how do i put my 1 yo and almost 2.5 yo to sleep in the same room at the same time?

[booboobunny]

does anyone have a suggested routine that would work for both?? at the moment the 2.5 yo sleeps in our room and the 1 yo sleeps in a cot in the other room until he won't go back to sleep in there and then he comes in our room too.

what we'd like is to begin putting them both down in a shared room (we only have 2 bedrooms) together in toddler bed and cot but can't work out how to build a routine around them. my 2.5 yo has stories etc from me, while my 1 yo gets sung and cuddled to sleep by my husband.

co-sleeping isn't a problem for us at all (in fact i love it!!) so if they then end up in our bed later i don't have a problem with that, but it's just about getting started on the idea that they have their own room and beds.

any suggestions on how i can make this work??

start for nap time maybe in same room explain to older dc that they will be sharing a room

put younger one down first with dh and then go in and quietly read story to older dc

my friend is doing this and seems to work well on the odd occassion of them both waking and nessing around she leaves them to it as they tire out eventually