Co-sleeping issues: my two boys keep waking each other up!

[pandabobuk]

Hello! I have two boys, 37mths and 9mths.

When the little one was 5 months we started sleeping together in the same room (I already sleep in with the eldest). Back then he was waking 2 or 3 times a night for feeds. I would get up and quickly take him downstairs to feed, hope that he fell asleep towards the end of the feed and also hope that he stayed asleep when I put him back down. This only ever happened about half of the time and by the time he was almost 8 months I decided to remove the extra pain in the bum of his elder brother also being bothered by his nighttime wakings and I put the little one's cot in my office room.
To my surprise, he started sleeping through! We all sleep much better now but I would like to get him back in with us soon, partly so I can have my office back! But also because I don't want him shut away on his own away from us.
My husband suggests that we just have to move him back in with myself and my eldest and kind of just ride it out until they get used to each other's (and my) noises and start sleeping through it all (of course, my husband has his own room, or I don't think he'd be so keen on that idea).

I just wondered if anyone here had any advice or has experienced anything similar? Thank you in advance!

I’d keep him separate if he sleeps better that way. I cosleep because it’s how we all get the best sleep but it seems that the best sleep for your little one is sleeping away from you.

If it can’t be your office, then give him your husbands room and your husband can be in with you and your eldest.

You don't want him "shut away" from you? He's in a room close to you, in your own home, not on the moon. You're going to make a totally unnecessary rod for your own back here and make everybody miserable for no good reason.

I’m a massive co sleeping fan - but this is nuts. Your little one is sleeping well, in a place that he’s clearly comfortable in. You want to move him to a sleeping situation where (presumably) all three of you will sleep worse?

Your eldest is 3. No-one wants to know months.

What's your plan for when the eldest and baby want their own space? Are you planning on having them in with you until they leave home? Is the only other bedroom being used as your office?