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ph419always
ph419always | March 2008

Bubs and sharing rooms

Hi Guys!

My littlies are now an almost 2 yrs old and a 4.5 month old. My eldest Aaliyah is used to having her own room and is a light-ish sleeper. She has a sleeping routine waking up around 8am in the morning, having one nap of 1.5-2 hrs long during the day over lunchtime and then going to bed around 7pm at night. Noise and the other baby crying can wake her up though and it is quite difficult to get her back to sleep (especially if she's been woken early out of her nap).

Now, Krystana (the 4.5 month old) is teething and quite grizzly at the moment. I am thinking of puting her in the room with Aaliyah (instead of keeping her in with us) so that my husband can get a decent night's sleep as he works all day, but I am also relunctant to do that as if she wakes Aaliyah then I'm really going to have it tough lol. We do have another room, but at the moment it's acting more like a store room for things we don't know what we're going to with yet (and have no where else to put). I would like to move Krystana to there but it will require a lot of "stuff" juggling.

I am wondering, what did you guys do in such situations? What age were your kids when they started to share rooms and how did you cope if one woke the other up (you can imagine how hard it is to get a 2yr old to go back to sleep lol)?

Any other tips/advice very welcome!



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nimchimpsky
March 2008 | nimchimpsky
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I have found that co-sleeping at night with bubs in my bed helps with the teething and other upset stages - they may wake just as frequently, but are more likely to settle down quickly and quietly with a cuddle. Quick fix!



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mum2b84
March 2008 | mum2b84
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Hi my kids were 16 months and 2 months when they started sharing. It took a week or so for the eldest to get used to the night feeds but within a week he stopped waking and would sleep through it all.

So go for it. Soon I will have a 3 and a 4 year old in the room with my new baby. It is a lot easier and it will probably also get her sleeping more soundly and gosh its nice to have your room back!



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KileeGiles
March 2008 | KileeGiles
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The short answer is they get used to it, it may take some time but they will.  A friend of mine has three kids and 2 share all the time but if he visits someones house they all go into the same room for sleep.  i have seen the baby wake and the other two just sleep through it.

We have been away recently and my little one shared a room with the 3 of them and didn't wake at the baby crying. 

They just get used to it, so my advice just do it, the sooner you do it the sooner the teething problems will be over.  Good Luck :)



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Arna
March 2008 | Arna
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My oldest (5 years) and my youngest (10 months) share a room and so do my middle two (4 and 2 years).  We have light sleepers and cranky pants when they get woken, but given a couple of months of adjustment, have had no problems.

It will take time for both of them to adjust, and if you have a grumpy 2 year old for a little while, then so be it, could be worse if you force the issue of sharing a room later on.  She will still be having a nap, and might even sleep longer during the day.



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grendal
March 2008 | grendal
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hey i just did what ur about to do and it gets easier after the first week my kids are around the same age as ur i have a 2 year old and 5 month old and johnathon is the older one and he is a light sleeper but he was use to it after about a week as hayley-jade is teething and always cranky and up alot of the night but now he sleeps through her screaming and same with her it was hard but they get used to it all i did to get johnathon back to sleep all the time was to sit with him it took awhile but its all good as it gets better hope this helps in some way



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