Another room sharing question..

JulyMomma2U2

My boys will be just over a year and just over 2 when the new baby arrives.  We've "contemplated" putting them together in one room.. My issue is, the 2 year old will likely be ready to transition to a toddler bed soon, where as my 1 year old we'd like to keep in a crib for at least another year.. I can't imagine my 1 year old being okay with seeing his brother able to get up and move around the room freely while he's stuck in a crib.. am I just putting too much thought into this?  Would it really not be an issue? 

We have a 5th bedroom.. it's just on the first floor.. so the new baby would then be on a separate floor as my husband and I and our two boys.. I do kind of like this idea.. separates the new baby from my other two so hopefully they won't be awoken through the night (both my boys are very light sleepers.. where did I go wrong on that one!!).. but, the idea of having to go up and down the steps in the middle of the night seems like it would suck, too.. but, then again.. I kept both my boys in our room for the first two months, and by the time we transitioned to their cribs, they both were only waking once.. so, that wouldn't be terrible.. but, there's no guarantee #3 would be as good of a sleeper..

I also don't want to "wait" and make this decision after baby comes as I think that would be too much transition on my boys.. plus, I need to know what furniture I need to order!!  I'm just.. really torn.. Again with the light sleeper thing.. I'm afraid my boys might wake each other up.. they both STTN fine, but they are both known to wake up occasionally, chatter, play with a toy, kick their feet, etc and then go back to sleep on their own.. I'm just worried when together if this is going to always wake the other one up.. sometimes, it wakes the other one up as is, and there's a wall separating them!!

What would you do?

krazyinsane

What about putting one of the bigger boys downstairs? Then you're not up and down the stairs but they're not waking one another... Otherwise what we did was bought the girls a queen size mattress and put it on the floor that way they were both safe but could cuddle each other. They just got a king mattress and I will be working on night weaning DD#3 so she can join her sisters before LO#4 arrives in September.