practical question: is it really hell two have two under twos in same bedroom?

[fulllife]

i have back to back pregnancies meaning that my second daughter will be born when my first daughter will be only a year and 3 months. the little one will probably sleep in our room 4-6 months, but after that we are considering our options: our current home has only one childrens room (big enough for two), and we are wondering whether its feasible to put a 5 months old together with a one and a half year old.
does anyone have experience on this?
do they wake each other up constantly? what do you do if the little one cries, the older one wakes up and starts crying too? can this be done, or should we move asap?
btw, the first daughter started sleeping through at 6 months...i m hoping ill strike lucky twice...

There awash a bit more of an age gap between my Dds. Dd1 was just about 2 when dd2 moved into her room. I never really found it a problem. There have only been a few occasions when they have woken each other. I would say though that as they get older the still go to bed at different times, the few occasions when I have out them to bed together never work out well

I had 2ds 18mths apart and they slept fine in the same room. I think as long as your elder child has a good sleeptime routine they will stick to it and children that young take a lot of waking if the younger one is unsettled. They are now 4 & 5yo and have a little chat before going to sleep, but they are still very good.

We swapped rooms when ds was 5/6months (making dd a couple of months over 2). They had the big room as a 'playroom' and we were in the smaller double. It worked fine, they still share at 4 and 6 (bunks now) and we are only considering splitting them up this/next year now.

I have 2 dds who are only 15 months apart. They sleep in different rooms at home! But the rooms are right next door and dd1 has her door open so they are virtually in the same room! They have never woken each other at night even this weekend when dd2 had a fever a d was ups screaming all night? They have shared a room on holiday and had no problems there, they settled fine and didn't wake when the other woke and then went back to sleeping separately? I think it can definitely work! Good luck!

my DSs were only 16 months apart and they slept in the same room from day 1 we had nowhere else to put DS2 as he was DC3. The only thing we did have to do was take dummies away from both at the same time,otherwise DS1 walked over to DS2 and took his out the cot. DS1 went in a toddler bed about 2 months before DS2 was born so he didn't think DS2 was stealing his cot.

They are now 9 & 8 and still share and when they have had the opportunity to have separate rooms have turned it down as they can't sleep unless they can hear the other breathing (they both snore)

I had three children in just over two years ( mad but true) and all three shared once DD2 came out of her moses basket. It was fine:) The two girls ..2 years apart, still share, and DS1 only got his own space when DS2 came along and we moved!

my 2 youngest are 17months apart in age and have always shared a room. its always been fine in the main. very rarely (such as when younger one went thru a delinquent bedtime phase!) has there been a problem. but as with all phases it was dealt with and passed quickly. my older 2 have shared a bedroom for some years as well.....even when they didnt have to! both miss the other one if they're not there....its kinda sweet!

I have 11 months between my 2 and they've been in a room together for over a year now and we've not really had any problems.
Sometimes one will wake the other up but lie them down again and they drift off quickly. its amazing what noise they can sleep through!

Didn't work for us, mainly because the younger one didn't sleep through until about 12 months and the older one was very sensitive to having sleep disturbed (i.e. behaviour the next day very difficult). I do think they would get used to it given time though, but we have the space now so we don't need to.

there are 13 months between my two but we were always scared to try them in together - they were both really good sleepers but we were always worried that no2 son would wake No1 and get him out of his routine - we kept the little one in with us until he was over 1 and we moved house. They then had their own rooms but asked to share when they were about 6 & 7 - they shared up until about 9 & 10 and then wanted split up - they do however keep graviating together and spend probably 90% of the time in the same room - they have been great sharing though so I wish we had been braver to try them in the same room when they were small. They always shared when on holiday.

I would give it a try and if it doesn't work then you can move the younger one back with you until you think it's safe to try again or look for a new house!

I have two DCs and would advise that you keep the younger DC in your room for longer. But this will depend on the children's sleeping, just see how it goes. Congratulations on DC2.