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Which sleeping arrangement is best?

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I'm due with #2 in late October, so there will be a 15-month age difference between LOs.  We have a 3-bedroom house, however 2 bedrooms are upstairs and 1 is on the main level.  Currently dh and I are in one bedroom upstairs and ds is in the other, and the bedroom on the main floor is used as a study. The way I see if, we have 3 options:

1) Have LOs share a bedroom (at about 3 months, when LO#2 moves out of our room)

2) Put one of the LOs in the bedroom on the main level (which kiddo?)

3) Dh and I move to the bedroom on the main level and the LOs have the rooms upstairs

Which option would you recommend and why?  Are there any options I haven't thought of (other than buying a new home)?  TIA!

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Re: Which sleeping arrangement is best?

  • kcisthebombdotcomkcisthebombdotcom member
    I would have the kids share a room. My DS and DD share a room and it's fine. DS sleeps right through the baby crying. It's much easier to have young children next to you.
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  • CHI-06CHI-06 member
    I would probably do #2 or #3.  Assuming you have a monitor it should be fine to not be in the room next door.
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  • laura1laura1 member

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    I would have the kids share a room. My DS and DD share a room and it's fine. DS sleeps right through the baby crying. It's much easier to have young children next to you.

    Ditto this.  My 2 share a room now and it is going well (we live in a 2br apt).  Both of them sleep through each other's yelling.  We are actually moving to a new house that has a similar set up to yours...except upstairs there is a little "extra" room.  We had contractors come to see what they could to with that to try to make it into a real room.  If they can't, the 2 kids will continue to share a room and we will leave the 3rd bedroom downstairs as a guest room.  One of them will move downstairs when they are older.  My sister and I shared a room until we were in late elementary school, and I think it was a good experience!  


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  • maramarriemaramarrie

    We just moved out of a house with this layout and DH and I were in the master bedroom downstairs. The kids each had their own room upstairs. I never had a problem with having the kids on a separate level, as far as the distance goes. Our monitors worked well to bridge the distance gap. I would therefore choose #3. But I'm all for zoned bedrooms anyhow.

    If you need the study/office room, however, I would have the kids share a room.

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  • bridgeybridebridgeybride

    So funny.. b/c I posted this same question a few weeks ago..

    I have a similar set up as you (although in addition to the original master bedroom on the first floor, we have another smaller room that we use as an office.. and the bigger bedroom on main floor is currently our guest room.)

    We're thinking that our DD will NOT be able to keep STTN if we put the new baby boy in with her... She wakes up so easily.  So.. we plan to do option #3.  I'm not sure WHEN to make the switch.. before or after the new baby comes... b/c it wouldn't happen right when he's born anyway..he'll be us for a few months... and I thought about maybe trying to see if it would work with the two of them together.

     

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  • HappyHealthyGloHappyHealthyGlo member
    I would choose option number 1 as my first choice as long as my oldest was not kept awake by the youngest or disturbed by late night feedings. Second choice is option number 3 with good baby monitors in each of the LO's rooms.
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