From Two Kids to Three, Room Sharing? Bedding? Ideas??

If it were me, I would have the 2 older children share a room and the baby on his own. You can always transition them later and allow the oldest to have his own room. I agree with you due to the crying issues and midnight feedings I think it would be easier to have the baby alone so that you don't wake up the toddler and have a cranky toddler all day. My son was in a twin bed at about 2 1/2 so I think going with a twin bed would be fine. You can always get a rail for the twin bed if you are afraid he will fall out. Do whatever you think will work best, as they grow you can always change things around.

put the older two together before the baby comes so they get used to sharing a room, like within the next couple of months and go ahead and have him have the twin bed so him and brother are a little more equal and have them pick their own bedding and a color they both like and have them help with their new big kid room. this way the baby wont disturb them as much if he is a screamer and has a set of lungs if you were to put the younger two in the same room

I agree with you. Your new one will be waking in the night and need attention. Your two older ones don't need to be disturbed during the night.

Blessings....

Put the older 2 together. Their bedtimes will be more similar and your 2 yr old and baby will not be on the same nap schedule for a long time! We just went through this- my kids are girl most 4, boy 2.5 and newborn 6 wk old boy. We put the older 2 together. DD moved to twin bed at 3, son is in toddler bed and baby will have nursery to himself until he is about 18 mos and goes to one nap, then we plan to room the two boys together. We started transitioning when I was about 27 wks prego- we let them start it by having sleepovers in my dd's room on weekends then made it permanent a few weeks before I delivered. They thought it was their idea :) worked great! Save the other twin for you unless you and hubby have a king bed so you can nurse in your own room without bothering him. Best wishes!

I have 3 boys as well (13,10,6). The 2 younger share a room. We gave our oldest this own room (well, he always has had his own room). The youngest slept with us for over a year. He only slept in his crib for naps. DH wants to separate them now, but I am not ready to give up my spare room.

Now, as for the middle one, get him out of the crib and completely take it down before baby comes. That way, he doesn't get jealous of the baby taking over his bed. My middle one had a very hard time integrating his younger brother into the family, but he was 4 at the time. Whether you go with the toddler bed or a big boy bed, ask him. I personally think toddler beds are a waste, since they are so limited in their use, I would go with the twin bed.

Good Luck and Congrats!

My boys are 9,6,15months. My older 2 share a room and have since the middle was about 2 1/2. He kept sneaking into his brothers bed so we moved them together and made a playroom. He slept in a cool toddler train bed and didn't care that his brother had a big bed and he wants to be his brother! Now my baby is in a room by himself for the reasons you described. There are many nights I am in there putting him back to bed multiple times and it wouldn't be fair to my other kids to have to listen to that since they never wake up in the middle of the night. I am now prego with number 4 and the two little ones will share so I hope baby is a good sleeper. Our original plan was to wait until my oldest was about 11-12 and then put him in his own room wich we wil still do,(we have a third floor with 2 rooms that can be converted) just not how we originaly planned. I say put the baby alone for a few years. Your oldest doesn't realize just what oldest means just yet.

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All of this is going to depend on the kids and if they can sleep together and get quiet quality sleep.
And per age phases and sleep difficulties etc. and how they transition to it all.

I just HATED sleeping in the same room as my sibling. It was oil and water.
And my sibling was an overbearing irksome pest. To put it lightly.
Always waking me too. Just to irk me.

At this point you should keep the baby in his own room, but as they get older switch things up occasionally. It is good for children to have to share things including toys, rooms and even a bed if necessary. In our family having your own room was a privledge that could be lost by not following family rules. Also the personalities may develop that mix better with one sibling than another. The oldest should not automatically be given the room by himself as a right of being the "heir to the throne".

have you thought about what works best for you. i know where a generation of doing what is best for the child and thinking of the child first but i think this is a time that you just need to do what works for you. if i were in your situation what would work best for me would be to put the two older ones together (unless the fight a lot) leave the big bed in the nursery and give the will be two yr old the toddler bed. or put you the baby and the two yr old in one room.

I think you have several good options. I would start the way you're already thinking by putting the two older ones together in one room. I would start before the baby comes to keep them from feeling pushed aside for baby. Make a ceremony for your 2 year old of moving into the toddler bed into the "big boy room". Leave your nursery as a nursery with your extra bed for your own comfort. When the baby is ready for the toddler bed the 2 year old will get the bunk/twin. Which two share at that point will depend on personalities and sleep patterns.
We did pretty well with a similar issue when my daughter was born. We were living in a 3 bedroom apartment in France, and my teenager had one room. The two babies (18 months apart) did well in the same room after we moved her into a crib. They key is not to make a big deal about the beds and they probably won't.
Congratulations and good luck.

Ask the two year old which bed he wants to sleep on. My son, when he was two, started having issues with his crib so we bought a toddler bed. He slept in it one night and then moved the next day to our guest room and the big double bed there. At 19 he is still in that double bed.
Experiment now with the older two together. They are close enough in age that it should work. My younger two girls, also two years apart, had their own rooms but pretty much slept together every night from about two to eight years...

I would def have baby on his own for safety reasons. Even the most loving siblings can be too rough with a newborn. My son would try to feed his baby sister such treats as goldfish and rasins (well before she started baby food), and thought he could lay on top of her to hug her!

I transitioned my son to a regular bed when he was 2 1/2 and he did fine. You could buy a side rail seperately if you are worried about your two year old falling out.

When your youngest is a toddler you can rethink the room situation and move them around as needed.