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Sharing a room
| Wed, 08-04-2004 - 3:43am |
Hello! I have a DS who is 4 years old and a DD who is 9 months old. We have a two bedroom home and our DD still sleeps in her crib in our room. I'd like to eventually move her into my son's room (in her crib with or without the drop side taken off, depending on when I move her). At this point, my son is fascinated about waking up his sister so I don't know how that is going to work in the future when they do share a room. I was wondering if any of you moms out there have any advice or can share your experiences. My husband and I don't think either child is ready to share a room yet but when the time feels right what should I expect? Will there be a couple of days of wakeups for either child (one wakes up the other for some reason). Are there any good tactics out there to help ease the transition? Thanks so much! I love this board!
Amanda
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My kids shared a room for a few months while we were in between houses and staying in a 2 bedroom apartment. They were 1 and 3 at the time. It was hard at first but it was fine once everyone got used to it. The hardest part was getting them to go to sleep because they liked to goof around. Some nights I'd put the little one down first so he'd have a chance to fall asleep and my older one knew that there would be big trouble if she woke him up : ) As far as getting up in the morning, I don't remember that being a problem. My daughter would just come in to our room if she woke up first; otherwise I'd go in and get my son when I heard him.
Good luck!
Gwen
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