Those who have kids who share a room or have rooms close together

hikerbeth

So DD and DS have rooms next to eachother that are on the opposite side of the house from DH and I.

DD sleeps well and stays in her room from bedtime (around 8 pm) until 7 am.  DS sleeps well, too.  Generally one wake-up to eat around 4 am and then back to bed until 7 or 8.  I have no issue with this.

However, he's still being swaddled for bedtime and has gotten very good at breaking free.  He's just too big for that teensy Miracle Blanket that was the only thing that would contain him as a newborn.  Reswaddling him amounts to 1-2 extra wake ups per night.  He's in a sleepsack for naptimes with no problem, so I think it's just time to use it for bedtime as well.

So here's the real question.  He is LOUD when he breaks free/wakes up, but not unhappy.  He's just awake and squealing and talking.  He's capable of putting his own pacifier back in (we usually find him with paci in hand talking to it).  If he were an only child, I would totally be leaving him alone to go back to sleep, but for the sake of DD's sleep, we've been going in to intervene.

If you have kids who sleep in the same room or close to eachother, did the little one's middle of the night "talking" sessions really bug the older one?  What did you do to help through the transition?

KoriBrett

They shared a room for almost a year.  DS was 1, DD was 2.  They both slept fine - DD only woke up once or twice from DS screaming that his ears hurt - and we were in our pre-ear tubes phase so he woke a LOT.  She does, however, sleep like the dead.

jessicaclare

My kids both sleep with a fan on low in their rooms for white noise. Unless DD2 is really loud and DD1 is only half asleep, DD1 rarely notices anything. We did let DD2 CIO a couple times and DD1 said "I heard NOrah last night but I went right back to sleep". She's just gotten used to it, which I think is good. 

4Speedy

I used to run to DC #2's room so he wouldn't wake up DC #1 (they share a room).  I recently realized that it doesn't phase DC#1 in the least--she sleeps through anything so now we just let it go unless it escalates from chatter to crying.

jlw2505

White noise maching in older childs room.  We did this for DD#1 who has a room right next door to her little sister.  We weaned her off this when her sister was around a year old and it worked great, she rarely woke up from her sister crying and even since, if she hears her, I can get her right back to sleep (on the rare times my younger DD wakes up at night).

stacynikki

Nope, DS1 will sleep through anything.  Now, getting him to sleep is a whole other issue, but once he's asleep he's out.  I'll let DS2 talk, fuss, whatnot to see if he'll put himself back to sleep.  I wait until he cries his "come get me" cry before going in and DS1 sleeps through it.  Our bedroom is on the otherside as well.  One night I forgot to turn the sound monitor on.  Thankfully, I am a pretty light sleeper and woke to DS2 crying his "OMG where are you?!?!?!" cry.  DS1 stayed asleep through it. 

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hikerbeth

Thank you thank you.  Both kids have fans on in their rooms most of the time and/or humidifiers so there is always some level of white noise.

Once we all get over the jet-lag/wonky sleep from our recent trip, I'll just go for it.

MrsStubbs

DD is a heavy sleeper so I don't worry about it. He can be screaming 1ft from her head and she does not move.

Carol*Brady

My girls sleep through loud crying 10' away (that I can hear downstairs w/ the TV on).  They all 3 share a room & have since the baby was about 6mo.  They stopped waking up w/ her within days.