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Sharing a room

STint520STint520 member
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I have one year old b/g twins that currently share a room.  We are having MAJOR sleep problems with waking each other up during the middle of the night.  DH and I are so scared that they will wake each other up, we rush down to console them (which is a TERRIBLE habit) and we don't let them CIO.  Also waking each other up in the morning is becoming an issue.  It's obviously so much easier having them share a room for a number of reasons, but would sleeping issues push you to split them up?  I know they go through different stages, but I think we are ready to try something different.  What do you do? TIA!

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  • Brummy14Brummy14 member
    Ours still share a room -- but overnight, when one wakes up, we get them both up and feed them and get them back down -- at most, that's once a night now (I'm sure I just jinxed myself).

    We're moving come December, at which point they'll get their own rooms. However, if they're still up at night, we'll likely still wake the other up if it's a feeding thing -- since it just makes it easier on us to do one up, both up to maximize sleep stretches.

    In the morning, it's NBD if they wake each other up at that point...
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  • LALASEPT05LALASEPT05 member
    We separated for naps at about 4 months old because one was a better napper and we needed to let the other CIO a little bit. They slept over night in the same room though and did fine until about 2.5. They never really woke each other up and if one did wake up the other could pretty much sleep through it. At 2.5 DD decided she wanted to sleep in her room where she naps over night by herself. At first I was a little disappointed, but I always did want to split them up before they moved into beds just to make that transition a little easier. Once they can get out of bed and share a room I always worried about them getting into stuff or playing instead of sleeping. So we embraced it and let it happen naturally. If you think you'll eventually split them up it might be worth it to do it now or at least for a bit to see if you can get their sleep patterns more similar. Good luck!
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