Little ones sharing a room??

[emma10]

Hi all,

Im maybe worrying about this a little too early, but we are expecting our 2nd baby, out little girl was 2 in July, we live in a 2 bedroom house & havn't been here long and have spent alot of money sorting the place out! theres just no chance of us moving anytime soon (3yrs plus)
Has anybody else had to put their Little ones together, my daughter sleeps well, i just cannot imagine how we would put a 6 month old in there with out major disturbance to the pair of them, my neighbours have not long moved... they had their Little girl in with them, She was nearly 3!!!!!! so their son could have his own room.

I just could not imagine having the LO in with me for this long! but also realise that it could be a nitemare putting them together... oh the joys

Has anyone else had to do this, if so how did it go??

Thanks

Emmax

 

[Xena]

Well I've just come back from holiday with my kids for a week, and there was me, plus them two in the same room together, and it took a good hour to get them to sleep every night because they would keep sitting up and laughing at each other.
Once they fell asleep though they slept fine - they didn't disturb each other during the night.
I doubt they would have gone to sleep for hours though if I hadn't been lying between them making them both lie back down every time they sat up.

I don't think there's anything wrong with having one of your children in your room with you for longer than you would have originally intended though. Lydia slept in her cot in our room with us until she was 22 months old, and Alex is 12 months old and still co-sleeps.

 

[Jen & Her Men]

We are going to do this too. We have 3 bedrooms but one of them is downstairs and i dont want one of the babies down here on their own.

So new bubs is sharing a room with James from around 6 months. Lisa&Alex - im sure her kids share a room and she says the eldest has no problems and actually loves it. I will tell her to have a look at the thread and post her experiences.

 

[emma10]

Thanks for the replies

We are going to do this too. We have 3 bedrooms but one of them is downstairs and i dont want one of the babies down here on their own.

So new bubs is sharing a room with James from around 6 months. Lisa&Alex - im sure her kids share a room and she says the eldest has no problems and actually loves it. I will tell her to have a look at the thread and post her experiences.

This would be great thanks

 

[monster_munch]

Green Bean and his sister share a room.
They have done for about 2 months (moved Green Bean in early as he was waking in the night and something told me kicking him out would help and it did - he slept through )

I have a baby monitor on so I can hear if anything goes on - I have it quite near Green Bean so I can hear his breathing in the night )

We do have another room but it's the box room and DH has all his uniform and other crap in there

Their room is huge and DD likes Thomas the Tank Engine so it's not too girly!

They do sometimes take a little longer to get to sleep as if one isn't feeling too sleepy they will keep the other up but nothing drastic (I must admit though that I am very lucky that they are both very good sleepers) it is perfectly fine to do, I wouldn't worry too much

 

[chezzabell]

my 2 share cos they want too, and its working really well, my daughter was being a bit of a pain going to sleep but now they both go down at 7am, and its lovely when i hear them playing in their room at 630am

 

[clairescunny55]

we also live in a 2 bed and will be doing for a few more years yet. Ryan went in millies room at around 7 months and it is absolutely fantastic. we have our room back to ourselves. ryan goes to bed at 7, followed by millie at about 9. then they both get up about 8:30. its fab.

 

[emma10]

we also live in a 2 bed and will be doing for a few more years yet. Ryan went in millies room at around 7 months and it is absolutely fantastic. we have our room back to ourselves. ryan goes to bed at 7, followed by millie at about 9. then they both get up about 8:30. its fab.

Oh this sounds ideal....

I feel alot more positive about this now! 'Note to self- must stop worrying about stuff!'

Thanks alot for all ur replies ladies!!

 

[fran_23]

I've had my friend over to stay quite a few nights with her 8 month old son who slept in Haydens cot and Hayden slept in his bed..what we did that worked brilliantly first time..and we were surprised tbh..lol
She gave her baby his dinner, bath and a bottle and put him down at 7..when he was down i gave Hayden his dinner and bath and put him down at 8..he is a good sleeper and just went in and went straight to sleep as Ollie was already asleep and didn't distract him or anything..ollie woke a couple of times for his dummy but Hayden didn't even stir! they;ve stayed a few times and both boys have been really good.i can see if i had a new baby i wouldn't have a problem putting them in the same room after the night feed stage!! My little boy was 2 in july so is around the same age as your little girl

good luck i'm sure it will work out fine for you

 

[MummyJess]

We have all 3 girls in the same room. It's a big room and the older 2 have bunk beds, with Roxy in the cot. She moved in there from about 4 months. I used to go in there to breastfeed when she woke in the night and the older 2 always slept through her waking.

They do enjoy being in together and don't seem to be disturbed if one wakes in the night. My middle daughter is the worst sleeper and often comes into our bed in the night but the others sleep well.

We have a small box room that we keep all the clothes in so that we don't have to have wardrobes in the bedrooms. This means more space for their toys etc.

We now have number 4 on the way and we are wondering what to do. In theory we could fit another bed into the kids room but I think this may be a little unfair. I guess it depends on whether this is a boy or girl as well as I don't think OH would want his son in a bright pink room!

We have the option of converting the loft, although funds may not permit this till after LO is born. We may have this baby in with us for a year or so. At least we have the space in our room to do so.

My oldest is coming up to 7 now and starting to want her own space so she may get first choice on the new room, especially if we have another girl.

Don't feel bad about them sharing a room, especially while they are young. I always did with my sister and it was only annoying when we were in our teens. It means they will never be lonely.