chew on when we are eating and gradually introducing more, depending how she takes to it. It will be more about exploring food then eating to start with.

As well as for baby, don't put too much pressure on yourself to introduce everything at once, just do what feels right for you and isn't too much to plan.

I moved my first into his own room at 5 months.. he was consistently sleeping through the night without feeding so seemed like a no brainer. My June baby is still waking for feeds and often has periods where he can be awake for a good hour/hour and a half. So for my own sanity I'm not moving him yet 😅 I value my sleep, in whatever capacity I can take it, eg Co sleeping at certain points of the night. If it was my first baby I'd be more inclined to put them in their own room but I just don't have the energy to worry about it for now, with a feral 4 year old to deal with, I need sleep 😂

Like the person said above.. don't put too much pressure on it ❤️ as cliche as it sounds they are only little once.. it truly does fly by! In a blink of an eye they will be sleeping in their own bed and not needing you at all 🥲