Reassurance two young children in a 2 bed London flat

[1500mmania]

There is going to be 25 months difference - we need a bigger place but don't want to lumber ourself we a massive mortgage for a three bed house as we will prob will move out of London in the next few years.

I just need reassurance that having 2 babies in a two bed flat is feasible (1st baby was in his own room within 3 weeks so not used to the idea of sharing a room with baby)

At what age can kids realistically share a room? Could we move baby in with big brother from 6 months?

Another issue is that with the lay out of our flat we can't keep the cat out of our bedroom (one of the reasons DS was in his own room so early) - ahhhh

Will it work - am I being completely middle class and mental thinking we need to have another bedroom (this is what my mum said!)

You will be fine. I am in a 1 double, 1 single room with DH and 2DDs. They shared the small room from when DD1 was 2 and DD2 was 8 weeks. They are 4 and 2 now and still share a room and we have no plans to move its working fine

Really noisy toys - did you have issues with them waking each other up? How did it work in the early days? You have given me hope!

We never have issues with them waking each other up in the night, even when DD2 was a baby she never woke DD1. We do sometimes hear them playing together instead if sleeping at bedtime, but they are generally asleep by 8 (in their room at 7) and don't wake up til 7 in the morning. And they are like best friends. We have a minor issue with storage. We are in a top floor flat so we have the loft for things that need storing long term but its finding space for things like double buggy, scooters, toys etc

I agree with noisytoys - think of the advantages, you can stand in any part of the flat and have an ear/eye out for both of them at the same time

We have a DS (3) and DD (2) in a 2 bed flat. They've shared since DD was 6 months. They are really close and absolutely hate sleeping apart now. DD never disturbs DS, even when she is screaming at full blast.

The space issue is actually fine, though I'd kill for a garden. We have to be ruthless about passing on baby stuff and toys as soon as we are done with them, but fortunately in a big block of flats there's always a taker!

Well I have a 6 and a 4 year old in a 1 bedroom flat, sounds great to me!

We have a 2 bed flat in London. 2DDs, 14 months apart. When DD2 was old enough to move out of our room she went straight in with DD1 and it was surprisingly fine. If you do it early enough they won't know any different. It amazes me what they will sleep through - I will get woken by DD1 yelling, from a different floor and dd2 in the same room will just sleep through the racket! Don't worry about it, they will be fine.

We have a girl's room 11, 9 and 7 and a boy's room 7 and 4. We put the babies into shared rooms from about six to nine months. We didn't want them too far from the bed in the early days because of the night waking. We had less far to go and it meant less disruption for the others. Mind you the other kids rarely woke when they did cry. I think as parents we are more tuned in to the crying at night. The middle class comment made me laugh We are getting a loft extension soon so hopefully our pack will have their own rooms very soon.

I agree - totally doable. We had two DDs in a two bed flat until they were 4 and 2 (then we did buy a bigger place, but we had planned to do that). Invest in some good storage (under bed/under cot/shelving system - make the most of all of the space you do have) and get out a lot if you feel like you're climbing the walls!