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s/o Toddler and infant/newborn sharing rooms...

skyloooskylooo
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I am concerned about sleep issues and scheduling.  Older LO has aways had a tough time sleeping.   If your new LO will be sharing a room with your older LO, are you worried that the new baby waking frequently will upset your older DD?  What about if you have the need to sleep train the younger LO, is that torture for the older LO to endure in the same room?
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Re: s/o Toddler and infant/newborn sharing rooms...

  • COMomma81COMomma81 member
    My kids will be sharing a room, but we don't sleep train. The baby will be in our room until she's sleeping good long stretches...whether it be 4 months or 14 or whatever. That's how we'll do it. I do think attempting to sleep train while your toddler is in the room sounds like a recipe for a nightmare disaster. Particularly if your older child has difficulties sleeping as it is.
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  • islandgirl79islandgirl79

    My two will eventually share a room but not for awhile.  I would be worried about all that you mentioned.

    I have no idea how it is going to go and I am not making any definite plans because they usually don't work out! 

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  • MrsM1113MrsM1113

    No idea... I've been trying to figure this out.  DS is 3 and doesn't consistently STTN.  He has night terrors, and is now getting up to pee a couple times a night, so I have no idea what we're going to do.  He comes into our bedroom a few times a night, so it doesn't really matter where the baby sleeps.  He or she is just going to have to learn to sleep through noise.  Tongue Tied

    I'm not worrying about it, because I can't do anything about it... we'll just have to wait and play it by ear.

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  • mabma80mabma80
    Our first son was 2 and in a toddler bed when his little brother was born.  DS #1 was already a heaver sleeper, so that helped with DS#2 not waking him up.  They did pretty good in the same room.  They've been roommates ever since (now 4&2).
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  • KOscarKOscar

    We plan to have the boys eventually share a room but will probably wait until the DS number two is sleeping through the night.  I don't think sleep training is realistic with another child in the room.  While I've heard from friends who currently have two that the older will sleep through crying, this is for a limited period and not prolonged stretches.  Our goal at least is to try and keep our current DS's routing, including sleep, as regular as possible after the baby comes.

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  • joy143dhjoy143dh
    They are not going to share a room, but DS is such a light sleeper sometimes, I think DC#2 crying in the next room will still wake him.   We were going to purchase some sound/white noise machines to put by DS's door and have a fan running to help block out the noise.   I'm not sure how much help that will be. I have a feeling DS may have a few sleep interupted nights no matter what we do.

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  • MBNBMBNB
    They'll be sharing the same room eventually but newborn will be in our room till he/she is 6 months old or around then. So I'm not really thinking of the sleep issues yet. Hope it's not an issue. DD is a good sleeper with noise around so hoping she sleeps through whatever comes up with the new baby. 
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