How did DC#1 do with sleeping with DC#2 came along?

djandkellen

DS is a good sleeper at night.  He wakes at some noises, but not often.  We have a white noise machine to help drown out any noises that might wake him, so we've got that.  DC#2 will be in our room for the first few months, but after that, will be in the room right next to DS's.  I won't put their cribs on connecting walls, of course.

Did your DC#1 wake when your DC#2 cried at night?  I'm just thinking back to when DS was younger, he cried a good bit.  I hope that DC#2 won't cry as much (haha, yeah right) or DS will "get used to it."  He will be about 21 months when DC#2 moves into the room next door.

How'd your #1 do with night sleep?

Also, where did your DC#2 nap?  DS was in the same room as us for the first little while, but I'm assuming it won't be that easy with #2 b/c DS will be running around making lots of noise.  What did you do about this?  

TIA! 

MrsPreK

I was afraid DS would wake up after hearing DD cry but luckily he doesn't 99% of the time.

Once he is out, he is out. she is in the room across the hall from him and we do not have white noise machines for either.

As for napping, all of our BR's our upstairs in our home, including the MB. DD napped in the swing/on the changing pad in our bay window of the living room to begin with but now naps upstairs in her crib. 

I lucked out. DD can sleep through a-n-y-t-h-i-n-g, including DS's screams - they actually knock her out Must be a 2nd child thing and listening to him scream outside my belly when I was pg! LOL. 

luv2cook

We lucked out too!  DS doesn't wake up with DD cries.  They have rooms right next to each other and share a "common wall" (which DS crib is up against).

We do have white noise machines for each one, so that helps out a ton.  There have been a couple of nights that we've forgotten to turn on DS machine but he still doesn't wake up.

 As far as napping, I put DD in her crib to nap (5 weeks old) and DS takes a nap in his room. 

DD has been a great sleeper so far.  We put her down at 11:00 and don't hear from her until 7am!

Cyrbia

DS sleeps through DD's crying too. I do go to her nearly as soon as she starts to cry though, so she doesn't really get the chance to get too loud. He has woken up before, but I don't go to him and then he usually falls asleep again before I'm even done nursing DD.

As for naps, she naps in a PnP on the main floor with us playing around her. Granted, she does sleep in spurts in the morning and late afternoon. But she gets a good, long rest while DS naps in the afternoon.

Both my kids are pretty good sleepers, I took all my advice from The Baby Whisperer. Although, it doesn't say much about how to handle two under two.

johnsoar

DD doesn't wake when DS crys at night unless it's close to time for her to get up.  Sometimes she stirs but doesn't ever get up. I think she just is used to it since she falls asleep to DS crying in the car sometimes 

DD usually sleeps 12 hours at night (20 months now).  She was a terrible sleeper when she was little.  She took 30-45 min naps and slept 3 hours at night and it usually took at least 30 minutes to get her back to sleep.

DS naps in the swing in the living room...he sleeps through DD playing/crying/screaming.  I think he is used to it from hearing her before he was born...I think he likes the noise.

 

lynnbeez

We've had not problems with #1 sleeping through #2 cries but we use white noise.  #1 did start teething when we got home from the hospital so that hurt her sleep for a while.

ridesbuttons

DS#1 has not changed his good sleep habits since his little brother arrived.

We moved them into the same room together when he was 22 months and his brother was 4 months old.  It is amazing how they ignore each other's noises.

We kept the baby in our room in the first few months without disturbing his brother in the least.  Naps and nighttimes were in a pack 'n play in our room until they moved in together.

Naps continue to be more difficult to juggle than bedtime, but it is manageable.