Advice on Having My Children Share a Room!

Hi. I have a 1yr old and a 3 1/2 yr old both girls that share a room. It seems to work out OK. Although I do need to put one of them down first. Wait till they fall asleep and then bring in the other. Which is usually my youngest first. My oldest knows not to wake her sister if she gets up first, she will just come out of the room quietly but if they are both awake they will play. I can see that it may become a problem once they both get a little older, like say in another 2 years maybe, but for now it's OK. Good Luck!

My children share a room (7.5 months and 2.5) and I do believe my 2.5 year old sleeps better knowing her brother is in the room with her!

I have two boys 4.5 and 2. They have shared a room since my youngest was born. They have never really woken each other up over night. There was a short phase where my older son woke his brother in the morning, but we just told him the rule is that he has to wait for him to wake up on his own and can go play quietly or read in another room. They do keep each other up for a while at bedtime. But as long as it doesn't get too late, I think they kind of bond during that special time together. Naps don't really work well in the same room, so we have just always let our older son sleep in our room for his nap and that has worked great.

I have 3 kids close together & I've had 2 of them sharing since my second was about 17 months old. It has worked well for us. My kids are good sleepers & deep sleepers, which helps. If one wakes in the middle of the night, the other usually doesn't wake - and if they do, they go right back to sleep. In the mornings, I think one probably does wake the other, but if they're both sleeping to a fairly decent time in the morning, it doesn't throw them off by much. Right now, my 4 yr. old wakes up a little earlier than my 2 1/2 yr old normally would. A couple of times a week, though the younger one will sleep through the 4 yr old waking up & gets an extra 1/2 to 1 hour of sleep. There have been minor disruptions, but not enough for me to change the sleeping arrangement.

My brother and I shared a bedroom since he was born (he is 14 months younger than I) until I moved out at about 19 years old....no harm done. They will get used to each other. I actually liked sharing a room...we used to watch movies and stuff together at night as we got older. It also taught us to compromise as we weren't allowed to decorate anything that both of us didn't agree on. I say go for it =)

I have five kids and we have always had kids share rooms.....We simply taught them the rules of sharing a room with a sibling. It does force compromise and working together. At times, yes they will wake each other up, however, we just taught them to do something quietly until the other wakes up and let them sleep: Read a book, get dressed quietly etc. When we had opposite sex share room, we always had one of the kids get dressed in bathroom to keep that separate and private - however it might be an issue later for you as you said 15 months...no biggie yet for you.
Also - something that helped us was to stagger bed times, the younger one goes first and usually conks out before older one gets there.

Good luck!

I presume you are doing this because space is scarce?
if so... then well.. it is what it is... I used to share a room with my brother and yes , one of us would awaken before the other and vice versa and at times it would mean we also woke the other person up.. but hey, that is room sharing.. if it's something you have to do, then so be it. I would just do it , see how it goes and go with the flow..
especially if it's something you need to do and especially since they are still young enough to accept it... to do this with teenagers.. hahah wouldnt go over as big...

I have two of my three kids sharing a room and they have never woken each other up and it has worked out just fine. With my experience of room sharing I would encourage you to let your kids each have their own rooms. If we had an additional bedroom I would definitely give each of them their own space. As they get older, it is harder and harder for them to find their alone time which I think we all need once and a while.

Good luck!

I have two girls who are 22 months apart. Currently they are 3 and 4 (almost 5). They have shared a room since my youngest switched out of a bassinet and into a crib. I have to tell you it has it's challenges. Yes, they do wake eachother up. And yes, when they are older like mine they do keep eachother up goofing around. All I can say it that you hope they get used to eachother. There have been some times when one has NOT woke the other up, so it's not all of the time. Sometimes if one of them is having a rough night we might let her sleep with us or on the couch in the living room just to avoid those problems. It has it's advantages as well though. I feel like my girls will be closer because of it and they are never alone. One thing that worked out well for us is getting them to bed at the same time at night. Naps also have their challenges because my 4 year old doesn't want to take them anymore. I hope that this helps a little. You have to work with your kids and I believe you can make it work out for the best. We just stuck with is and worked through all of the ups and downs.

Go for it. We have 7 kids, so sharing a room is a must. Sometimes they will wake each other up, other times they won't. At first it might happen more, but as they get use to it, it happens less and less. We really don't have much of a problem with them waking each other up. They prefer to come to our bed and snuggle with us in the mornings if they are up before us. It is a great learning experience for them as well.

C.

My oldest son is almost 3 1/2, and my youngest son is 19 months old. They've shared a room almost from the very beginning. There are a few learning adjustments they have to make, but I've found that they actually sleep through the other one's cries for the most part. They do wake up early, but they always have. And we kind of need them to! So it works for us.

We do need to put them in different rooms for naptime, however. For some reason, my oldest refuses to fall asleep during the afternoon if he's in the same room as his brother. We just put him on our bed or on the floor in our room, and he usually does fine.

Try it! If nothing else, you can always switch back.

everyone told me it would go better than i expected when i moved my boys in together at 9 months and 2 1/2 yrs old. they were right. it went very well. there are times when they are difficult at bed time, but it's not every day. and my husband and i got much needed peace and quiet without a baby in our room.

I think room sharing is great. My 3 kiddos(7yo boy, 5yo girl, and 2yo boy) all share on room and the other bedroom is a playroom. This arangement works wonderfully for us and while they may wake each other occasionally mine also usually just get up and go play together so no biggee. I know someday they will want more personal space but for now they actually are reassured by having each other near.