Baby In Its Own Room

Some families have children sleep in their room for years.

Baby in its own room.

Researchers aren t seeing huge benefits after a baby s older than six months. At 4 months babies slept an average of 46 more minutes at 9 months 40 more minutes and at 30 months infants who slept in their own rooms. But try not to stress about how baby is doing. Use her room for pleasant quiet times like feedings massages singing naps or rocking.

If you try transitioning baby to the crib and it just doesn t go well it s okay to move baby back to your room and try again in a month or so. The first reason that having their own room might be helpful is that according to the 2017 study babies with separate rooms actually slept longer than babies who shared a room with their parents. Don t let a high tech baby monitor make you feel over confident or overly anxious. Cardboard baby cribs 04 06.

All this back and forth can. Here are some additional tips to ease a baby s move to their own room. Spend more time in her room 1 2 months before making the switch. He said sleep experts have long advocated that after the first few months you should transition your baby into their own room to help how well and how long the baby.

Only 15 of the 123 total infants who died of sids in that study were sleeping in their own room. Don t smoke during pregnancy or breastfeeding and don t let anyone smoke in the same room as your baby. According to the american academy of pediatrics aap the best place for a baby to sleep is in his parents bedroom. Don t share a bed with your baby if you ve been drinking alcohol if you take drugs or you re a smoker.

Those who slept in their own rooms before they turned 4 months old 62 percent of all babies those who had their own rooms between 4 and 9 months 27 percent and those who were room sharers until at least 9 months of age 11 percent. Place your baby on their back to sleep in a cot in the same room as you for the first six months. He should sleep in his own crib or bassinet or in a co sleeper safely attached to the bed but shouldn t be in his own room until he is at least 6 months better 12 months. The babies were then separated into three groups.

Don t get discouraged woods says. And the average age of children in the third study was 3 5 months. Deciding where a young baby should sleep depends on several factors the most important being your own beliefs and values. Baby monitors are super useful but they re no substitute for avoiding baby sleep mistakes.

Follow me on twitter drclaire. If room sharing is working for you great but don t feel pressured into it.