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Do your young children share a bedroom?

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4tobe · 28/06/2007 10:06

I´m thinking of putting a toddler, 3.5 and a 6 month old baby in the same bedroom. Anyone have experience of how this works out? Does it mean less sleep for everyone all round? They could have their own bedrooms but it would mean losing the study..

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TrinityRhino · 28/06/2007 10:08

I will be doing somehting similar soon
dd2 is 2 and Gecko is 5 months

within the next year they will be put in together, I think it will work fine for you. Totally understand why you don't want to lose the study

pulapula · 08/07/2007 15:05

We plan to put DS in DD's room when DS is 6mo, and DD will be 3. It's worth a try before you lose the study. We do have 3 other bedrooms (study + 2 guest rooms) but they are all one floor up so would rather have 2 DCs next to us, but we have options if it doesn't work.

Nemo2007 · 08/07/2007 15:12

I have a 18mth old and 6mth old in together and have been for about 2mths now. Due to their ages they dont actually wake each other up. Also Our house is small and DS is 3.8yrs and sleeps with his door open and none of them are disturbed by the others!!!

roisin · 08/07/2007 16:44

When ds1 was nearly 2 we put ds2 (6 wks) in with him. They have shared ever since ... ds1 is 10 next week!

Elk · 08/07/2007 16:58

My two 4y and 19 months have been sharing for nearly a year now. I find it works really well in general as they both wake up earlier than I want to and keep each other amused until I get up.
The only problem for me is when one is ill and waking in the night they disturb the other one.
I definately prefer to have a study and the children sharing as it is important for me to have some space of my own.

mangojuice · 09/07/2007 20:58

Our ds (9m)and dd (2.4)are going to share a room, if/ when ds begins to sleep through! Did anyone find their lo's sleep improved when they were in together, or am I wishful thinking?

bigshopper · 09/07/2007 21:07

I'm planning to put DS3 in with his 2 brothers soon so we can have a study! He's still a restless sleeper at 15 months though and wakes up if it's not pitch dark. The others were the same but now like the nightlight. I'll give it a couple of months.

Rachmumoftwo · 09/07/2007 21:13

Mine are 4 and 5, and have shared since the younger one was 6 months. Sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't. Usually the younger one annoying the elder. But I like having a spare room to hide my ironing in, and currently have a nice French girl in there for a fortnight to make a little extra cash. I had to do the ironing though, to find her bed!

Mercy · 09/07/2007 21:20

Mine shared a room for about 2 months - we gave it up as a bad job tbh.

It worked really well to start with (more so for dd, who I think felt lonely because ds was in our room for 7 months or so) but their sleeping patterns/needs were quite different. FOr example, ds would wake up very early for a feed and that disturbed dd who needed a longer sleep because she was at Nursery school etc etc.

But there are plenty of others who have managed. And some families simply have to tbh.

JiminyCricket · 09/07/2007 21:21

got 1 y o and 3 y o in together..they don't wake each other and love sharing. Often entertain each other in the morning. For me its a conscious decision because I hope they'll be close, but also because otherwise one has big room and one small..they can choose when they'r eolder if they like.

Nemo2007 · 09/07/2007 22:04

mangojuice, my DD2 was not sleeping through and I just decided to try her with DD1, since then she has slept through as she seems to prefer being in the other room.

mangojuice · 12/07/2007 19:47

Nemo, thats interesting to hear. I think we'll try them in together then. It had crossed my mind that he's perhaps stirring and then waking fully when he smells me nearby (he's still bf)It's good to hear that it can work sometimes!

yomellamoHelly · 12/07/2007 19:55

My 2 are the same age and share. They've learnt to ignore the other when the other creates. Has been dead easy so far and ds1 loves having ds2 in with him. Just wonder what state the floor'll be in when both of them are into toys.

jennifersofia · 12/07/2007 20:15

Mine are 6 &4.5 and have been sharing forever. Works pretty well on the whole. It has been lovely for the development of their relationship (great hearing them giggling in there).

3missys · 13/07/2007 12:47

Hi!

I have the same worry! Plan on moving my DD2 into my DD1's room mext month. They will be 21 months and nearly 6 months. Hope it works well like all of your experiences!

Sarah x

BandofMuggles · 14/07/2007 07:29

accessorizewithbabysick · 14/07/2007 16:27

I'm very keen on moving my 2 (3.7 and 7 months) in together. They've been sharing whilst we're on holiday and 3 nights in it's been great. I can't see any real problems and I would like my spare room back to use for yoga/spare room/hanging out the laundry etc! Plus they're both boys and think they might enjoy it as ds2 gets older. We'll move house in the future so they can have sep. bedrooms again. I was going to let them use the spare room as a playroom so ds1 could play in there whilst ds2 napping. I felt a little selfish wanting the room back, but also my clothes wardrobe is in ds2's room and I'm sick of tiptoeing in at 11pm to get clothes for the next day or having to wait until he's up in the morning. DS2 wakes at 5ish for a bf most days, but hasn't been waking ds1 so far.

canella · 14/07/2007 19:25

My 2 d/s have been sleeping in the same room since ds2 was 4 months ( he's now nearly 11 months - ds2 is 2.9). Its been ok but i think its added to my ds2's complete inability to sleep thro! I used to go to him perhaps quicker than i did with my first 2 dc in case he woke his brother up! i now think he knows i'll come quickly so has been tricky to get him to sleep thro! But otherwise at the minute its great - who knows what the future will hold!

dinny · 15/07/2007 19:23

my two (dd-5) and ds(2 and 3/4) have shared for ages and love it.

somethign so cosy about them being together, snoring their heads off.

girlwithcurls · 15/07/2007 21:14

Want my ds1 to share with dd2/ds2(not born yet, week to go till due date!!!) sleeps through. Was met with much scepticism by other parents already in the know but am buoyed up by most comments here. When they are older they will have a lovely big room to share and we get to keep our guest room/study/dressing room/dumping ground.

I really like the idea of them sleeping in same room - reminds me of holding my sisters hand going to sleep when she was a toddler as our beds were so close!

northernsoul · 15/07/2007 21:48

My boys are 2 and 4 and have been sharing for the past year and on the whole it works well..i do sometimes wonder though if they were in seperate rooms we would get a longer sleep out of them..when in the morning i go into their room and they are sat up sharing a bed chattering away to each other like an old couple

hatrickjacqueline · 15/07/2007 21:54

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CristinaTheAstonishing · 15/07/2007 21:56

DS(7) and DD(2) share a bedroom. It's working out very well so far. We have a separate playroom for extra space.

mummyto2littleprincess · 15/07/2007 21:58

my 4 and 2 year old girl do and they make it a total pig sty i can tidy it up 1 day it will be the same next morning they alway get there clothes out of the wardrobs and dress up

Spidermama · 15/07/2007 21:58

I have three boys in one room. They're 7, 5 and 2. It's a big room and I've tried to give them all a sense of their own space with beds like this one.

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