Kids Sharing a Bedroom

I have three girls and two of them share a room. My oldest had just turned 3 when my youngest was born. Even though they were in the same room, my oldest did not wake up everytime my youngest did. After the first few night, she would see me come in to get Victoria and just say "Mom she is crying" then she would go back to sleep. Chances are if he is not waking her up now when he cries, he won't wake her up if you move them into the same room. The first few weeks she might if she is a light sleeper, but just be consistant on how you handle her and she will get the idea that when her brother wakes up does not mean the whole house is waking up.

Hi C.! I am in (almost) the same situation as you are! I have a son who just turned 2 last week, and a daughter that just turned 6 months two weeks ago and we live in a two bedroom condo! My daughter shared a room with my husband and I until she was 5 months old...she was becoming too spoiled b/c I would jump to her with every noise she made, in the hopes of not waking my hubby who had to work early in the morning. Long story short, we moved her to our loft area (which is above our family room). I'm not too fond of her being out in the open, but we have no choice right now. I'm trying to transition my son to a toddler bed so that we can fit both crib and bed in the small bedroom but that's not working so well either. My daughter is doing well now, sleeping ok where she's now, usually waking once, but I can usually pop the pacifier into her mouth rather than a bottle and she'll fall back asleep. So my suggestion to you is that if you don't want to move your son's crib into the "living" space, then I would try moving the kids into the same bedroom. You may be surprised, my 2 year old is so used to the baby crying now (the loft is just outside the 2 year old's bedroom) that he sleeps right though it. Just be on alert so that you can run into the room when your little guy needs you. GOOD LUCK!
btw- if all else fails, nap when they do, and if that's not possible, then go to bed when they do for the night! It's just temporary, keep reminding yourself that!

Hi, I have a daughter who will be 3 this month and my son is 16 months old, and we had the room to put them in seperate rooms, but we would have had to take the crib completely apart and that just didn't seem like too much fun, so through the grouling months of getting up in the middle of the night, my son shared the room with his sister, and there were times he would scream for his pacifier and times he wanted to get up and eat, but it never bothered her, so I would say the best thing to do is try it, kids are so adaptable at this age. Your son might not like it at first, but I found being consistent even if it makes your heart jump, is the best way to have your kids face the change. When both of my kids were littler, they would wake up and I would have a 5 minute rule, if they fussed longer than 5 minutes I would asses the situation, but I would say 4 out of 5 times they went back to sleep without me going and giving them a pacifier or feeding them. Durning this period with my son, my daughter always selpt great.

I have a 3 year old and a 1 year old and they have been sharing a bedroom since I took her out of the bassinet. For the longest time I would have my oldest go to sleep and then let the baby fall asleep with me and then put her in the crib because I was afraid of her crying and waking up the older one. It got to where she wouldn't sleep in her bed anymore and I had to put a stop to it as I wasn't getting any sleep. The doctor said to put her in her crib and let her cry herself to sleep. It was the hardest thing to do, however within a week, she stopped crying and would just go to sleep. My 3 year old doesn't even wake up anymore when my 1 year old wakes up crying. If you don't jump to every cry and concern of theirs, they will learn to deal with it themselves. As annoying as it is, you still wake up when they cry, you just have to remember not to go in the room unless you know something isn't right. Just a pacifier out of mouth, he will either find it or fall asleep without it. He'll be okay. He might even sleep later in the other room. Hope I was some help. Have a great day
J.

I understand your concern. I too live in a 2 brm townhouse w/ 2 kids. I have a 5 year old and a 10 mnth old and after she was born I was always afraid of putting them in the same room-eventually i couldn't take it anymore and found out it's not that difficult. I put the 5 year old first-read story/tuck her in, then I do story/rocking/bottle w/ the baby. When I first started my 5 yr old would tell me the baby was crying and go back to sleep, now she doesn't even notice it. Trust me your kids will get used to it fast enough. It's all about how you deal with it. If you think it's ok-they'll will follow your lead and act like it's ok.

Hope this helps.
D.

P.S. I know a couple who didn't put their kids in the same room until the youngest was almost 2 yrs old. Not to scare you, but they had problems for a long time trying to get them both to sleep. You might want to try it sooner rather than later.