Ok talk to me about siblings sharing a room

[Alishanty]

Currently my ds (3.5) has his own room and dd (1.5) is still in a cot in our room. It really is about time that dd moved out of our room, she sleeps through the night and goes down no problem after having her milk. Ds used to be like this but over the past few months he has been a pain to get to sleep, i have to lie with him for about 10 mins until he goes to sleep and then he usually wakes up half way through the night and comes into our bed. I'm not sure if this coincided with us making him give up his dummy. Dh unfortunately can't sleep with ds in the bed so has resorted to sleeping in the loft room. I'm wondering if dd shared the room with ds she might 'keep him company' so he wouldn't feel the need to join us in our room. Those of you who have siblings who share a room, how do you manage different bedtimes or do they just go at the same time, what do you do about stories etc. We are reluctant to let one of the dc's have the loft room as it is a bit dangerous for little ones because of the stairs, so thought it would be best for them to share until they get a bit older. What do you think?

My dd(3) and ds(6) share a room, they have bunks now, but shared when she was still in cot and she never woke him once, dd1 has a room all to herself she is easily woken

All my dcs go to bed at the same time

DDs are 2 years and nealry 7. They have shared since dd2 was 1year old. They go to bed the same most nights but dd1 is allowed alter at the weekends.
They dont wake each other in the night, but DD2 does wake DD1 in the mornings

DD 2.5 and DS2 14 months share a room and have done since DS2 was 8.5 months.

DH takes Dd to bed and reads her a story while I get DS2 ready and gove him his last feed. DH than takes him and cuddles him for a bit whilst we wait for Dd to go quiet, before putting him up to bed. He is sometimes awake, but more often than not has nodded off before Dd quitens down. I am worried we are making a rod for our backs though, but on the occasions where we have tried rto settle them both at the same time, they have both ended up0 screaming the house down.

this situation isn't ideal, but it is working for us at the minute. will be different when DS2 is out of the cot though I imagine!

dd and ds1 are 20 months apart and have shared since they were about the same ages as your two. They go to bed at the same time, have always had the same stories and it's worked pretty well. I think I read somewhere that siblings who share a room as children are likely to remain close as adults.