Bedrooms

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We have decided to try for DC2 (yes I am getting ahead of myself lol) and have plenty of space in the house, but I think this causes more questions than if we were space limited.
The simplest place to put a baby (after short time in with us) would be in the room directly next door to DS (8yrs) but my concern is that the wall between rooms is paper thin and I would worry that the crying and me going in and out would keep DS awake too much. There are other options but it is a lot more hassle with furniture and decorating etc.
Opinions please...Would DS most likely sleep through it or would you advise a room further away as it is an option?

I could be wrong here but I think all children when a new baby comes along wake to begin with, with all the shenanigans of getting up for feeds at night etc.

I think they'd soon learn to sleep through it. Once you'd said to them a few times if they came out of their room "don't worry the babies hungry, go back to sleep".

My 2 and a half year old and 12 month old have to share a room, as I'm only in a 2 bed flat and it has amazed me how she's learnt to sleep through it all. But of course your child is older.

If the location of the room is better for you and closer to your bedroom etc then I say go with it. But if you don't fancy hassle of possibly waking other child, then use room further away. Once you do have a child, you can always change things around once born if you find it doesn't work what you've chosen to do. Anyway that's why I think FWIW