How do I handle bedtimes for two kids, different ages, in same room? - advice needed!

[jammydodger]

I'm shortly going to be moving and for various reasons,there will be myself, my ds1 (3 years) and ds2 ( just turned 1) sleeping in the same room (which has one single bed in it- it's at my parent's house and is a temporary thing for about four months).
Trouble is, I find it really hard to get them off to sleep in the same room at bedtime, and also in the morning,the little one waking at ridiculous times and disturbing the older one -
Just wondering, has anyone any experience of a similar situation, and any advice? How do you get two kids off to sleep together? Do you just leave them to get on with it? Do they actually wake each other up?
Any advice gratefully received!!

Why do they need to go at the same time? Cant you stagger it, maybe one year old at 7pm and 3 year old at 7.30pm?

Lisa

There's no way mine will go to sleep if they're both in the room awake. DD2 usually goes first, followed by DD1 about half an hour later. If DD2 is grumpy and bothering DD1 I remove her, take her to my room to calm down, then take her back to bed. By which time DD1 will have nodded off.

They can't resist calling out to each other if they know they're both awake. Bloody pests! (They're 3 and 1, btw).

Can you put one to sleep in your bed and carry them to their own bed later?

we do what piffle suggested. DS2 goes to sleep in spare bed (or our bed if we are at PILs), DS1 goes to bed in his own bed and DH carries DS2 over when they are both asleep

Can't help you with the mornings though as DS2 wakes up at the crack of dawn and is often seen to be standing by DS1's bed shouting "Wake up now!"

lol Tommy - I hear mine doing that too! They are 7 and 5. If they go up together they are awake for hours tickling/fighting each other. I lie and say the older downsatairs doing homework. Usually works..

thanks guys, will definitely try staggering bedtimes and getting one of them to sleep somewhere else then moving him.What a faff!