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If you share a room with your LO . . .

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Right now we live in a 2 bedroom apartment (DS has his own room) but In September when we move, we were thinking about moving into a 1 bedroom b/c rent would be a lot cheaper. We are kinda in a rough spot right now and the money it would save would help us out a lot. You got to do what you got to do right? And he sleeps in our room anyways . . .  

 

Do you have any tips you could share? Or ways you make the 1 bedroom thing work? Thanks!


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  • RedBrideNCRedBrideNC member
    We're thinking about doing the same thing. I'm interested to see the responses to this.
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  • misscindycakemisscindycake
    We co-sleep and my only complaint is how often I get kicked in the face.  If your DS would be in his own bed, I think it would work out well enough.  DD makes some sleeping noises, but nothing that bad.  Plus, we both love having her close at night.  It makes up for lost time during the day.
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  • NYCredNYCred

    Just one of the many joys of city living - we're in a 1br, as are most of my mommy friends. 

    Different things work for different people. Some people opt to make the bedroom into DC's room and they'll sleep on a foldout couch in the living room.  Other's have their DCs sleep in their room all night long. 

    For us, we found that it works best to put DD to sleep in the bedroom (so that DH and I still have use of the living room, kitchen, etc.) and then move her to the living room when we head to bed.  Yes, it means she sleeps part of the night in a pnp, but she doesn't care and our pedi said it was fine.  DD's a pretty heavy sleeper, so the move doesn't seem to bother her at all.  And since my little alarm clock tends to wake up long before we do, having her in the living room in the morning isn't an issue. 

    Any other questions, feel free to page or pm me!

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  • MonkeyMonkeyMonkeyMonkey
    We all sleep in the same room.  We are not fans of it but its our only option right now.  She just started sleeping through the night every night recently so before that it was rough.  The mornings are hard though because where we'd be able to sleep an extra half an hour while she plays in her crib we wake up because she's talking to her toys.  Other than that we love having her close to us each night.
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  • MsTammyMsTammy

    Our situation is, ummm...very unique. We live in a 1 bedroom apartment, but it has a finished basement (used as a room). DS#1 use to use it as his room and we had DS#2 in our room, but DS#1 didn't like sleeping downstairs alone.

    So right now, I have DS#1 with an air mattress in our room. DS#2 sleeps in a crib in our room, and DH & I sleep on the king size bed. Amazingliy, this does all fit in our 1 room with a TV and furniture for our clothes! LOL.

    Now that Baby#3 is on it's way (surprise!) we are looking to move into a house but until we save the money, we are still in our 1 bedroom spot. We are probably going to co-sleep with Baby#3 and/or have the PNP set up next to my bed. Another option was to have a pull out Sofa Bed & PNP in the living room. This way if she gets up in the middle of the night, I can take her in the other room and not wake anyone else up.

    Most people are going to read this and think we are aboslutely insane, but we love it. We love having the kids all there in 1 room with us. they are only little for so long. DH works the night shift, so it also helps to have them in the room and I don't feel too lonely.

    Most importantly, while this situation may not work for anyone else, it works for us. Just do whatever you think is best for you and YOUR family. Don't let anyone else judge or give their 2 cents about it. :o) Good Luck!

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  • nosoup4unosoup4u member

    we have a two-bedroom apartment, but DS sleeps in our room. He has his own mattress and starts the night on it, and ends up in our bed mid-way through the night. I'd rather have the second room be an office/guest room, but that's just us...eventually DS will get his own room, but like pp said (esp. ms. tammy - nice response!), it's nice having him near us at night.

    You could also get a screen/room divider, which might help with him having his own little space in your room. hth

    DS1 - Feb 2008

    DS2 - Oct 2010 (my VBAC baby!)

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