[feliz6]

I know the sids recommendations are to have baby in ur room until 6 months, however DH and I are thinking about moving DS into his own room at 3 months will we really be putting him at risk of sids?

[Nofliesonme]

Mine have slept unown room since birth and so far they are fine. DS2 Is in our room but won't be there til he is 6 months

[mumma_ox]

I think there are lots of things that will put your children at risk in one way or another. You might decide not to give your child peanuts in the early days to avoid the "risk" of a peanut allergy, but it doesn't necessarily change the outcome. You need to be comfortable with the decision because it feels right to you.

Our little one is still in with us after 14 months and I am only just ready now to move her out into her own room. I didn't keep her in with us for fear of SIDS, I kept her with us because it felt right.

[whale-woman]

Seriously, do what works best for your family. There are a million different things recommended as a parent none of which in the end are likely to make much difference. You have better knowledge of your baby and it's needs. Guidelines are based on a theoretical average baby/family not yours and don't take into consideration the problems that might arise if you are a slave to recommendations.

I will be having this bub sleep in a different room, at times, from birth. I did the same for DD. I also let DD sleep with a soft toy in her cot from about 3months as she needed something to cuddle to sleep. It was either that or we all would have fallen apart from sleep deprivation. I figured that her life was more at risk from our sleep deprivation than it was from having a toy she'd cuddle.

[~Supernova~]

DD was in her own room after around a month or so I think. She was a very loud sleeper and drove me nuts.

DS was in his own room at about 1 week old. Fast forward to 10mths and he sleeps in our room, in a sidecar setup (but ends up snuggled between us in the wee hours), which we started a few months ago when his sleeping got horrible.

Do whatever works for you and your family.

ETA: DS also uses a pillow, and has been a tummy sleeper since a few weeks old. Sometimes you gotta do what you gotta do! Not that I advocate either of these, but DS is a stubborn little thing who knows what he wants, and won't sleep unless it's the way he wants it!

This post has been edited by Mareek: 04/01/2013, 06:11 AM

[axiomae]

I think the idea is that in your room you can hear differences in breathing and activity and respond appropriately. I am such a deep sleeper that my dog (who sleeps next to our bed) can bark hysterically and I won't wake up, so having DD in our room for that purpose was fairly futile. She was in her own room after a few weeks and we had a good quality monitor to let me know when she needed a feed.

[Domestic Goddess]

I had this great plan of keeping DS in my room in a bassinette until he was 3 months old at least. After 3 weeks of waking up every few minutes from his grunting, I was desperate. I put him in his cot in his own room (next to mine with the cot against my wall) and invested in a good baby monitor.

He just turned 3 and is still going strong lol.

[meemee75]

Room sharing has been found to be one of a few factors that can reduce the risk of SIDS.

. I put him in his cot in his own room (next to mine with the cot against my wall) and invested in a good baby monitor.

A good monitor and the baby in another room is not protective against SIDS at all.

Babies sleeping close to their parents or mother are safer and a more regular breathing pattern and more arousal from sleep and more contact with their mother. A good monitor does not perform this function for the baby

There are a million different things recommended as a parent none of which in the end are likely to make much difference.

Slight exaggeration there .
There are not 1 million recommendation there are SIX !
Six recommendations to help decrease the risk of SIDS.
Also the recommendations have made a big difference to death rates from SIDS
http://www.sidsandkids.org/wp-content/uplo...981-to-date.pdf

The 6 recommendations

http://www.sidsandkids.org/safe-sleeping/

SIDS and KIDS recommendation link for room sharing info
http://sidsandkidswa.org/assets/info-state...oom_sharing.pdf

I think people are very quick to underestimate or brush off this particular recommendation.

So in answer to you OP....your baby is at less risk of SIDS if you leave him in the room with you for the next 3-9 months of his life

This post has been edited by meemee75: 13/01/2013, 09:26 PM

[meemee75]

Sorry weird double post




This post has been edited by meemee75: 13/01/2013, 09:22 PM

[Corella]

Well yes you are. Is the risk large? Does changing the sleep arrangements chane that risk profile hugely? It depends on where you start with the other risks. Anecdata from people who moved baby out doesn't change the risk either it just illustrates how statistics work.
I'd keep them close at hand personally as a monitor doesn't take the place of being near to a baby. Your kid your choice though but as a breast feeder it is easier to have them close by.