Sharing a room

[Mrsmummy90]

Hi,

I have 2 dd's - 20mo and 12 weeks.

When dd2 is 6mo, we're hoping to put her in dd1's room.
Dd1 has such a good sleep routine so I'm worried that putting dd2 in with her will disrupt everything and make it hard for her to sleep.

Does anyone have any advice on how to make the transition as smooth as possible?

Thanks in advance x

Most children do sleep quite deeply once they’re asleep, my older child used to sleep through his younger sibling crying and waking in the night so hopefully it’ll be the same for you. With the evening routine we gradually worked towards them having the same routine. So intitially we used to do story etc with older child and then rock/feed younger child to sleep at the same time. But as second child got older their routines became more similar and now they have story together etc and go to sleep at the same time.

Just be flexible. If it’s not working then take the baby out. We didn’t put ours in together until the youngest was 1 but I know lots of people do it younger

Best thing may be to stagger bedtimes. Some kids, soothe each other to sleep. If there's a clash, you could put them to sleep in different rooms then move one.

Basically, play it by ear.

Thanks for the replies.

@Sunshine1235 my dd switches from being a very deep sleeper to a very light one. Some days you could march around her room with a brass band and she wouldn't flinch and others a butterfly could fart a mile away and she'd shoot up. I'm reluctant to keep dd2 in our room until she's much older as I worry the change will be even harder for them both.
I'll try the story time while rocking youngest to sleep. Thanks for the advice :)

@PickAChew I'll try your advice as well thanks :) just hoping we can all get into a good routine!