Tips on successful bedroom sharing with 4mths and 22mths please!

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Hi there,

My DS is still in his cot at 21months and showing no signs of needing to move out of it. He is also a very "energetic" (ie pickley) boy so we're planning to keep him in it for as long as possible. He sleeps reasonably well when not teething or having endless colds.

His new sister is just about 3 months old and in a moses basket in our very small spare room (small because I foolishly got a double bed when we moved in). I'm borrowing a cot for her soon and was planning to try to get them sharing when that happens.

Any tips on making a smooth transition? What happens if either of them cry at night - I'd usually try to let them settle themselves but at the moment I'm rushing through to my DD when it's close to her brother's waking time to get those precious extra minutes from him.
We're going away next week and in 6 weeks' time so wondered about trying it then so it wasn't so much of an invasion of his room.

Thanks in advance.

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We have a 21 month gap between dd and ds and moved them into the same room when ds was about six months and reliably sleeping through the night.

We have honestly had no problems! They are 3 and 5 now and love sharing a bedroom. They also sleep really well and seem to have become acustomed to not waking or being disturbed by each other. Last night for instance dd was sick in bed, she woke up crying, needed to be showered, all of her bedding changed and ds did not even stir!

We do have occasions when they stay awake longer than we would like if they are excited, but generally are both asleep within about 15 mins of 7 o'clock bedtime!

We may just be fortunate that they have inherited dh's genes in that he could sleep through a small atomic bomb, but it works for me!

Wow sounds easy peasy!

We have the same 18-mth gap as you (and older boy/younger girl too) and ours shared from 22mths/4mths until, hmm, around 7.5/6. They're now 11 and 9.5, and this weekend someone is staying so ds will have to camp in dd's room - and they will think it's Christmas! They LOVE sharing.

When they were tiny it was less than no trouble - they slept right through each other's snuffling, nightmares, middle of the night howlings, and burbled at each other in the morning.

We had to stagger bedtimes at about 4/2.5 because too much fun was being had after lights out. But once we staggered (ie, little one to bed half an hour earlier) it was back to no problem whatsoever.