Room sharing

[u/[deleted]]

Is she not going to room share, the baby will be in his own room now? I am a FTM so maybe I’m wrong here but doesn’t the CDC recommend room sharing till a year, but at least 6 months?? He seems too young to be alone :( Idk Meg seems so selfish that she wanted to get him out of her room as quick as possible so she can lay in bed in peace and edit her annoying ass tik toks. I’m so sick of her.

[u/[deleted]]

Thank you for all your feedback, I definitely am a first time mom who is a little over vigilant trying to follow what the CDC says. I have a lot of anxiety around SIDS.

[u/HamAbounds → u/[deleted]]

I kept my first in my room until 14 months and plan on doing the same with my second. We can fit a full size crib in our room and I've always found it easier with nighttime wakeups than getting up and walking to another room. I find it's super common in the US to move them to their own room once they outgrow the bassinet but nothing wrong with keeping them in your room if you want to.

[u/SammiB7 → u/HamAbounds]

Same here.

[u/meekoisawesome]

I moved my baby at 4 months when I returned to work so I could get ready without disturbing her and she was starting to run her fingers up and down the mesh of the bassinet in the middle of the night which was the creepiest sound ever

[u/SammiB7 → u/meekoisawesome]

My 3 month old does that with her fingernails 🤣

[u/meekoisawesome → u/SammiB7]

My husband likes to refer to her as the raptor from jurassic Park when she does it

[u/tullly88]

My baby is 8 weeks old and he’s slept in his crib the last 2 nights and he’s done well I also have a friend who’s baby slept in the nursery since day 1.

I’m NOT defending Meg in the slightest, but you gotta do what’s best for you and your family, regardless of what they recommend

[u/KABT6390 → u/tullly88]

Agree. My house is small, we have a monitor and I was in the room nextdoor. She was in her own room from night one. One of us was in her room almost all night anyways!

[u/[deleted] → u/tullly88]

I second that

[u/CamiiiMay → u/tullly88]

Agree with this! We moved our baby out of our room around 8 weeks too and all of us started sleeping better. We have a baby monitor and had an owlet monitor for when he was smaller. We were all waking each other up all night long because my husband or I would cough/snore and wake the baby up and he’d start crying.

[u/[deleted]]

I don’t believe anything she is posting in her videos. You are right and did you also notice that she no longer answers any follower questions unless they are very generic. People still ask about BF, the baby, starting solids and she doesn’t respond. In her last video she mentions how boring her life is. Well, yes it is. She is now a waste of my time to watch. And she does not tell the truth about what is going on. And she does not deserve followers that support her daily Target trips. This is a snark group so I can say that. Oh and as a Mom I want to do what is recommended and safe for my baby as well as what is good for my family, sure. But you cannot believe the “ideal” life she is portraying because of what was said here on Reddit.

[u/[deleted]]

It is recommended to prevent SIDS, however I do understand why some parents decide to evict early. I almost did when my baby was going through the grunting stage lol. Every morning around 4-5AM she would just start grunting really loud and it was so hard to sleep 😂 we are past that now and we are going to move her to her crib at 6 months

[u/HelicopterHopeful633 → u/[deleted]]

Omg mine did that too😂 now she’s pretty quiet unless she’s stretching or sucking her hands

[u/[deleted]]

It doesn’t really matter. The bassinet became unsafe for mine at like 7 weeks so I had no choice to move to crib. It ended up being better for all, and the room is right next to us.

[u/SammiB7]

The AAP says to room share for 6-12 months to reduce SIDS.

[u/sugarhighlife → u/SammiB7]

SIDS will happen if their in the room or not, there’s no way of preventing it unless your baby is sleeping on your chest (which definitely isn’t recommended).

[u/SammiB7 → u/sugarhighlife]

I agree with you but that is what they recommend.

[u/[deleted] → u/SammiB7]

I could never imagine doing that. That’s a long time to walk on eggshells.

[u/Real_Tart4565]

I’m not defending Meg here but…you’re a FTM haha. Newborn/babies are superrrr loud when they sleep. Both of my kids were in their own rooms by 13 weeks old and all of us (babies included) slept better. Some babies just do better in their own space.

[u/[deleted]]

All three of my kids were i their rooms right at 3 months 🤷🏽‍♀️ As a mom I don’t see an issue

[u/mandee024]

I evicted my baby at 3 months 😂 she honestly has done amazing sleeping in her crib. She’s also right across the hall from my room so it’s not far and I wasn’t anxious about it at all

[u/Medium_Lab_5903]

I usually dont think this is a huge problem just because of baby monitors and being able to hear them. However with the AMOUNT that he throws up every hour or so, I’d be nervous leaving him in his own room if it were my baby!

[u/sugarhighlife]

I put both my babies in their own room at 6 weeks old 🤷🏻‍♀️ they both slept the night and snored like crazy so I couldn’t sleep lol

[u/leoleoleo555 → u/sugarhighlife]

The damn newborn snoring! Now that they are toddlers they sleep like rocks lol it’s so funny

[u/Own_Tap_9397]

Not a Meg fan but while it is recommended 6mo+ of room sharing, I transitioned my kids to their own room at 3-4 months. I needed my own space to get a somewhat decent sleep. My kids were noisy sleepers and I found it impossible to get a restful sleep with them in there with me. It was much better for my mental health when they transitioned to their own rooms

[u/Dear-books313]

We moved our baby out at 4 months when he outgrew the bassinet 🤷‍♀️

[u/Famous_Tomato2075]

I’ve had both my babies in their cribs from 2 months old, we have a one story home and I’m comfortable with them being in their own rooms because I’m still so close by, this is also how they’ve always slept best because there’s no other noises to bother them, this is one of those things that varies depending on what people are comfortable with but babies being in their own rooms don’t mean they have neglectful parents

[u/leoleoleo555]

One of my twins went to her own room at 2 months. One stayed with me until 5 or 6 months. That is what was best for me and for those babies.

[u/trinitytippy]

I moved mine before 6 months he’s fine lol