2 babies/toddlers sharing a room

[H16]

Hi Ladies,

I am about to move into a 2 bed house and have one 14 month old and another baby due in September. Baby will be in my room for 6 months but after that my 2 littles ones will have to share - the oldest will be around 2 years 4 months by that point.

My oldest generally sleeps through the night now from 8pm - 6am and rarely wakes up in the night. I am really worried that the new baby will constantly wake her up with crying once they share.

For those in this position already do you find your eldest constantly getting woken up and if so what do you do when they are both crying? lol x

 

[littlemonkey]

Watching with interest, my LO will be two and two months when this baby is born. We moved our son into his own room at 3 months, but I worry what effect moving his little brother into his room will have on his sleep!

 

[Lynds77]

We are having a nightmare. My 2yr old (27mnths) and 6mnth old now share a room. The toddler has never slept through the night and now wanders when she wakes up. And cries as she does it.
the baby has slept through since 5wks but likes waking up for a chat and an occasional moan for a dummy to be reinserted. And they keep waking each other up!

Can see me taking toddler into our bed till we move next year

 

[Ella1979]

We're still holding off putting our two in the same room. Our son currently "shares" his tiny box room with my OH's desk and filing cabinet! Both of them sleep through, but during the day they tend to wind each other up. Our son (15 months) goes to bed at 6pm and our daughter (3 years) any time between 6pm and 7pm, but she waits til she has a nappy on to do a poo, so we're changing her and I think that would disturb her brother if he was in the same room.

 

[hayes]

Harry n the baby will have to share as the other room is a playroom for my business but I'm hoping it will b ok as Harry sleeps very well most of the time n nothing normally disturbs him!! It's the thing I'm most worried about.

Michelle.x

 

[LD1978]

Interested in this too as I posted a while back. If we have another they will have to share as only have a 2 bed

 

[littlemonkey]

The problem we have is we only have a two bedroom, so baby is either going to be in with his big brother or in with us. Unless he slept downstairs?!

 

[kim88]

This would be a problem I would also have but I wouldn't let it stop me. Iv googled it a lot to see what other parents say and I have found mostly positive answers but I supose it will also depend on how well they sleep or how deeply they sleep.
Also even if they did have separate rooms we all know how loud babies can cry so who is to say they wouldn't be woken up anyway! Xx

 

[Iwant3]

I have an almost 9 year old in his own room, a 5 year old in her own room and a 9 month old in with us! no more bedrooms! so am looking to put 9mo in with 5 year old in the future.

Firstly if lo wakes and cries or shouts like she does the 2 older kids wake up anyway and often come out of their rooms etc. and 2 my 5 year old would give my baby inappropriate things when they are alone together in their room - she has lots of toys with little pieces which she would 'share' with lo thinking she was being nice etc.

I kept our son in our bedroom (as we were in a 1 bed place at the time) until he was 17 months he never slept through until we moved!

it's a dilemma, but not a new one families used to be a lot bigger and it was usual for 2 or 3 children to share each room guess we'll all cope somehow! even if we end up on sofa beds in our livingrooms while the children take over all the bedrooms

 

[mouse9210]

My two share a bedroom - my dd is 2yrs 4 months and my ds is 7 months - they have shared for the past 3 months. Both mine sleep through the night no problems, they go to bed together at 6pm and they wake up 7-8am. Sometimes my son will roll and get stuck, or have a bit of a whinge and this will wake my dd up, but that's probably once every couple of weeks.

My ds usually wakes up first and plays happily, and when my dd wakes up then I go in and we start our day.

I talked to my daughter about it being nighttime, and being dark outside so if she ever wake in the night, then she knows to go back to sleep.

I honestly have had no problems apart from the occasional earlier start in the mornings.

 

[Maud]

Good to read others' experiences, as this will be our situation when we have another.

 

[Nonabean]

When my LO arrives both my 3yr old and new baby will be sharing with me (1 bedroom squeeze!) 8 weeks to go til I find out. xx