1 bedroom flat with toddler

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We will have to move into a 1 bedroom flat with a 1 year old, and live there for about a year - two years.

It's quite a big apartment spacewise, the kitchen is separate (so no open plan kitchen/living to worry about). The bathroom can only be accessed through the bedroom.

Would you set him up in the living room and me and DH in the bedroom (so we have access to the bathroom in the morning and at night). Bedroom is big so we can be smart about the furnishings etc. Or would you have the crib in the bedroom so there is a separate living space?

We will spend quite a bit of money doing it up, so we can be smart about furnishings. There is no way to change the access to the bathroom to make it accessible from the hallway.

Could you section part of your bedroom off for your little one?

Definitely crib in bedroom and separate living space. Use e.g. a kallax to separate off a bit of the room for DC.

All of you in bedroom

Thing is we would wake him up when we go to the bathroom in the evening and mornings. I work quite late in the evenings a few nights a week so I will be home past his bedtime. DH will be getting ready for work super early.

He's a lovely small sleepy baby now, I have no idea what he'll be like in 9 months time!

Plenty of parents manage to co sleep just fine 🤷‍♀️

@VelvetTurtle of course plenty of parents co-sleep, I am just asking for advice from those who have done it before. I'm a first time mum and have found mumsnet an absolute life saver so far.

I think it’s better to have him in the bedroom so you can relax in the living room after he’s in bed and have some child free time.

You won’t wake him up going to the bathroom, you’ll be quiet and he’ll be used to sleeping through people pottering around.

p.s. as a toddler it’s going to be very difficult for him to switch off and go to sleep in the living room where he’s just been playing before bed.. I think going to another room as part of his bedtime routine is quite important.

I’d all share a room. DD didn’t move into a different room till she was about 2.5 because DH needed an office during lockdown and we kept thinking it would be over in a couple of months so didn’t bother to rearrange things… She had a floor bed and it worked very well. We won’t move DS for ages. Have your own space for evenings.

Agree.

I shared a bedroom with my DS from birth, and he got used to sleeping through me going to bed later/getting up earlier.

I agree with pps - keep the bedroom free and you all sleep in the bedroom.