Two kids in one room

We're planning to put the baby into Dan's room but are feeling a little nervous. He'll be 2 years 4 months when it is born.

My plan is to maybe have the baby in there for some day sleeps initially (we have a hammock) and gradually increase that to the night sleeps.

How have other people done it? Did the older kid learn to sleep through the baby waking? Any tips, tricks, what not to dos .....

I did it, we had 4 of us in the same room right from day one. The girls were in top of each other as well so it was nice and cosy Keira wouldn't have been that much older than Daniel either

It worked really well, apart from maybe the first few weeks where Keira was so excited everytime her baby sister woke she just wanted to see her. We were all pretty tired the first few weeks, and it maybe made things a little harder with a tired toddler. I think after a few weeks the novelty had worn off and she was so tired she would sleep through everything. They both became very good at sleeping through other noises and movement in the room and still are.
I don't think we let Maddi cry as much at night, I would usually feed her to sleep and she may have had a wee grizzle before she dozed off, thankfully she was an alright sleeper.

They are still sharing now (thankfully not with us anymore though) and they still sleep pretty well. They do like to play a wee bit some nights and mornings.. well as soon as one is up...

The biggest problem I had was getting them to have day sleeps, I just can not get them to sleep during the day in the same room. Keira was always a shocking sleeper and had dropped her day sleeps well before Maddi was born, but it was occasionally was a problem when Keira really needed a sleep (now if she ever needs a sleep she will go in our room).

Kids are pretty adaptable so it can definately be done with out too much of a problem. Good luck!

Aww bless!

I figure most of us shared rooms when we were kids so it is obviously doable and may just be a little rough at first. I think I"ll definitely stick with making it a gradual process of transition (and keep my fingers crossed!)

gmunster - our daughter slept in the hallway and lounge for a while in her bassinette - not for lack of room, but because it was warmer and further away from us so we couldn't hear her crying (she cried for 8 hours each night).

It is doable, but if you have a terrible sleeper in #2, it can be hell. We tried for the first time when #2 was 4 months and it didn't work at all. Now at 27 months and 9 months they are quite happy. Day sleeps though - Jack sleeps in our room, simply because they wake at different times.

I was wondering a similar thing but our 2 older girls will be sharing. They will be about 3y 9mo and 20mo and I was wondering how the different timing of night time routines works (stories etc).

DD1 doesn't have a day sleep so that's not an issue but obviously DD2 goes to bed before DD1 and is not always asleep when we are reading DD1 her stories.

hmmm we tried, but Isabella was a terrible sleeper and she constantly woke him up, he also woke her up all the time as she is a light sleeper, so none of us were getting sleep.
So we moved her back in with us until our new room is built then she will have her own room.

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