Mners with two dcs under 3 sleeping in the same room pls step this way

[MrsFogi]

I need to move the dds into the same room however dd1 chats and sings for ages before going to sleep and often wakes up in the middle of the night with a yell (she goes back to sleep when asked but does wake with a bit of noice) and dd2 wakes randomly some nights and either shouts a bit but goes back to sleep or screams until we take her into our bed. So - is this going to work out or am I about to be more sleep deprived than I already am. Any hints, tips or advice on making this work gratefully received.......

My tips might not be very helpful but what worked for us was keeping the room really dark and bare so there was nothing they could start playing with, and sometimes, if one was going to keep them both up we put (the good) one in our bed to sleep then move them later.

erm just hijacking CHOPS!! where have you been!!??? get back over and tell us!!

We do it with a 2.7yo and a 10 mo. I'm not sure I have any good tips on making it work though. With mine the noise of one doesn't seem to wake the other up (even full blown baby crying) until the 5-6 am danger zone - then if one wakes up they invariably wake the other and then both are ready to start the day.

Also a 'no toys' rule helps. Otherwise ds1 wakes up and starts clattering around with cars, banging them on the radiator etc, waking up ds2. Or they are thrown into ds2's cot.

LOL at the 5-6am danger zone

My DCs have become increasingly impervious to the other's noise. DD used to be a v light sleeper, and now you could march a brass band through their room without disturbing her

ds moved into dd's room when he was 8 months and she was 2.2. they were surprisingly good rom day one actually... they rarely wake each other no matter how much shouting is done by either of them and they're good enough about staying in bed.

they love sharing a room so much that they still wanted to share even when we moved to a bigger house and now dd has declared the new baby isn't allowed in our room or it's own room but has to be in with them!

we are fairly strict about bedtimes ad have always been... we have a nightime routine and once they're in bed they stay there under punishment of losing toys (they both have hue piles of cuddlies and they get taken one by one if they keep getting up... although the only time i've had to enforce that was when dds moved to a bed at 2 and was a bit overexcited about the ability to get out by himself for a week or two.

don't worry about it, you'll probably be surprised at how well they take to it