Toddler and baby sharing a room

[MaryH90]

I currently have a 2 year old who and I’m pregnant. She will be just under 3 by the time this baby arrives. I’m panicking slightly as once the baby is moved out of our room it will be sharing with her. So she will be around 3 and the baby will probably be around 6 months. Has anyone had any experience of this and/or any tips? Thanks

I'm sorry I dont have any advice but I'm following with interest...

No advice but following as I’m in the same boat. I have a 2.5 year old DD and #2 due in a week! They will be sharing once baby moves out of our room at 6 months ish.

I have a 26 month age gap between mine. The baby went in with DD when she was 2y11m and he was 9 months. It’s been absolutely fine.

To start with I would put them down separately depending on who was most tired and we do stories in our bedroom for the toddler if DS is asleep.

The downside is that DS (now 13 months old) is an early riser- if he was in his own room we would probably leave him a bit in the mornings, in the hope he’d learn that 5.15 isn’t morning time, but we whisk him out pretty quickly so that he doesn’t wake up DD as she doesn’t nap and so gets horribly tired if she’s up that early but he can catch up in the day.
I think they like sharing- although DD did steal poor DS’s dummy one night when she couldn’t find hers! DS hasn’t woken up DD when he’s been up in the nights either, but we’re lucky that he’s a good sleeper and hasn’t had to have night feeds whilst sharing.

Following with interest. I'm currently pregnant with my second and he will be moving into room with dd once he's out if our room. There will be a 26 month gap

We will soon be in the same boat. I am expecting that our new baby will stay in our room a bit longer than they would otherwise, perhaps for a year ish depending on how they are sleeping. It is very hard to predict how it will go as kids' sleeping habits are so variable and change all the time. My 2yo used to be a really light sleeper but since dropping her naps she now sleeps like a log, so I am not as worried about new baby waking her. I don't know what bed situation you are planning, but if you are considering new beds or bunk beds, it may be worth considering getting your older child settled in their new bed in advance, perhaps before baby is born or at least before they start to share rooms.

I had b2 and got her in a really great routine. Then b3 came when b2 was just 1yo. I had them both in the bath and bedtime the same. B3 at 2 weeks old was in the same routine and it was perfect. Then 2 years later B4 came along and i was thinking, yeah we can do this. WRONG. Its taken 2 years to get B4 into the same routine as the others. But finally, there is light at the end of the tunnel. Id suggest, have your routine and stick to it. And get a really good baby monitor. I had mine on all the time. 3 babies all share a room now and its getting better. They very rarely wake each other up, even with waking up for feeds. Its been really tough and im exhausted with worry and stress but like i said, they are all in the routine now so its getting a little easier

My little one was 7 months when I moved him in with my oldest who was two and a half, I would put the baby down first, give him a bottle and then in the cot, shut the door, he would fall asleep in 10min. Then I would take my toddler and read him bedtime story in my bed, and then take him into his room. Neither wakes the other one up, both sleep like a log. They both sleep until 9am or longer. Even when the younger one got up for a feed I would just hand him his bottle and walk out, try not to make eye contact or say a word.