DAD SEEKS ADVICE

[cluelessdad]

Hello everyone,

I am thinking of moving my (almost) one year old son into my (almost) three year old son's bedroom. However, my eldest can be quite boisterous and I am worried he will climb into his brother's cot in the middle of the night to play, possibly hurting him, though unintentionally, in the process.

I've kept my youngest son in my bedroom far longer than I wanted to because of my concerns with him sharing a room with his eldest brother who is still a toddler.

Does anyone have any advice? Am I worrying unnecessarily? Can anyone share their own experiences?

Grateful for any comments.

My sister had no choice but to have her youngest two share a room.

Similar ages to your sons too. She explained to her DD (the elder of the two) why she MUST NOT get in DSs cot.

She explained that DD could hurt herself and/or DS so if she wanted anything, she should come and get mummy, not wake DS up.

She put the monitor in their room so she could hear any 'activity' in the night and so far, 6 months in, DD has left her brother alone.

If DS1 is a good sleeper, hopefully, he'll sleep through and snuffles from DS2?

Plus, he'll soon adjust to the additional shuffles and who knows, may even feel more settled with his brother in with him?

Good luck.

Thanks. It would be useful to get other people's experiences but it's been quiet here. May be I need to post this on another section.

Try posting on chat, that always gets lots of responses.