Just wondering if anyone has had a baby and toddler share a room and how they went about it??
Dylan's 9 weeks old and Louis is 20months...we've only got a 2 br unit and at the moment Dylans in the bassinette in our room (and in the lounge at night cos I can't sleep with his snuffles - hehe). We're just getting ready to transition Louis into his big bed and then want to get Dylan into the cot. Our mchn suggested we just start them sleeping together now as thats how we want in when they're bigger. I'm just worried about how both of them will sleep with each other waking up.
Dylans only waking once through the night for a feed which isn't so bad...
So anyway...just wondering if anyone has been there done that or has any other suggestions or hints!
We have the girls having their day sleeps in the same room to get used to things. Often they sleep at different times, but most sleeps someone is walking in to put someone else to sleep. We have done the night run a few times and its gone really well... we just have to stagger sleep times. So Jovie goes to sleep at 6.30pm and Matilda will go to bed later. We always have a chat with Matilda in bed and we keep doing it but at quieter levels. We also have to stay in the room until she's asleep atm still because she loves jumping into the cot with Jovie.
I have all 3 of my boys in the same room at the moment and our youngest is waking alot due to the cold and the older 2 aren't bothered.. The only thing we have found is the morning start early.. but with the ages your 2 are I don't think it would be a problem.. GOod luck.. they will adjust
I have all 3 of my boys in the same room at the moment and our youngest is waking alot due to the cold and the older 2 aren't bothered.. The only thing we have found is the morning start early.. but with the ages your 2 are I don't think it would be a problem.. GOod luck.. they will adjust
My boys are in different rooms but across the hall from each other. Mostly they don't disturb each other but sometimes Tom (baby) will wake Jack (toddler). Jack will go straight back down though so I don't see it as a huge problem. The main thing is that I tend to go into Tom pretty quickly when I hear him because I worry about him waking Jack. I need to do that less I think as it's probably contributing to Tom waking more often.
I think the earlier you do it, the easier it will be for them. As I say, my boys rarely wake each other because each is so used to the other making noise, they don't even notice it enough to wake. I guess it's a bit like not hearing trains or planes anymore if you live near a station or under a flight path - you just tune it out.
Kristie, our kids had similar age gaps and we put them in together (first Lindsay and Erin and then Erin and Paige) when the baby needed to cot etc. We did what Christy did and had staggered bedtimes, but we put the older child to bed first as I would just have to feed the baby one more time before they were down for the night anyway. It worked quite well and we had more issues when they were older and they would talk to one another when they went to bed at the same time. Even now the girls still talk sometimes and I might need to give a few reminders to go to sleep.
Help with baby and toddler sharing room!
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