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September 2013 Moms
mamas PG with #2
Have you thought about the sleeping situation once #2 arrives?
Are your LOs going to share a room or have separate rooms?
What about where they will sleep? Will you have LO #1 still in a crib or do you plan to transition them to a "big kid" bed before LO #2 arrives and reuse your current crib?
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Re: mamas PG with #2
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Married the love of my life in 2011
DS born in 2012
DS2 born in 2013
Lil surprise due October 18th!
They will each have their own rooms, even though this LO will co-sleep with us for a few months. DS is a terribly light sleeper so I couldn't imagine having him and a baby in the same room together, he would get no sleep.
We have to buy a new crib for this LO because we moved to our new house after DS outgrew his crib and the bag that had all of the screws in it somehow got misplaced. We just ended up tossing the whole thing. Plus DS chewed the railings up so badly that it just looked pretty nasty anyways.
They will each have their own rooms. We are actually going to move DS to what's now the guest room because it's bigger than his current nursery.
He is still in his crib and will stay there until he starts trying to climb out. He plays in there for so long before he goes to sleep at night so I know if he was in the toddler bed his butt would be out the door the instant we put him down for the night. If by chance he starts trying to climb out soon we may get him a different bed and reuse the crib, but as of right now we'll be getting a second convertible crib.
Right now we only have a 2br apt, so we might look for a 3br if #2 is a boy.
We will keep DD in her crib while #2 sleeps in the PnP in our room for the first few months. We will prob transition DD to a bed around 3yo which will be in dec.
I won't be buying another bed/crib until LO moves into the room with DD. I'm guessing she will be ready for a toddler or twin bed at that point or before.
Ideally, the new baby will be in a crib in our bedroom for the first year, like we did with Lily. After that (or if we move to a house where the master bedroom isn't big enough for that), I'm not sure if we'll have them share or each have their own. Probably depends on the number/size/location of bedrooms in whatever house we buy (currently looking).
I think we'll probably buy another crib (or get one from friends of ours, if their daughter moves to a bed soon). Lily isn't ready for a big kid bed and I don't see her being ready before the new baby comes. Might buy a convertible crib for her and give the new baby her old crib so we can change to toddler bed when she's ready.
BFP #1: July 12, 2010 Natural M/C: July 26, 2010
BFP #2: January 30 ,2011 Born: September 29, 2011
BFP #3: January 5, 2013 Born: August 25, 2013
We're in the process of building a new house, but will be in the old house when baby #2 arrives. Right now, we are planning on using a portacrib my parents bought two years ago for their house for the new baby and DS will stay in his crib.
We have been thinking a lot about this. We only have 2 bedrooms so they will need to share. I think when the baby is a newborn they will sleep in a pack n play with us and then hopefully move to DS's room. DS will be in a crib probably unless he starts trying to climb out. I'm not sure but thinking of him loose in the room with a baby is a little unnerving. We plan on buying a second crib as DS's crib converts to a toddler bed.
And we live in a small apartment right now, only 1 bedroom, as we are building out forever home. Luckily, our bedroom is huge, so there's room enough for LO's bed, our bed, and everything else.
We moved DD to a big girl room over the summer and left her nursery as is. I love that nursery so much. Once they are both a little older, I have every intention of getting bunk beds and they will share a room. We plan on having a third eventually.
See also: we need a bigger house.
For me it depends on the sex of the baby. If it's another girl, then they will share the room (once baby is sleeping through the night) until they are older and want separate rooms. My DD LOVES her toddler bed (formally her crib) and if all goes well, then yes I am using the crib/toddler bed for the new baby. My mom suggested we make a big deal about getting her "big girl bed" and have her in it and loving it before baby arrives. This way she won't feel like the baby took her bed away. I think this a great idea and we are looking into the perfect bed for her now.
Until the baby is sleeping through the night, I will keep the crib in our guest bedroom. This way I don't disturb DD during feedings or 3 AM crying episodes. If it's a boy, then I plan on turning the play room or guest bedroom into his room. I really love having a playroom, so guest bedroom may be out the door!!
To answer my own questions..We plan to have them in separate rooms since we have an extra room that is currently the guest room/office. #2 will sleep in our room for at least the first 4 months or so like we did with DS. I am not sure if we are going to buy another crib or not. I really don't want the added expense if we can help it and DS will be 28 months by the time #2 arrives. I would really like to transition him to a new bedroom set and reuse the current nursery furniture.
DH and I are at a disagreement as to whether we should keep DS in his current room or move him to the other bedroom (both room are exactly the same size). DH thinks we should move him into the other bedroom with new furniture and keep the nursery as is for #2 (it is gender neutral). I think we should move the furniture into the other bedroom for #2 and let DS remain in his current room. Part of me feels bad that we would move him from the only room he has even known in his short life.
BFP #1 : 05.08.11 : EDD : 01.16.12 : DOB : 01.15.12
BFP #2 : 12.26.12 : EDD : 09.08.13 : DOB : 09.03.13
After the first few months, #2 will go into a mini crib in our current nursery. (It has gender neutral decorations, so will work for both kids even if we have a boy.) When DD is big enough for a twin bed, #2 will move to the big crib. We'll rinse and repeat when #3 comes (but hopefully with a bit larger of a gap).
I have thought about it and we don't have a definite solution. At first LO will be in a P&P in our room for about 3 mo. But after that I don't know what we will do. We will either have to convert our office to another BR (moving the office stuff to the basement, which is not that finished so it would be kind of unpleasant) or we will have the two LOs share a room, in which case we might have to have them use our room because it's bigger, and we'd move to DS's room. But I'm not even sure his room is big enough for us. We'd probably keep our junk in the LOs' closet, because it is a pretty big closet, ultimately (the one we use now for ourselves.) I just can't see two little kids sharing a room, though, with the sleep troubles that young children have and the fact that they're on different schedules for a while. We'll just have to see what happens.
As for the bed/crib, DS is still in a crib but he could be moved to a bed any time now. He is 2. I like keeping him in the crib as long as possible but I do feel like we have a lot of time. We will definitely do it before LO is born, though, because even though LO won't use the crib for a while I want there to be enough of a gap of time that DS doesn't feel like LO "stole" his crib. He needs to be already comfortable in his new big bed.