I kept our boy with me in the same room until 8 weeks. We slept in a separate room to DH because he really needs his sleep for the crazy stressful long hours he works. We would all be in the same room over weekends.

We had the same issue with his bedroom being on the other side of the house. For the first two weeks I slept in the spare room near his because I was so scared to be so far away. I then bit the bullet and used the monitor (volume turned right up! haha) and since then it has been pretty easy.

I think I will do the same thing again with the next bub, though I may move them into their own room sooner as DS slept so much better in his own room!

Making sure that you always have fresh back-up batteries in both your remote and base monitor units really helps!

Best of luck - just do what feels right for you