Said It Here

When is it actually okay to move a baby to their own room?

Parents usually make the switch when newborn grunting, active sleep, or colic makes it impossible for anyone in the room to sleep. Moving the baby across the hallway stops every minor nighttime noise from waking the parents, though it often gets triggered prematurely by sheer exhaustion rather than a specific calendar age.

What people tried

Every workaround mentioned in the threads below. We haven’t tested any of them — and nobody here is claiming they worked.

  1. 1
    Sleeping in shifts with a partner
  2. 2
    Sleeping on a recliner or mattress in the nursery
  3. 3
    Using white noise machines
  4. 4
    Moving the baby to their own room early despite guidelines

In their words

Unedited, most upvoted first, each linked to the thread it came from.

“My child had colic and cried 7+ hours a day. Had a really nice rocking/swivel recliner I spent hundreds of hours in (in baby room). So more like I didn't get to sleep in MY bed for almost 3 months when I got really sick and was forced to sleep train.”source ↗

saltandsassbeach · r/Parenting · 1 upvotes

“Both of my girls had colic so bedside bassinet did not work for us as we took the night in shifts and the "off call" person got the bedroom for some interrupted chunk of sleep.”source ↗

ignosco_tibi · r/Parenting · 1 upvotes

“2 months, I couldn’t take the active sleep any more because I literally could not settle to sleep. Co sleeping did not feel safe either despite safe sleep 7, I had nightmares and baby only wanted to be held.”source ↗

stardustnmagick · r/Parenting · 1 upvotes

“My daughter was in her room by 2 months old. Her room is across the hallway from us and my partner had a hard time sleeping with all the newborn baby noises, that's why we did it that early.”source ↗

SarMai · r/Parenting · 1 upvotes

Where this came up

r/Parentinginfant sleepparenting

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