Bedtime, night waking and shared rooms

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Our LOs are two months old and currently sharing a room. We have been doing whatever works to get they to sleep (rocking, putting down asleep, etc) but now one of the boys is pretty happy to be put down sleepy but awake. I'm worried that we might be disturbing him during this process if we have to go in the room to put down his brother (or pick him up if he wakes). Same thing for after feeding. So far he seems to still sleep but sometimes he stirs/grunts more after we just walk in. I'm more worried about the noise/interruption we make than anything coming from his brother We don't have a ton of room but could separate them, did anyone find it necessary at this point? Or am I worried for nothing? And if we do separate them now will it be hard for us to ever put them back together again (we would like to have them share for a while really) Thanks!

jennyfur211

My twins shared a room up until a month ago b/c we were expecting #4 (boy) and we wanted all the boys to share a room and now our DD has her own room.  My DD was a rough sleeper, she didn't sleep through the night until 7-8 months old, whereas her twin brother slept through the night at 4 months.  Her waking up in the middle of the night never bothered her brother.  If he did wake up, he would just go back to sleep.  Now that he is sharing a room with my older DS, he still sleeps through everything.  I think that kids just learn to tune others out when they share a room. 

I would keep them in the same room b/c you could cause more problems by separating them and then bringing them back together.

NewMommy2BeFinally

My girls have ALWAYS shared a room. It is best to get them used to the noises now. IMO, i wouldnt separate them. They eventually get used to one another. Yes, you are worried for nothing and i think you will have a harder time putting them back together again because, like i said, they need to get used to each others sounds now so it is "normal" to them.

D&HMom

I would introduce a white noise machine and keep it on high. They are $20 at walmart - in the pharmacy section next to the foot baths! Best money I have ever spent! 

My twins are 17 months and are still sharing a room and rarely disturb each other. We do have a pnp on stand by in another room (and a spare noise machine) for when things get out of hand and we need to separate them.  for the most part it isn't an issue. Its probably just a tough time now. We go through phases where one is sleeping separately a lot and then things go back to normal and we don't use the pnp for a long time. 

togagirl

We always used a white noise machine and it seemed to muffle the sounds enough that we never woke the other one.

keg

NewMommy2BeFinally:

My girls have ALWAYS shared a room. It is best to get them used to the noises now. IMO, i wouldnt separate them. They eventually get used to one another. Yes, you are worried for nothing and i think you will have a harder time putting them back together again because, like i said, they need to get used to each others sounds now so it is "normal" to them.

Ditto this.  They will learn to adjust to each other.  I can remember when DDs were probably a year or so that one girl was screaming bloody murder one night.  We let her cry for a few minutes to see if she'd settle down (which she didn't) and then went in to check on her.  Her sister slept through her screaming but woke up when we went into the room (and promptly went back to sleep)!  So they learn to tune other noises out. 

Recently I have separated them just for naps because while at night they've never given me any problems being in the same room (staying in bed and going to sleep), naptime is a different story.  But, you've got a couple years before you have to worry about that. :-)