DS co sleeps and the DDs have their own room. When we have tried to let them sleep in our room (when Im being sooky and want to cuddle a baby) they think it's play time and never settle. No joke I've been up 3 hours trying to settle DD1 because if she can see us she thinks she doesn't need to sleep. Coincidentally all 4 of my kids are brilliant sleepers and great at self settling.
I should have said we got an Angel Care Sound and Movement monitor before we put DD in her own room in her cot. I wouldn't (personally) have been able to sleep without it
On the noise side, I totally agree with others - just because they're making noise doesn't mean they need to be up BUT it depends on the individual whether you can sleep through it or not. I couldn't!
DD2 is going to be the one who will have left our room the earliest. She is moving in to DS2's room with him in the coming weeks; she is 15 months old.
I have co slept with all of my babies and they have always had their basinette/cot in our room. DS2 moved into his own room when he was 2yrs & 2 months old.
DD2 isn't much of a co sleeper though, she very much enjoys her own space. She's only moving into the other room because bub #5 is due in early Feb.
I need to have my babies close to me, otherwise I would never sleep. I constantly worry & check on them. Having them by my side makes checking on them that little bit easier.
Only you can know what is right for you & your family
I put both DD's on my room whilst they were in the bassinet, and moved them into the cot when they were bigger :-D It makes it alot easier I found to have them in the same room as me.
I've had both mine in the bed with me at night and in the bassinet around the house during the day. Easy to wheel them around to which ever room you're in. When they got too big for the bassinet, they moved into the cot which we put next to our bed. We have only just moved the cot out of our room. DD still sleeps in bed with me over night and in the cot for day sleeps. DS often comes climbing into our bed during the night.
I found having them so close, I just "knew" as they were waking so they cried less and so DH wasn't woken much by them although he did (still does) get up to them if needed.
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