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2 kids sharing the same room

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Anyone have any experience with this? we have a 2 bedroom house, so up until a few nights ago, my 8 month old has been in our room, but I'm just done with that, so we put him in with the 2 and 1/2 yr old 2 nights ago.

It has been a little rough. He actually does better than her. She used to sleep so good, but it's all gone to crap since she moved to the big girl bed. But now she's even worse, just up all the time, not wanting to go to bed. I am almost at the point where I'm going to give up naptime for her, just so she's more tired at night because I do think that's part of the problem.

Anyways - anyone have any advice on room sharing? Or getting a 2 yr old to stay in her bed and sleep. We have tried a lot of techniques in the books, nothing is working on her. Ugh. Mommy just wants her nights back. 

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  • Janell's NestJanell's Nest
    No advice on the 2 yr old since i have one myself that is having the same issue...its making me really dread the move to a big boy bed...because he can crawl in and out of the crib, and its become a game.  All the advice I've gotten is to just keep putting them back, and not acknowledging them when you put them back down.  Last night was our best night...it only took 3 times before he gave up and stayed in bed...but I also worked really hard at keeping him up after daycare and wearing him out!
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  • ariel06ariel06 member

    For my boys, sleeping got better after the novelty of sharing a room got old.  I think the worst of things started around that age with DS1.  I have the best luck when DS1 goes to bed first and then I move DS2 in later.  And I've started to ignore the bedtime tantrums.  No real advice.  It's a rough phase!

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  • MrsAshley16MrsAshley16

    I think it just takes time. Time to adjust, and time to come up with a system.

    We have 2 rooms up and 2 down, so obviously we couldn't move either of our girls downstairs.

    DD2 was in our room until just about 9 months old, and we finally made the move because she just wasn't sleeping great, and was way too attached to me. I co-slept with her and she as waking and nursing just for the comfort, and I wasn't getting any sleep).

    It's been about 2 months, and things are great now. My DH puts the 2.5 year old down, while I nurse the baby and put her down. So, by the time she's done eating, the toddler is asleep, and I can sneak in and put the baby in her crib. After about 2 weeks, the toddler stopped waking up (or at least GETTING up) when the baby would cry out. And, after about a month, they were both consistently sleeping through the night, no problem.

    Naps, we still approach a little different, unless we really can get them down one after another like our bedtime routine. Otherwise, I usually put the toddler in my bed to nap, and the baby in their room. That way, they both get a good nap in, rather than one waking the other up too early.

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