sibling room sharing - please share experiences/advice

[ThatllDoPig]

I have a 21 month old and a ten week old, both boys, and will be sharing a room soon. Just don't know how or when to do it. I don't want the toddler to be woken up by the baby, they both sleep quite well at the moment, but it was hard road to get to this point with the toddler! would appreciate any tactics of how to manage this as smoothly as poss. They will both be in cotbeds (with the sides up).

Am bumping for you as I have two girls who will room share and would also like any tips. Dd1, nearly 4, is a good sleeper but gets up horribly early, dd2, 5 months is a rubbish sleeper, up 3-4 times a night. Don't think we'll be moving her until the nights improve.

Am bumping for you as I have two girls who will room share and would also like any tips. Dd1, nearly 4, is a good sleeper but gets up horribly early, dd2, 5 months is a rubbish sleeper, up 3-4 times a night. Don't think we'll be moving her until the nights improve.

DD is 4yo and DS is 20mo, I put them in the same room at the beginning of the year. They love keeping each other company and DD sleeps better with someone else in the room.

They both wake up sometimes but usually the other one sleeps through unless there's repeated screaming. DD sleep walks and talks, but DS very rarely wakes up, even when she shouts.

DD also wakes up very early and as a result wakes up DS, but since I'm up anyway it doesn't matter.

Sometimes they wind each other up at bedtime, throw teddies at each other and stuff, but it never lasts long and I'm just glad they're happy playing with each other.

Hope this helps.

I'm in a similar position and am just back from visiting SIL who has a 3.5 yo sharing with a 20mo old. They've been sharing since the youngest was about 8 mo and it works really well - they both sleep through if the other wakes up and they really enjoy sharing, it's very sweet to hear them blethering to each other at bedtime!

Mine shared since DS2 was sleeping through the night, about 10 months old. It's fine. If one of them is ill, we make a little bed on the floor in our bedroom just in case he wakes up and we need to give him meds, etc. They love it they are not 4 and 5 years old.