Sharing a room

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Registered: 08-02-2004
Sharing a room
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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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Registered: 06-11-2004
In reply to: tankgurl
Wed, 08-04-2004 - 7:18am
Hi Amanda,

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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Registered: 05-08-2004
In reply to: tankgurl
Wed, 08-04-2004 - 10:11am
I agree with the above post. Maybe put the younger one down and let fall asleep before you put the older one down.

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Registered: 03-26-2003
In reply to: tankgurl
Wed, 08-04-2004 - 3:22pm
LOL, I so know that one! My 3 year old and my 1 year old share a room. They both pretty much wake up at sunrise so the real problem is bedtime. The baby is at that point where she hates to fall asleep and basically WON'T until I just put her in bed and let her cry for a few minutes. Well, Cameron doesn't like that and if she's crying he will start screaming at her, "Stop crying, baby!!!" which, of course, makes her cry louder and neither one of them ever gets to sleep. Sooooo, we have to put him to bed first and then put her in bed once he's already asleep. It's not so bad except that it means that we don't get any alone time until 10 most nights. Good luck!

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In reply to: tankgurl
Wed, 08-04-2004 - 6:09pm
Thank you, ladies, for sharing your advice!

Jenny - LOL, I can TOTALLY imagine my son yelling "Stop crying, baby" like yours! Ahh, siblings...

Amanda

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Registered: 03-28-2003
In reply to: tankgurl
Wed, 08-04-2004 - 7:16pm
I have a 4 year old and a 16 month old that currently share a room, and it's been great. Yes, there has been times where the 4 year old has awakened my little guy but not so often anymore, I guess they've gotten used to each other's 'sounds', plus I keep a radio on for them, so they have a constant of noise anyway, anything else just gets masked by the music. Good luck when the time comes.

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