Sharing a room?

Re: Sharing a room?

• realisticdreams member

  January 2013

  malcivar:

  For those of you with multiple kids where one maybe is SN and the other(s) is NT, do they share a room?

  DH and I are starting to look for a home or condo and right now I'm looking for 3 bedrooms because I just can't imagine Chris sharing a room with his brother.  There are nights when Chris will be awake and very active - singing, marching, jumping, saying the alphabet for close to 2 hrs. That could be seriously disruptive to his brother's sleep.

  So I don't know - what are your experiences with NT and SN siblings sharing rooms?

  Thanks 

  Our house is only 2 bedrooms and they DON'T share.  P is too loud at night, stays awake longer, cries in her sleep, isn't independent enough, yadayadayada. M goes to sleep by herself, in her crib we put the radio in her room and play a white noise outside of her room (our bedroom is next to hers).  After about an hour I go to bed with P.  We are considering adding onto our house but that is a ways down the road.  I think sharing is a challenge for ever two NT children just because of the difficulties that come in to play with 2 different personalities and sleep habits.   

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• lite-bright member

  January 2013

  DD1 (ASD) and DD2 share (NT) a room. It'll be a year in March since we moved DD2 in there in a twin bed. 

  I sometimes feel bad for DD1, actually. She tends to be the one who is quite tired at bedtime and will settle down fast, whereas DD2 is the one bouncing off the walls (sometimes literally), kicking the wall, talking/singing to herself loudly, playing her soother music, etc.

  Sometimes they egg each other on and play past when they should be settled down, or complain (so and so took my toy, she pushed me, she pulled my hair). Again, it tends to be DD2 who is the instigator who gets out of bed, DD1 stays put although they're both gigglers. I shared a room with my sister and I think that's pretty typical for room-sharing, so we just deal with it and discipline as needed.  

  DD2 sometimes still wakes at night crying and wakes early, too -- she tends to come into our room for morning snuggles, and DD1 follows when she wakes/is ready. For the most part, DD1 is a great sleeper and it doesn't seem to disturb her to the point where she's grumpy or anything. She seems to be able to fall asleep even if DD2 is being loud. So it works for us even if I do sometimes feel like she would sleep a little better if she had her own space. 

  We're using the nursery as a home office for me, now, so they're going to be sharing a room for a good, long time. 

  
  
  DD1, 1/5/2008 ~~~ DD2, 3/17/2010

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• Jinsy80 member

  January 2013

  My girls share a room, since we only have two bedrooms. DD2 (SN) just sttn at 2 years old, so it's been okay for about two months. There will be hell to pay when we transition her into a big girl bed though.

  

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• kcisthebombdotcom member

  January 2013

  My kids have always shared long before I knew anything was amiss. both are SN (though my oldest is pretty close to typical while my younger child is more severely delayed) and both sleep through anything.

  

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• akimbo

  January 2013

  DS1 (6.5, SN) and DS2 (2.5, NT) have been sharing a room since #2 was 3 months old. I don't think they'd have it any other way - it's amazing what they can sleep thru! Of course there are days that are bananas, but truly, on those noghts it wouldn't have mattered if they were in different rooms - everyone was awake!

  It's going to be ok whatever you do

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