1 and 3 year old. Share a room?

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Im soon to be moving into a new house I've bought on my own for me and my two babies, currently 6m and almost 3. DP and I are separating amicably and he will see them regularly, but they'll live with me and most bath/bedtimes will be just me.

With this in mind, would you put both kids in one room so you can do stories and bed time for both together? I have an older boy and younger girl; she will stay in my room until 1 like he did. DS is great at going to sleep and adores his sister.

It's a 4 bed so we do have room for one each plus a spare but just thinking about the next couple of years and wanting it to be as calm and easy at birth as possible. Would appreciate advice from those who have completed this age 😁

Sorry, I’ve read this twice and don’t understand how many DC you have and what age and sex they are.

Mine are a bit older but if I were you I'd do them a room each. Get a pull out mattress if they decide they want to 'sleep over' in each other's room. The way I do it is we do stories together in the big ones room, then I take the little one through, tuck him in and get him settled, then head back to the big one for an extra story/ cuddle/ chat. That way I'm not doing two bedtimes but they're separate so they don't wind each other up and stop each other from sleeping.

I would probably have them seperate from the beginning, mine all sleep in the same room because they have to and honestly its annoying more than convenient.
I like when we stay at my parents or go on holiday where there is more space. I can get everyone ready for bed together- pajamas and stories etc and let the older girls be calm in their room where they can look at books or play quietly with toys while I put the littlest down and then go in and settle them.
Rather than trying to give everyone attention and get them all to sleep at exactly the same time where they can wake each other up, especially when they have only just drifted off.

If you have the space from the start I would personally choose to put them in seperate rooms. You can still do all the bedtime routine stuff together and then just seperate them for actually falling asleep.

Mine are same sexes and age gap as you and they share even though we have space for them to have their own rooms. DD was in our room until she was about 14 months as I wanted to wait until she was sleeping through/id stopped bf (because I was too lazy to walk into another room in the night!).

DH and I tag team bedtimes so we’re nearly always doing it on our own. We tend to read DD stories then put her down first while DS is playing, then we read DS stories in our room and then he goes into bed. I think they love the company in their shared room. They listen to stories on a yoto player before sleep and now they are a bit older (5 and 3) they chat together as well. There is the odd night where one kicks off about something and disturbs the other but overall it’s brilliant and means they are used to sharing for holidays etc which makes life a lot easier.

I would give them their own rooms. I get them into PJs/teeth brushed then we all read a bedtime story in the older one's room. Then the older one can play quietly with their teddies in bed as I take the little one in to tuck into bed and get settled and then back into the oldest one's room to tuck in and kiss goodnight.

I think that's easier than them sharing a room and potentially waking each other up.

I would give own rooms also.
Thats way if one wakes in the night, they aren’t disturbing the other.
Plus oldest will reach age if wanted smaller things before youngest so a space to keep personal things.

You can still do bedtime together. All go into eldest room, comfy chair, read books together then say good night to oldest and take younger to bedroom

We do pjs/teeth/stories in older child's room then me and baby used to tuck him in and go to my room then eventually her own room. This worked as DS would go to sleep quickly but baby DD needed feeding/rocking and would still occasionally wake in the night. My priority was not waking DS

I'd give them their own room. You can still do stories together you could do them in your bed or take night about in their room.

If your daughter is going to be in with you for at least 6 more months your son will be used to his room being just his

If you'd been forced to move to a 2 bed then sharing would be fine but you've got plenty of space. Give them their own rooms

What does your older child want? Mine had a similar age gap and shared from (their) choice until the older one decided he wanted his own room after a few years and moved out. No problems.

She's got 2. The boy is almost 3, the girl is 6 months

As you've got space I would have them in separate rooms, I think all things considered and if either of them are disturbed in the night, it's the easier option. Easier to fit their stuff in too I'd imagine, I'll be moving DD2 in with DD1 at some point and I've no idea where I'm going to put her stuff, it's completely full with DD1's!

Sorry, I have two. One boy who will be just turning 3 and a girl who will be almost 1 when we move.

Mine all used to share until they wanted their own space. Like a nursery in Peter Pan. It was great. Also they’re good sleepers now as they got used to noise and fidgeting!