Toddler sleeping in ensuite...thoughts please im at end of tether 🙄

[Nonmotherof3]

My 3yo and 7yo were sharing aWe currently in 3 bedroom house...one small box room where eldest sleeps, then two younger ones in double.

The trouble is the 2 younger ones wake each other up, sometimes at 4am. They wont go back to sleep once they are up. This results in tired grumpy kids and just a nightmare.

Over christmas MIL came to stay and we moved youngest into our large carpeted ensuite (the room is bigger than the box room) the seperation worked a treat as both girls slept in past 7 every day...

MIL left, moved toddler back to sharing, 4am starts started.

Ive tried to move the eldest but she (rightly) isnt keen.

So considering putting 3yo in ensuite. Is/would this be a horrendous decision?! Her toys etc still in her room, she will only be sleeping in there. Please help!!

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You want a 3yo to sleep In a bathroom?

A little dangerous perhaps?

If it works, do it !

If it works, do it!

Snap!

As long as it’s safe and it works I would do it.

Yes but could you turn of water supply to the shower and just don’t use it.

Do what you need to ensure everyone gets some decent sleep, the chances are it won’t be too long before they grow up a bit and things settle down.
Would a temporary room divider in the second bedroom be worth a try? It doesn’t have to look pretty, just for a year or two?

Shower cant be turned on its electric...no bath. Its a converted bedroom anyway the old lady who lived here before needed it.

Fadedred did consider that....didnt work. The second one stirs they wake the other one up...gro clock helped stop them waking us up but they wake each other up, if one is awake they both are 🙄🙄🙄

As long as they cant reach the taps etc I dont see why not! Sounds like a good idea for everyone to get some sleep. If it's such a big room could you look at putting a temporary MDF wall in in the future to provide a separate sleeping space?

Can they not sleep in your room with you?

Failing that why not in the short term, it's just a room.

I’d not want my child to sleep in the same room as a loo.

Can’t they sleep in your room? This is what we did. We loved Dds small bed into our room as she kept waking around 2am very morning. . It worked a treat!

*moved

absolutely do it if works
It will only be in short term when she can’t be reasoned with as so young

I’d not want my child to sleep in the same room as a loo

En-suite bedrooms with the door open.
Problem with that?

I'd put a lock on the loo.

Anything for sleep.

Do you need an ensuite? Could you convert it into a small bedroom? That would be nicer than sleeping next to a toilet.

I wouldn’t bother converting
It’s her age. Same happened with mine. In a few months she’ll be back sharing and I reckon it won’t be such an issue

The room is about 16 by 16 foot and she is quite away from the loo....i think it used to be a double bedroom before the lady put a loo and shower in it.

It really is only temporary...i did think about a partition wall?

My son couldn’t sleep in a shared room with us or any other child as a toddler - he grew out of it.

I would do what you need to do but probably get the water to the taps sealed off and toilet lid fixed shut just in case she wakes at 4am and starts messing about.

If the en-suite is that big, you could partition it? (Or partition the double that they’re currently in)

Why don’t you convert it back to a bedroom? Regardless of waking up times I wouldn’t have an ensuite at the expense of dc sharing a room.

Marvellous, quite an adventure for the little one. I'd have loved to sleep in a warm, carpeted bathroom when I was little (unfortunately my childhood bathroom was cramped, freezing cold and had lino on the floor).

You're sensible to have thought of this.

I would do it on a temporary basis and get the ensuite put back to being a bedroom asap as sounds like you need another bedroom more than you need an ensuite.

i'd be in there like a flash to get my own bathroom away from three kids piddling on the seat and filling the bath with mould squeaky toys!

Is it a proper ensuite? basin, loo, shower, or just a bedroom with a shower wedged in the corner

Would the eldest not like to have her own room with facilities?

I suppose it depends on the upstairs layout, but if it was a bedroom then surely it can go back to being a bedroom??

Saying the baby is sleeping in the ensuite is a bit misleading tbh, everyone has visions of toddler feet dangling in the toilet and licking the toilet brush and cracking her head off the bath taps.