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I moved my baby after his 4 month pediatrician visit. He was getting too big and rolling around in his bassinet. I noticed an immediate improvement in sleep. My noises stopped waking him up and vice versa. He was also happy to have so much more room. I also just have the baby monitor next to my bed with both our doors open as well. We also bought an owlet, but that’s a to each their own kind of thing.
Comment by mrsmuffs at 25/01/2025 at 14:26 UTC
91 upvotes, 8 direct replies
Just commenting to say please keep doors closed. I know it seems scary that you’re apart, but open doors are a fire hazard.
Comment by msnpark at 25/01/2025 at 14:15 UTC
27 upvotes, 1 direct replies
Same here!
Also the risk of SIDS relative to other things that can happen are actually very low. The SIDs calculator help put things in perspective for me
Comment by Klemven123 at 25/01/2025 at 14:13 UTC
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Same here. We moved our daughter at 4 months and everyone is happier. We have optimised the baby monitor position and settings, so we only hear her if she coos or makes more direct/ complain-like sounds/cries, not the active sleep grunting.
Comment by momurphymoproblems at 26/01/2025 at 01:50 UTC
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We did the same. My daughter was getting very wiggly in her sleep and didn’t have enough room in the bassinet. And she was noisy as hell! Everyone started getting better sleep once she moved into her own room. The nursery is next to our room so even with both doors closed we can hear her cry and we can just check the monitor to see if she’s actually awake or just crying/whining in her sleep
Comment by Lower-Jaguar1887 at 25/01/2025 at 14:17 UTC
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Thank you for sharing. I’ve heard both baby and parents sleep better!
Comment by Lower-Jaguar1887 at 25/01/2025 at 14:42 UTC
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This what I keep hearing, I’m excited to try!
Comment by pnpsrs at 25/01/2025 at 21:25 UTC
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Same
Comment by Ewolra at 26/01/2025 at 14:56 UTC
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4 months here too! We combined it with sleep training (cio at bedtime, still nursed at night 3-5x at that age).
From 3mo it had gotten to the point where we could not sooth her at night. We would try rocking, bouncing, nursing, even cosleeping. She was up screaming bloody murder for 3 hours in the middle of every night and nothing we did helped, she really just needed to learn how to fall asleep herself.
Comment by Awkward_Paws at 25/01/2025 at 18:55 UTC
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How are you liking the owlet? My daughter is 3.5 months, wondering if I won’t get much use out of it anymore if I do finally shell out the cash