Hello! We have a 30 month old son and a 16 month old daughter. Until very recently, our son had his own room and our daughter's crib was in our bedroom (we have a two bedroom home). We moved our daughter into our son's room, and I am struggling to sort out sleep issues, etc. Our son is and always has been a superstar sleeper - 12-14 hours per night without issue, even while sick, teething, etc. Our daugther is a decent sleeper, but nowhere near as solid as her brother. At times she wakes up crying in the middle of the night, and she consistently wakes up 1-2 hours before our son's normal wake up time. I have noticed a shift in his demeanor/behavior since she moved in - he is more irritable, somewhat wired. Of course this shift can be associated with typical terrible two/threes as well. I am worried that she is disrupting his sleep and possibly negatively impacting his behavior. This is true of their naps, too, by the way, but less so. They nap at approximately the same time, but most of the time I can remove the one who awakens from the room quickly and the other will keep sleeping. Anyway, I am hoping for feedback, suggestions, shared experiences about toddler siblings sharing rooms... Help, anyone? Thank you!
I'm thinking that once he gets used to her being in the room, he will start sleeping through any noise she makes. it's just a matter of him getting used to her being in there.
My 2.5 year old and 8 month old share a room and in order to prevent one from waking the other, if I can't get the one who wakes up back to sleep easily, they come into bed with me. My husband goes to bed about two hours before I get up due to his work schedule so the space issue in our bed is not really a huge deal. But this works well for us. There have even been some nights where both kids end up in my bed because they were up so often that it was easier to put them in bed with me where they'd fall asleep quickly and stay asleep!
Hello. My brother had the same problem. He and his wife bought a sofa bed and gave their room to the baby until he got into a better sleep pattern. Both kids are now sleeping in the same room and both get to sleep fully.
Hello M., As the mom of 5 we always had children together and they are able to ajust better than we give them credit for. We quickly learned that they adjusted to baby cries, siblings getting up during the night for bathroom and it didn't seem to faze them.
I came home one day and my children had rearranged bedrooms so they were now all together-- it was great and lasted 2 years. We turned the extra room into a play place! Now they are grown and are putting 2-3 children in each bedroom becasue of the way they liked it as kids. I would warn you that if one is in a twin bed do not be surprised to find the sibling in bed with that child from time to time. We have the cutest pictures of our 8 year old with the 14 month old snuggled up to him. I still believe the older kids taught him how to get out of the crib!!!
