Sibling Sleeping Together?

I have 3 girls in one room, 3 boys in the other. They rarely keep one another up. Bed time routine...get ready for bed, read a short story, tuck in! the middle ones stay up 15 minutes later than the youngest.(this is for a couple reasons, 1st gives the older ones a bit of "I got one on you", 2nd it gives the youngest ones a few minutes to get the wiggles out).and the older ones have a seperate time all together, but they ALL get tucked in and no there is no issue, once in a while they will complain if the baby is having a hard time falling asleep, but they usually figure it out by them selves, I do not get too involved, if so then it turns into a NIGHTLY thing, "mom..."xyz" is bugging me" etc. So I let them deal with it (usually) I do not let them play at bed time(this is just me) I tuck them in and they stay in bed, I usually leave a hall light on until I go to bed, then make sure everyone is covered etc. and OFF go the lights, we do have night lights in the hall and bath that are light sensors, and one in each room they control,(for personal comfort). Turned a regular desk lamp into one, with the switching of a light bulb! Worked great. They get use to having one another in the room and will soon "ignore" the other one when he/she bugs in the middle of the night. Be consistent in what ever you do!! A pattern usually takes 10 days for a child to learn..keep with it. It might take a bit longer, but the more consistent you are the sooner it will happen and the happier you ALL will be. Including the baby! GOOD LUCK and Best Wishes.

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My kids have shared a room for as long as we've had two kids - they're 19 months apart - and it's fine. They're used to each other and the crying, generally, won't wake the non-crying kid up.

Just try it, and if it doesn't work, try something else. But I think you'll be surprised at how one sleeps through the other one's noise.

A. @ http://prettybabies.blogspot.com

Hi S., it sounds a little like you have created a couple bad habits with your 2 year old, light on radio, play till he falls a sleep, if you don't break this routine quick, you are going to have a heck of a time when he starts school. He should not need a light on, use a night light, and create a bed time routine that makes him feel loved and secure, but make it to where as bed time is bed. Then you should have no problem putting the other child in there. J. L.

My 6 and 8 year old have always shared a room, once I stopped nursing at night. Anyway, they sleep better with their sibling in there and I believe it is good to learn to share your space at a young age. I wouldn't worry too much.

From what I've always heard from friends with two little ones in the same room, they don't generally wake each other up. I think you'll be ok putting them in together. I do agree with the previous poster that you should try to create a new bedtime routine for the older one - maybe having both of them in there together will help that (i.e. might not need the light on if he has company).

My friend has three daughters in one room (18 months, 3 yrs, 5 yrs) and they have always shared a room without ever waking or keeping each other up.

K.
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