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Room sharing? Or room in basement?
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We have a 16 week old and 26 month old. Both are light sleepers. The baby is still in the pack and play in our room, but its getting trickier to tip toe around him. The plan was for them to share the nursery but I'm worried that DS1 will try and help cover the baby with a blanket, or wake him on purpose, throw things in the crib, etc.... We have a completely finished, legal basement with two additional bedrooms. Would you put the toddler on a different floor, or try to make the main floor nursery work for both of them?
Oh- DS 1 is not a great sleeper either...
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Re: Room sharing? Or room in basement?
We have a split level house with 2 rooms up and 2 rooms down. Our girls have shared a room since DD2 was 7 months old. I personally don't feel comfortable having my kids on a different level than us. I like to be able to hear them and check on them frequently. I'd also worry about how I'd get to the one in the basement if there was a fire.
What works best for us is to put DD2 to bed first and let her fall asleep and then we put DD1 to bed about 45 min to an hour later. DD1 has left DD2 alone and has never put anything in the crib with her.
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Oh, my gosh!!! I was JUST pondering this while making supper! We are expecting #4 and only have 4 rooms upstairs. We have a finished basement with a room we use for storage...have been contemplating turning that into a room or room sharing, too.
Your situation is completely different, but if it were me...I would think of these things...How far is your room from the basement door? That would be my issue. If your door is close...then I would probably put DS down there with a video monitor for you to see his every move and maybe even out a gate in his doorway so he doesnt get intrigued in the middle of the night...but that is just me.
I am lurker, but I had to chime in on this one...
I have several fire fighters and police officers in my family, which is maybe why I am so biased, but I would never put a child in a room without two exits (in most states, this is the requirement for a room to be called a legal bedroom). You didn't specify in your post, but if the basement rooms have only a door (and no window, second door, etc), it is a fire hazard, and if there were a fire or someone broke in, emergency personnel may not be able to get access to the room.
That being said--I am a mom too, and hopefully on my way to 2u2 (in a 2 bedroom house), so I realize the challenges. I however would consider those safety issues carefully.