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sharing a room?

Do any of you have your little ones sharing a room? How does it work out?

DD will be 23 months when DS is born. We plan on moving him out of our room around 3 months. I'm worried that he will always wake up DD. I remember letting her "cry-it-out" as she got older and I'm wondering how in the world am I going to do this without waking up the whole house!?

Re: sharing a room?

  • My twins have always shared and most of the time it's been fine.  They learned early on to sleep through one another if someone was crying and still do, even when it wakes us in the next room.  Our biggest challenge is that they want to screw around and not go to sleep at bedtime, so now we have to put DD down in our room and then move her to their room after they are both asleep.
    Jenni ~~Alex & Avery ~~ 6/13/06~~Adam ~~3/26/08

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  • I didn't move my son until he was 7 months. ? Sometimes they wake each other up (this week it is sick DD waking up her brother) actually it is usually more her waking him up....the hard thing about it is they get up at the same time and for us its always early! The good thing is that DD will talk DS to sleep (no CIO for us really) ?and has (although rarely) entertained him for 30-40 mins longer in the am, a bit extra sleep! ?

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  • We're keeping #2 in our room until he isn't waking up.  I can't imagine letting him CIO in the same room that #1 is sleeping in.
  • #2 is in our room. When #1 crawls in bed with us, he doesn't even twitch when the baby cries, and she is LOUD.

     

    AKA KnittyB*tch
    DS - December 2006
    DD - December 2008

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  • My boys have shared a room since DS2 was about three months old.  Around this time he had also started sleeping through the night some.  I was apprehensive about it, but it has worked out really well (well, until this weekend when DS1 woke us all up at 5:30 Saturday, then 5:00 Sunday, but I think that is an exception!)  My DS1 was about 2.5 when they moved in together, and is a pretty good sleeper, so he usually wasn't bothered by his brother.  We haven't had to do any CIO yet, but I do wonder how that will work if we do.  So far we have been really happy with the arrangement, and I think they like being in there together.  When they wake up in the morning it is really cute because sometimes they "talk" to each other. 
  • My 4.5 y/o and 3 y/o have shared a room since they were 22 months and 3 months - and it's been great! They only woke the other a few times, and I think they both sleep better because of it. I think the key is to start early - the younger they are when they start, I think the easier it ends up being.
    Michelle
    3 boys (15, 8, 6), 1 girl (4)
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