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When did your dc start to share a room?

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corduroyal · 17/12/2019 22:04

I have 2 dc and a 2 bed house.

Dd is 3 and a good sleeper. Doesn't get out of bed once in and rarely wakes in the night.

DS is 7 mo and co sleeps, quite a good sleeper but feeds on and off.

I know I don't have it too bad but I'm keen to work on stopping co sleeping and getting DS into DD's room. Is he way too young? Can I do it without messing up DD's sleep? Help!

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BackforGood · 17/12/2019 23:36

dcs 2 and 3 started sharing from when dc3 was about 3 months old.

dc are usually more adaptable than you expect.

anxioussue · 18/12/2019 00:10

When they were in a cot not a Moses basket or bedside cot

JohnLapsleyParlabane · 18/12/2019 00:13

DD is just 4, and DS is 8m. They've shared for 6wks or so now. As I'm still breastfeeding, DS is on a floor bed so I can feed him in the night. DD has started sleeping through till her gro clock is orange (was always a 6am is a lie in sort of girl) and she says often "I'm not lonely now he sleeps here, so I can sleep now mummy"

Dinosauratemydaffodils · 18/12/2019 00:14

We moved dc2 out of our bedroom at 7 months and into 3 year old dc1's. Neither are great sleepers but once dc1 is asleep, it turns out he can sleep through pretty much everything.

Our house is a bit weird and them sharing is the only way they can both sleep on the same floor as us so we felt we just had to make it work. Dc2 is now 18 months and still a rubbish sleeper but she never works dc1 up. He on the other hand is a morning bird and regularly wakes her. This morning it was a very loud rendition of "Jingle Bell Rock". They do seem to love sharing though and neither wants to go to bed without the other.

Cineraria · 18/12/2019 01:03

I think it's best to move them when they won't disturb each other. Having two to get back to sleep isn't good.

My two had reflux and would wake with a shriek and be terribly upset if when happened in the night, which it usually did several times, so we still have DS2 in with us aged 2 as we'd rather he woke just us than us and his brother. He has a low futon next to my bed now rather than sleeping in my bed. He knows he can only sleep in my bed if he can get into it without waking me unless he is ill!

Luckily he is starting to sleep through finally and only suffers reflux attacks overnight when ill or teething anyway, so even when he wakes for some other reason he just grumbles or sneaks into bed with me. We think he won't wake his behest now. He will be moving in with his four year old brother very soon. They are going to share a double low futon initially as they loved snuggling up to each other and sharing a double mattress on holiday and liked being at floor level there too. If either of them is ill and likely to wake upset, they'll come back in with us.

SnowWhite26 · 19/12/2019 06:18

Mine started sharing when baby eas 6 months and daughter 3 and a bit. He is now 16 months and she is 4 and they generally sleep through each others crys and chats x

corduroyal · 20/12/2019 07:12

Thanks everyone! Might give it a whirl then Grin

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lifeisgoodagain · 20/12/2019 07:25

In theory 6 months in reality 18 months before she lasted until midnight, we switched to a toddler bed and she trotted in herself by 26 months. 7 years before dd2 slept through every night in her own bed after we moved house to one with more bedrooms

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