Sharing a room - 2yo and 7mo

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looking for a little advice / your experiences please on getting a my 2 (2 yo and 7mo) to share a room.
at the mo the toddler is in his cot bed in his room at night and 7mo is in travel cot in our room but he doesn’t sleep that well in (had to transition from side sleeper as outgrew it at about 4 months!) he is ebf.

we can’t fit a full size cot in our room and the toddler’s room is all set up with his baby bro’s cot ready to go but I haven’t taken the plunge yet!
neither are great sleepers… 7mo was great till 5mo then regressed. He is breastfed and normally up twice a night to feed and back to sleep. I think he’d be more comfy in proper cot and might sleep better (but I might be dreaming.)
am I just setting myself up for trouble with both waking the other up? Is it too early and should I wait a while? They will def be room sharing in the end. Any advice or experiences gratefully received, thank you!

I moved my two in together at about the same age. My second had regressed massively, and was frankly becoming a nightmare at night. At its worst it was every hour...

Fortunately my first was a decent sleeper by 2 years old (a wholly different story once upon a time). So even though her brother still woke up in the night, she didn't do much more than stir a little when I came in to collect him for a feed back in my room. Eventually, in time, he too has became a good sleeper. They're 4 and 2 now, and still share a room.

I think where there were two adults, him, and my milk smell in the room, he struggled to stay asleep. Once they were removed, I think he could fall into a sound sleep. Either that, or the regression winding down coincided with move.

Thanks so much - you’ve covered a lot of the points I’ve been thinking along the same lines.
I do feel like I’m disturbing him at night and his sleep is getting lighter… 2 year old was awful sleeper when younger and is now often waking up once about 3am of his own accord before going back down, but now once he’s down he isn’t easily woken up by external forces if that makes sense (eg we were at parents in law recently and FIL set off all smoke alarms in entire house with burnt toast … Unbelievably 2 yo didn’t stir 😅)

Getting the kids sharing early is best in my mind, they will adjust to the crying you might have a few bad weeks now but if you wait you will have the younger going through separation anxiety, the older one throwing tantrums because they don't want there sibling in the bedroom and both will go on a lot longer