3 year old/almost 1 year old sharing room - safe?

[brookshelley]

DD1 is 3 next month, DD2 is 1 in November. They sleep in separate rooms at the moment but we have always planned to have them share, even though we have 3 bedrooms.

However I read something in an article saying it's potentially dangerous to have a toddler and baby sharing because the toddler might put blankets on the baby's face or something like that. Is this a serious concern? I'd never considered it before. Baby will be in a cot with high sides and DD1 has already moved into a single bed with a safety rail so can get in and out on her own.

My nearly 3 year old and 14 month old share, mostly problem free never thought to worry about dc1 hurting dc2. To be fair she is currently in a cot but we will move her soon, when we finally get round to buying a bed.

Great to hear success stories! DD2 is sleeping through most nights now so I don’t think they’ll be waking each other.

It was on some article about room sharing that said toddler may throw blankets on the baby but that seems unlikely to me also, and as PP have said they’d be asleep and I have audio and video monitors.

Will probably give it a try this weekend!

It wouldn't occur to me to worry about this either - and I like to worry about most things!

A one year old isn't a tiny baby (probably pretty much a toddler) and is perfectly capable of wriggling free of covers if too warm.

They might wake each other up sometimes and it can be a pain if one of them is ill in the night - but they will also probably entertain each other in the mornings.

Just make sure your older DC knows the rules - don't try to take LO out of cot and don't give them anything to eat or play with (in case of small parts/choking).