Hi! I have a 3 and a half year old, a 26 month old, and a 6 week old baby. My 2 year old still naps and sleeps fabulously in his crib and we have never had a climbing incident. My 3 year old is in her own room and naps and sleeps well at nighto, and baby sister is still with mom and dad. However, I am dreading the transition from crib to bed, and putting my baby in with one of her siblings. So I am looking to hear all your experiences. Should I leave my son in a crib? And when I do move him should I keep him by himself, or have him with.big sister? I don't want the baby and.my 2 year old to share because i am sure he would bug her. My original plan was to have my 2 girls together, and now I second guess. What were the transitions like?
We have amazing sleepers in our house, and so I am very nervous to rock the boat...but I would love to hear your feedback. I am thinking I will move my baby into a crib in a month or 2, so I better get planning!
I would put the girls together with the baby is older, and i would most definitly take the 2 year old out of his crib how does he get up and go potty if he has too.?
Put both girls in the room together. Prepare the 3 year old for the transition by letting her know, that soon she will have to look out for her little sister to make sure she has a good night sleep. She may not mind it since she thinks she has a "big girl" job to do. I doubt that tramsitioning will be that difficult.
Our kids are the same gender order and about the same spacing as yours but all about 2 years older. We got our middle to transition to a bed in his own room. Then we moved the older 2 to bunkbeds in the same room. Then baby in the crib in her own room. Now with the youngest about to be 2 and all sleeping in beds, we will put the girls together when school is out. Worked really well for us and made a BIG deal about each transition and made it a very positive thing. Good luck. Might be a rough adjustment, but give it time to settle before you give up.
I would put the two girls together but mostly because in the long run that is where they will end up. I don't like moving furniture around a lot.
Really my answer is no better or worse than others because there is not right or wrong, ya know? Just go with easy. :)
Yeah--I might be a little nervous about the 2 year old with the baby. I think putting the two older girls together is a better bet because down the road unless you get a bigger house that would be the natural pairing--save yourself more moving later. The preschooler and toddler will probably transition together better now than making your preschooler transition one time to have to share with the baby and then again to share with your now toddler. Plus the preschooler will be more keenly aware that she has to share her room while your toddler does not. Better to do a whole "big girl" makeover to get them revved up about getting to share a room together. My 3 year old has not looked back to wanting her nursery after redecorating her big girl room and bed. Good luck!
I've also got 3- 6yo boy, 16mo boy, and 4mo girl. The two little ones share a room right now. All 3 are great sleepers, but the little ones sleep in the dark while my 6yo still clings to his lamp on at night. It's easier for us b/c there's just one changing table until they are potty-trained and we don't have diapers/wipes all over the house.
We moved my 16mo to his big boy bed (a loft bed cut down to size with the railing around) about a month before baby girl was born, and he did great! We kept the crib in the room and let him pick which one each night. He went to the big boy bed and never went back. They both sleep great and we don't have to worry about him messing with her. He gets up to move his stool so he can climb up and comfort her before we get in there sometimes if she's actually crying at night.
Not sure yet what we'll do once they get older. We're hoping we'll be able to expand the house by then so they can all have their own rooms b/c I have a hard time imagining my very private 6yo sharing a room with his little bro when they're about 5 & 10 and it's time for the little ones to separate.
I wouldn\ put the 2 oldest together until the baby sleeps through the night, So baby can have her own room for a while to help from everyone waking up! (and then you could do 2 youngest) but if the plan was always to have the 2 girls together then I would do that. Explaining why the girls are together will be easy at this point they will understand. My girls have been sharing a room their whole lives and they are very close and don't like to sleep alone! yes sometimes bedtime is a challenge but such is life!
To answer your question - put the girls together. Some states don't like the boy girl rooming.
