Training toddler to settle baby

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About to move 6 month old baby out of our room. Until we move house at the end of the year, baby and 3 y o will need to share a room unfortunately.

WIBU of me to train the toddler to resettle baby when he wakes overnight? which method should I use to do this - I was thinking a sticker chart?

(Lighthearted post!)

I wouldn't want my toddler having disturbed and would keep the baby in my room. The toddler needs sleep more than an adult.

Absolutely not BU... my 2 year old often sticks his hands through the cot bars when his 1 year old sister stirs and crams the dummy back in the mouth!

Genius plan ;-)
I find if we put kids in a room together the toddler usually climbs into the kids beds instead of mine in the morning - winner!

Yeah I kind of agree with chok. While I know you put 'light hearted' why doesn't baby stay in with you a bit longer?

Ours have shared a room since the younger one was 6 months and older one was 18 months... they can sleep through anything the other one does! They haven't woken each other up ever but it buys us an extra half an hour in the morning when they're busy playing together.

Put a gaming console in there and a fridge, and you can have the weekend off too!

@DefinatelyNotAPooTroll I imagine that would go terribly with DC1! He loves his dummy and would have it all day if he could instead of just nap times. I think if DC2 wants a dummy I'll be having to prevent DC1 from stealing it

If you’ve got a dog, get them in on it too?

Lol, Fabulous ideas @Idontdowindows !!

@GummyGoddess attach it to the far side bars on some sort of spring back mechanism so when he gets it in his mouth it flings out back to the intended child... like something out of the Goonies.

My mum did this to me when I was a toddler. My younger sister wasn't sleeping so she was advised to put her in with me! Apparently I'd shhh for a bit and she started sleeping better.

My youngest slept better once he went in with my eldest as well (no choice, they had to share a room). He definitely preferred being in with someone. My eldest was always fine on his own, but the subsequent offspring all strongly preferred being in with someone. Makes sense, really.

@IWantMyHatBack wow that’s really interesting to know! How cute that you shhed your little sister!

Install a perfect prep for baby and a coffee machine for toddler?

My eldest would fall asleep when my sister played him some Metallica. You could teach your toddler to work an MP3 player or do his own rendition of whiskey in the jar!

I don't think its safe. Keep baby in with you.

Yes I know, #lighthearted but still.

we moved baby in with toddler when baby was 6 months and slept through the night. 3 years later we moved baby no 3 in with child now 5 and toddler now 2.5, and all three shared until they were 3, 5, 8.

It worked because they all slept through once alseep. We found that if one did wake up in the night the ones already asleep stayed asleep.

I took a lilttle while to get them off to sleep, and to get the older ones to ignore baby as they fussed a bit. Although we did stagger bedtime.

Our oldest shushes our youngest if he's still awake when youngest cries. However if he's asleep he didn't wake up even if youngest is screaming his head off, he's a very heavy sleeper!

We may have issues when side is off cot as youngest is a climber and I suspect he will climb up and get in with oldest but we would have to see if it happens and if oldest notices/ minds!!

OP I think I love you .

I just cut out the middle man and had twins. They talk the most lovely brand of gibberish in the middle of the night.

I don't know what they're saying to each other but it's rare that we have to go in and comfort them, they seem to barble each other back to sleep...

"I don't think its safe. Keep baby in with you"

Hahahaha.