OHbaby! Forums : Room sharing etc https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/ Copyright (c) 2006-2013 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Sat, 11 Apr 2026 16:45:17 +0000 Thu, 17 Jul 2008 12:25:36 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 12.05 360 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=19192 <![CDATA[OHbaby! Forums]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_images/web_wiz_forums.png https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/ <![CDATA[Room sharing etc : Theres no way I could have my...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=19192&PID=442095&title=room-sharing-etc#442095 Author: Rachael21
Subject: 19192
Posted: 17 July 2008 at 12:25pm

Theres no way I could have my two together even now. They both still wake at night and are both light sleepers. Jack also tries to pick Caprece up and jump on her so he just couldn't be trusted. Maybe when shes in a bed they might be able to share.

We had Caprece in our room for about 5 months and then she got put in our spare room full of all our crap. I finally cleared it out and made it a baby room when she was about 8 months.

You really just have to wait and see what kind of children they are.]]> Thu, 17 Jul 2008 12:25:36 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=19192&PID=442095&title=room-sharing-etc#442095 <![CDATA[Room sharing etc : ah aimeejoy, that sounds like...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=19192&PID=442009&title=room-sharing-etc#442009 Author: emz
Subject: 19192
Posted: 17 July 2008 at 10:16am

ah aimeejoy, that sounds like a plan! The only thing I worry about is Jack is a really bad teether, and is only now waking at 6.30 (from 5am the last two months - although before that slept through 7-7 from 9 weeks). I guess you just have to play it by ear though.]]> Thu, 17 Jul 2008 10:16:05 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=19192&PID=442009&title=room-sharing-etc#442009 <![CDATA[Room sharing etc : I have just put Greer in with...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=19192&PID=441954&title=room-sharing-etc#441954 Author: aimeejoy
Subject: 19192
Posted: 17 July 2008 at 9:11am

I have just put Greer in with Hannah. First two mornings they woke each other up at 5.30am, but now we;ve got rid of where the light was coming in they both sleep til 7. Hannah goes to bed at 6.30pm and is asleep when Greer goes at 7, so no noght probs so far. I just waited until G was sleeping all night consistently. Before that she was in the tiny cold front room with heater on constantly, which we dont need to use now.]]> Thu, 17 Jul 2008 09:11:17 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=19192&PID=441954&title=room-sharing-etc#441954 <![CDATA[Room sharing etc : I&#039;ve been wondering about...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=19192&PID=441772&title=room-sharing-etc#441772 Author: Mazzy
Subject: 19192
Posted: 16 July 2008 at 9:50pm

I've been wondering about this too, we're in a 3 bedroom and the 3rd room is tiny and has windows all along three of the walls so is freezing in winter - not suitable for anyone to sleep in. DD2 is still in a bassinette in our room and it's fine, but the way she's growing she won't fit in the bassinette for much longer and we can't fit a cot in there. I'm just hoping DD1 grows out of her 'hit the baby' phase before we have to move them in together - I'd be worried about DD2 getting attacked in the middle of the night! ]]> Wed, 16 Jul 2008 21:50:10 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=19192&PID=441772&title=room-sharing-etc#441772 <![CDATA[Room sharing etc : Well we all live in a one bedroom...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=19192&PID=441671&title=room-sharing-etc#441671 Author: Daizy
Subject: 19192
Posted: 16 July 2008 at 8:24pm

Well we all live in a one bedroom house and so all have no choice but to share a room. (I guess there is always the lounge but I kinda enjoy having them close) I got used to them pretty quickly so noises dont bother me too much.

I was so worried having to have a newborn in with a todler but surprisingly it went really well. The first night DD#1 was awake most of the night, mainly because she was so excited she just wanted to see her new sister. She quickly got over that and now sleeps through anything. DD#2 hasn't had it anyother way so now sleeps through anything.The sleep in bunks so are pretty close together.
It does work out pretty well that Maddi doesnt wake much in the night and isnt a screamer, and goes to sleep without much fuss.
]]> Wed, 16 Jul 2008 20:24:10 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=19192&PID=441671&title=room-sharing-etc#441671 <![CDATA[Room sharing etc : I&#039;d give it a go and see...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=19192&PID=441578&title=room-sharing-etc#441578 Author: busymum
Subject: 19192
Posted: 16 July 2008 at 7:28pm

