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How long should baby sleep in your room?

How long should the baby sleep in your room after its born? How long did you let your baby sleep in your room? Also how long did you breast feed for, if you did breast feed?? Is it 6 months they recommend you breastfeed? Or is it more or less?

Public Response to How long should baby sleep in your room?

1. It's a personal choice. My son never slept in our room, he went in his crib as soon as we came home from the hospital. Others sleep in there for the first couple of years. We preferred not to have our son in with us to avoid the trauma of trying to move him further down the line. I breastfed him, and it's recommended you do so for the first six months. Some do more, some do less, again it depends on you and your baby. Just because one mother recommends something (i.e. co-sleeping) it doesn't necessarily the best thing for you and your baby. Find your own routine and rhythm.
2. I let my youngest sleep in my room for 9 months then i moved her into the other room. I breastfeed all my children till they were about 17months then gave them follow on milk.
3. It really is up to you and your circumstances... Some people room in, others don't, many do a little of both. If it's the middle of winter, you might not want to go far whereas if it's summer you might not care.
4. I had a bed set up in the baby's room and slept there most nights. I decided to co-sleep with my second because I knew my first would still need me up and going all day! The baby was still sleeping "by himself" in his cot during the day. I guess he got used to the cot because at 4 months he was in there, sleeping through the night too and I could get back in my real big bed. All in all it is a personal choice. It all depends on what works best for you both and what you are ready to sacrifice!
5. I nursed all 3 of my babies and all for different time periods. The longest was 8 months. The answer to sleeping in your room, for me when I nursed the baby would just stay in the bed with me if it was during the night. You do what you are comfortable with and your baby is comfortable with. My children are grown now but I had no problem with them sleeping in their own rooms, of course if they were sick it was fine that they slept with me I wanted them close anyway!
6. It is recommended that the baby sleeps in your room for 6 months. I personally am planning on moving my baby out when she is around 3 months. I guess it should be based on personal choice and practicality. If your baby wakes frequently through out the night to feed, especially if you are breast feeding, it wouldn't be practical to move the baby out of your room. My LO sleeps 9 hours, and is bottle fed and naps happily in her own room during the day and has nearly out grown her basket that she sleeps in in our room, which is why she will move out of our room in a few weeks I stopped breast feeding after 2 weeks, the main reason to be honest was because I hated it. It is recommended to exclusively breast feed for 6 months, but also to continue once your baby is weaning (recommended at 6 months) until they are 1 year old. Again I think it is personal choice, breast feed for as long as you are happy and comfortable to do so!
7. its recommended that your baby sleeps in your room for 6mths as a method of reducing the risk of SIDS. We had our son in our room until he was 15mths old, and he transitioned to his own room immediately with no upsets what so ever. We were relived because so many people said we were spoiling him and he wouldn't cope when we moved him to his own room - they were wrong. We formula fed our son because it was what worked best for us. They recommend you breast feed your child until they are 12mths or longer if preferred.
8. We put our son in his own room at 10 weeks, he did great going from a bassinet to his crib and within a week he was sleeping thru the night. He is 3 and a half months now and sleeps from 9pm to 7am most nights sometimes he wakes up at 5 to eat but always goes right back down. I breastfed for only 2 months but it is recommended you do so for a year.
9. NEVER. Our baby slept in his own room from the very first day he was home from the hospital.