Sharing a Room? Two Year Old Light Sleeper with Screaming Infant

I was about 5 when my little sister was born. We shared a room from the day she was brought home till the day i got married and left. I WAS a light sleeper but that all changed with a newborn in my room. He'll have problems with staying asleep for a short while, but not for that long...

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I've had friends who put the baby in the dining roo, hallway, or even a closet (which is probably no the best place)

I'd give it a try but maybe consider another part of your home.

My daughter has 4 children, all 22 months apart from the one before. She had to put 2 in a room and the older ones quickly learned to either sleep through the younger one waking up or to go back to sleep easily. Just takes some adjusting time. Give it a try for awhile! Might save you lots of headaches trying to delay the inevitable or make do in some other way.

My son was 2 1/2 when we moved our 4 month old baby in to his room. My oldest is a light sleeper and my isnt sleeping through the night either. I was so worried about it but it turned out fine. My oldest occasionally wakes up to the baby but will go right back to sleep. Its more often that my oldest wakes the baby up if he wakes up before the him. Try it for a few weeks and if it doesnt work try something different.

My oldest was 2 and 1/2 when her baby sister was born. She was also a light sleeper. We moved the baby in when she was three months old. The older one would toss around (like she was annoyed at being disturbed) when the baby would cry. We had some cranky days for awhile, but they both did fine.

T. are you on a leave of absence with your baby or have you returned to full time student life?

Not one of our children is alike. One will sleep until you have to wake her to see if she is still living another must be fed on a timely basis. One child wakens all night long. The other child was a sound sleeper at an early age.

All through the night for a four month old is usually four to five hours.

If he can tolerate it wake your new baby shortly before he goes to bed and feed him until he wants no more. Then he won't awaken from hunger.
You can buy a co-extention sleeper that attaches to your bed and keep the baby in it so he has the comfort of your presence. That will make him sleep better.

Keep the three month old in your room. It will be worse for you if your toddler doesn't get his sleep VS you not getting enough sleep.

My boys are 21 months apart. When I first put them in a room together the baby was 1 month old. There was an adjustment period, but we all did fine, and now they do not want to be without each other!

My daughter will be two in a few weeks and my son is 4 months equalling a 19 month gap. I too had hoped they would share a room but we quickly learned that wouldn't work because she would wake up to any noise her brother would make. We moved her to a different room and actually moved her into a big girl bed as well. If you do that, I'll tell you a better way to go about it then we did it. We learned from our rookie mistake of too much at once. However, if your youngest isn't sleeping through the night and you are going to school, you may either want to keep them in separate rooms if you have that option or wait until you have a break from school like an extended weekend or fall break so that you are not so sleep deprived during the transition of one waking the other. I think they do adjust to the noise but every change takes adjustment time so choose the best time for the whole family to make the change.
I'd be more apt to try though when the youngest is sleeping through the night or at least only waking up once. We also found that in the middle of the night, when both are crying, you need both adults to get up and each soothe one kiddo, can't do both because one adult just doesn't have enough arms. You have to do what is best for the whole family (period).
Good luck with your nursing degree! Its a tough road through school but well worth it in the end.