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Advice on getting them to share a room.

JARbabyJARbaby member
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We tried for about a week a month ago. Julia had to go down after Caroline because Caroline got too excited and would jump on her bed yelling "Julia! Hi Baby Sister! Julia", then again at 4am nightly they would both be up. So baby is back in our room.

Well she is 7m old today and I am ready for her to be out of our room. I am not sleeping, I hear her every move.

We do not have room for Julia to be elsewhere, it is our room or Carolines. We moved a month before the surprise of Julia came to be.

Any advice short of drugging Caroline and tying her to the bed?

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  • HarrietNJMommyHarrietNJMommy

    I'm sorry. I have no advice other than to keep doing it and hope that the thrill wears off for Caroline.

    GL! 

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  • kelsey-Kkelsey-K

    Ditto.

     

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  • akgramakgram
    I wish I could offer you some advice but we are still struggling with the room sharing.  It's a nightmare....I hope we find a bigger house soon!!!
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  • howleyshellhowleyshell member
    imageHarrietNJMommy:

    I'm sorry. I have no advice other than to keep doing it and hope that the thrill wears off for Caroline.

    GL! 

     

    No personal experience but I'd say that Harriet offers sound advice.

    It should loose its interest over time.

    But... you're probably gonna trade a lack of sleep now for a new routine of good sleep later.  It's always like that, isn't it? 

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    Total score: 6 pregnancies, 5 losses, 2 amazing blessings that I'm thankful for every single day.
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  • KateVAKateVA member

    I have no advice but your description of Caroline reacting to Julia cracked me up!  I am pretty sure Charlie would do the exact same thing. 

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  • ridesbuttonsridesbuttons member
    imageHarrietNJMommy:

    I'm sorry. I have no advice other than to keep doing it and hope that the thrill wears off for Caroline.

    GL! 

    I agree with this.  My experience has been different though.  I have recently put my two boys together (2years and 6months) and I always put the little one down first.  This serves 2 purposes.  It lets us have some alone time with our big boy and we have a "after little brother goes to sleep" routine we follow.  It also lets the little one get fully asleep. 

    Before we take our 2 year old in we remind him that his brother is sleeping.  We show him his brother sleeping when we take him in.  Then we say goodnight and leave.

    I have tried to ignore most noises coming from their room.  It has gone much better than I thought.

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  • shouldbeworkinshouldbeworkin
    I would keep working at it too, but also add some white noise to the room to help drown out noises they make so they don't disturb each other.  This may help the little one stay asleep when the bigger one gets into bed later. 
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  • jillybean222jillybean222 member

    There will be a few sleepless nights at first, but you'll get through it.  E and A share a room and as long as I put A in her crib first and let E hang over the side and kiss her goodnight, she goes to bed no problem.  We have an occasional issue at nap time, but not enough to warrant separating them.  GL!

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