Sharing a room?

BabyFS

I'm due in February with #3.  #2 will be 14 months at that time, and I was planning to move him in with his brother, who will be 3.  Has anyone had a 1 yr. old and a 3 yr. old room together with success?  Or am I setting myself up for disaster if the 1 yr. old still isn't sleeping well at that point?  I worry about him waking up his older brother.

Also, any advice on how early is too early to switch to a bed?  We wouldn't need the big crib for the newborn right away, but definitely before #2 is 2 yrs. old.   Thanks so much!  I don't know why I'm stressing about this so much already, but I am. 

 

nicholssquared

I am in the same predicament as you, but I can offer you my perspective and a little advice.

I was able to move DS1 from a crib to a toddler bed successfully at 15 months. He couldn't open the door to his room, so I set up a video monitor and baby-proofed his room thoroughly, putting all the toys behind closed doors. We would do the bedtime routine and then I would just leave and monitor him via the monitor until he went to sleep. If he was out of bed for 15-20 minutes, I'd go in and pay him back down without speaking. He was trained to stay in his bed and STTN in one week.

I will be doing the same with DS2 at the same age. LO3 is due when DS2 is 18 months and DS1 is barely 3. I have already transitioned DS1 to a twin bed (with a rail), and DS2 will be moving into DS1 old toddler bed so LO3 can have the crib. Since the boys are the same sex and both already STTN, I intend to move them in together. DS2's bedtime is a little earlier, so we will just put him down sooner and give him ample time to fall asleep on his own, then we will put DS1 down quietly.

My goal is to have both boys STTN in beds in the same room before LO3 comes. DS2 started STTN almost as soon as we gave him his own room at 5 months (we weren't disturbing each other anymore - little movements of mine didn't wake him up, and I didn't automatically jump up and try to help him for every little noise), so it's important to me that LO3 have their own room as soon as is safe and possible.

Good luck! I hope it works out for us both. 

rkmmore

we are planning on doing this too, ds1 will be coming up 3 and ds2 will be 16 months when baby arrives we have just finished painting their room and plan on starting this weekend with the sharing, that way we will know either way by February if it is going to work 

Arielle27

We are in a similar situation. When number three comes in September number one will be 3 and number two will be 1.5.

We had the kids in separate bedrooms and really feared putting them together, so we did so a few months ago just in case it took a long time for them to get adjust.

To our disbelief, they loved it and started sleeping much better! They nap well together and almost never wake up during the night but if they do, they literally never wake up the other!