I have a 3yo and a 5.5 month old. My youngest has been co-sleeping in our room. Soon it will be time to get her into her crib in her own room. The problem is, the baby room is right next door, not across, next door with shared wall with my toddlers. My infant is EBF and only falls asleep on my breast. My husband then transfers her out of my arms to her co-sleeper right next to my side of the bed at night. That won't be happening anymore once the baby moves to her crib. I know we are probably going to have to do some CIO. The issue is, this will definitely wake up my toddler. So how do you all do it? Is it anytime the baby cries this will keep the other one up, and vice versa? We had a few miserable nights last week where my toddler was up having bad dreams and as soon as she was asleep the baby was up. Seems like they took turns all night long and this happened three nights in a row. So is this what we should expect from here on out when one is up crying? Any advice? Also, we have sound machine, black out curtains, etc etc and seems both my girls are light sleepers. Is this just the way it goes?
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Re: If you have a 3-4yo and an infant, pls help!
You might just need to tough it out for a few nights so your kids can learn to sleep through each other's cries. Good luck!
Okay, hopefully that's what happens. Thank you!
All three are sharing a room right now since we have family visiting, one woke up at 4 and he did not make a sound, the youngest fell out of bed at 6 and even with his screaming did not wake the others!!
This is exactly our setup and it works well! DD1 woke up just the first night and hasn't since. They both have sound machines.
My toddler's bed isn't up against the wall but the baby crib is. There is no where else to put the baby crib that will fit everything in that room.