Baby bed time question

I left my little one from an early age in the room on her own and it’s helped me massively. I don’t see an issue with you putting her up to bed and using monitor. My little one was in her own room by 3 months old. She’s 6 months old next week! She sleeps so well 😊 you will see/hear if somethings wrong x

Just pop the monitor on I put mine to bed alone from 8 weeks x

Official advice is that baby should be in the same room as you for all sleep until 6 months old. It greatly reduces the risk of sids

@Lauryn that’s not what she said or asked, she even said in the post that she knows guidance is to share a room until 6 months. to OP, i would out my son in his next to me crib at 7pm every night and leave the room with the monitor. occasionally i would go in to visually check on him but i could see him just fine on the monitor also. so in response, no you dont need to go to bed the same time. just do occasionally checks and watch the monitor x

@Lauryn I really wanna know how you have managed this? No judgement I’m just curious how you make it work.. I feel like I never would of been able to do this with my boy x

my boy has been in his cot on his own with a monitor since he was around 12 weeks and then when he hit 4 months I did this for naps as well as night sleep

“In your room for 6m” means the bassinet or cot is in your room it doesn’t mean literally have to be by your baby’s side for every second of the 6m. It just means ideally baby is not in their nursery for the first 6m. Actually if I remember correctly it’s ideally up to 12m that baby is recommended to be in your room. Yes you can use a baby monitor and spend time in the lounge room- that’s what I do I watch series w hubby on the couch and baby’s in the room sleeping.

@Kellie technically in the UK it actually does mean day naps and bedtime as well. Not that I know many people that follow it because I feel it is really impossible x

The advice is that they have all sleep in the same room as you until 6 months, including naps and daytime sleep. If you don't want to do this it's your own personal risk assessment, so you could use a monitor. But it's thought that hearing our breathing and sounds we're making when in the same room is a protective factor against SIDS But also, lots of 7 week old babies will want a later bedtime naturally so you may struggle to get them down that much earlier.

@Elena when she was up to about 4 months she would just nap in the bassinet in whatever room I was in, of course I would pop out to make a drink or go to the toilet etc but if I was moving rooms while cleaning etc I just took her with me. At around 4.5 months she wouldn’t go in the bassinet anymore so I take her up to the bedroom and didn’t get much done 😂 I would pop out of the room for 10-15 mins to do bits, taking the monitor with me. Other times I would just stay in the room and rest. At about 6 months she decided she can only contact nap so I’m currently working on that 🤦🏼‍♀️😂

@Sinead except she kind of did ask that. Obviously she can do what she chooses but I was pointing out the official guidance. It is always personal choice.

@Lauryn but how did she ask that?? this is about having to go to bed the same time as your baby who is in the same room, not whether baby should be in their own room or not?? she knows guidance, hence why she wasn’t asking that, she was asking if she has to go bed the same time or can be outside of the room with monitor which she absolutely can.

Use the monitor

@Sinead considering the guidance says they should be in the room with you at all times she should technically go to bed with baby 😂

Whatever makes you feel safest! I used a baby monitor about half the time and went to bed w baby the other half. I still went in the room periodically to physically check that baby was safe even with the monitor. They recommend sleeping in the same room so you’re close enough to baby when they need you and so that baby smells you/ hears you. They’ll be perfectly fine for a couple hours in the bassinet while you have mama time before you’re ready for bed too.

Use the monitor. It is absolutely ok to have some you time if it helps you mentally.