I'd give it a go and see what happens. In my experience it depends how many sleeps the kids have during the day and their waking-up temperament hehe. Toddlers seem to sleep through baby wakes at nights, mostly.]]> Wed, 16 Jul 2008 19:28:42 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=19192&PID=441578&title=room-sharing-etc#441578 <![CDATA[Room sharing etc : Cooper is still in with us, and...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=19192&PID=441519&title=room-sharing-etc#441519 Author: .Mel
Subject: 19192
Posted: 16 July 2008 at 6:35pm

Cooper is still in with us, and I've had enough now. The older two kids have quite big bedrooms, my problem is that Cooper doesn't sleep thru quite yet, he'll have a good run one week and the next week he'll wake up around 4. Out of the two rooms he'd have to go in with Nyah.

If it was me, I'd put baby in with you to start with, then move into the study??....]]> Wed, 16 Jul 2008 18:35:46 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=19192&PID=441519&title=room-sharing-etc#441519 <![CDATA[Room sharing etc : We moved Anastasia out of our...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=19192&PID=441515&title=room-sharing-etc#441515 Author: kezplanet
Subject: 19192
Posted: 16 July 2008 at 6:30pm

We moved Anastasia out of our room at about 5-6mths, have a large old style crib & she went into the 3rd b/room by herself for about a year while in cot and when we moved her to a bed we moved her in with Ashlyn and found that Ashlyn actually slept better with her in there.  Anastasia did for a while but she still sometimes wakes at night but unless something is wrong or they are sick one almost never wakes the other during the night.......different story in the morning tho!!

]]> Wed, 16 Jul 2008 18:30:40 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=19192&PID=441515&title=room-sharing-etc#441515 <![CDATA[Room sharing etc : emz we are in the same situation!...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=19192&PID=441263&title=room-sharing-etc#441263 Author: LittleBug
Subject: 19192
Posted: 16 July 2008 at 2:28pm

emz we are in the same situation! 3 bedrooms, two are tiny (one jam-packed office and Chloe's room is not that big either). Would love to know what age your bubbas started sharing rooms and how it went.]]> Wed, 16 Jul 2008 14:28:22 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=19192&PID=441263&title=room-sharing-etc#441263 <![CDATA[Room sharing etc : I put Charlotte in her basinette...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=19192&PID=441235&title=room-sharing-etc#441235 Author: fattartsrock
Subject: 19192
Posted: 16 July 2008 at 2:13pm

I put Charlotte in her basinette in our teeny tiny office, along with all the other crap (washing, work stuff etc) till she was almost one and we could swap SS room with hers (he was hardly coing by then anyhow, can fit a small bed in office) . It was a squash, but we worked round it, she was in with us for about a month? I ws going to share my 2, but they both still wake at night, so decided not to. Will probably in the near future though, they like doing everything together, she gets into bed with him when its his bed time etc.]]> Wed, 16 Jul 2008 14:13:53 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=19192&PID=441235&title=room-sharing-etc#441235 <![CDATA[Room sharing etc : I bumped a good one for you Emz....]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=19192&PID=441220&title=room-sharing-etc#441220 Author: mummy_becks
Subject: 19192
Posted: 16 July 2008 at 2:06pm

I bumped a good one for you Emz.

]]> Wed, 16 Jul 2008 14:06:45 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=19192&PID=441220&title=room-sharing-etc#441220 <![CDATA[Room sharing etc : So all going to plan we will have...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=19192&PID=441188&title=room-sharing-etc#441188 Author: emz
Subject: 19192
Posted: 16 July 2008 at 1:41pm

So all going to plan we will have about 18 months between kids. We have 3 bedrooms but the smallest room is the study with all my teaching stuff and DH's army stuff in it. No way to fit a kid in there whatsoever. We will have #2 in our room until we get sick of the hedgehog-like noises again (was 6 weeks with Jack) but then what do you do? Do you pu #2 in with #1 and hope that it doesn't wake up the older child? Do you put #2 in the study just in a cot and transfer to the shared bedroom later on?

What have you done for your kids who share? Has it worked well or been a complete disaster?

I'm sure this will be helpful to other ladies on here who are planning on having kids close together too.

And sorry if this has already been done, the search function never works for me for some reason so I couldn't look for it. TIA ]]> Wed, 16 Jul 2008 13:41:31 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=19192&PID=441188&title=room-sharing-etc#441188