At what age did your Lo's start to share a room

[zombiemum123]

Title says it all really, I have a 3 bed room house but the second bedroom is huge and while they are young I would prefer them to share.. there’s a two year gap between them, youngest is almost 4 months so won’t be moving from our room just yet, he already sleeps through, two year old is getting to be a bit scared of the dark so could help that problem, or not 🤔 Both are boys, eldest is good with the youngest. let me know your experiences good and bad, thanks

Watching with interest!

We didn’t intend for ours to share but DS1 was sleeping so badly and waking nightly (aged 4) that we figured maybe he was scared on his own so moved DS2 (aged 2) in with him. 18 months later they’re still sharing and sleep so much better. They’re a pain for going to sleep sometimes but don’t get up in the night and can play in the mornings quite well.

As soon as baby started sleeping through, although if she woke and cried she never woke her older sister. There is 18 months between them. They always had the same bedtime.

Hi. I have two boys who share and it works well at the moment, but the age gap is bigger - 5 years. The eldest is 6 and a great sleeper. A steam train could go through the room and not wake him. The youngest is 17 months and still wakes at night sometimes. He woke up regularly until 7 months, but as he was so big he went in with his brother at 4 months. As long as one of them is a good sleeper, it works I think. I asked the eldest if he wants his own room and he said no! They love sharing. However, i’m not sure how it will work when the youngest moves from his cot to a bed, doesn’t go to sleep straight away etc. They’re both energetic chatterboxes so I can imagine party time! Cross that bridge when we get to it....

I guess it all depends on what your boys are like and dealing with each potential obstacle to harmonious room sharing as it happens!

As it stands now I think my youngest will be the easier one, my 2 year old has always been a great sleeper too up until recently- something freaked him out and he became a nightmare at bed time, last resort was moving him from the big room to the box room, which has helped a lot but not back to normal. I think the space scared him as we moved house 9 month ago and he went from a small room to a huge room. I’m glad to see the positive stories! Not going to ship my youngest out just yet as I did it early with ds1 and look back and regret it a bit.. so maybe 8 months old or so and hope that ds1 improves in the next few months..

Mine are nearly 4 and just turned 2 years old. They started sharing 3 nights ago and all 3 nights have been very unsettled for both. They both slept really well in separate rooms, I'm hoping they will get used to sharing and go back to sleeping well.