New baby rooming with toddler?
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New baby rooming with toddler?
| Sat, 05-22-2004 - 7:53am |
Since we are expecting another boy, we planned on rooming my two year old with the new baby. My first son slept with us for a year. It was impossible to break him of it. We have both agreed not to let another baby room with us. I know people do this, but how successful is it? Will my toddler keep the baby up? or vice versa? How can I help the transition? I am just getting my toddler out of the crib to his own bed. Please help.

have you thought about keeping the baby in your room but in his own crib? i ask because sometimes with an older one that young it's not safe to leave them alone together. my best friend had sons 2 years apart and she put the baby in with the older one, and her oldest son almost killed her little one by climbing into the crib and throwing the baby out. it had been the older one's crib and i guess he felt like having it back that night, but it was a really bad scare. my dd was 3 1/2 when her bro was born, but she still didn't understand how careful you have to be with a baby. when he was only a few weeks old she put a penny in his mouth and he almost choked to death, and a few weeks later i caught her trying to give him a screw to play with. anyway, don't want to scare you, but i would seriously think about it before i left them alone unsupervised until ds is a little older and the baby is a little less fragile! if you could just put the baby in a crib or bassinet in your room, or even the livingroom ftm, it might work better.
just my thoughts,
clarity
clarity
I can only speak from my own experience, but I'm thrilled my 2 share a room. They don't have to, we have enough bedrooms, but they're so close because of it! My older dd was in a crib till age 3, then had her "big bed" for a couple of months before I moved her sis in with her.
The little one was in our room (in her own crib) for a while, then in her own room till she was about one. Then I moved her into the same room as her big sis. So theoretically, if you were to do this, you could just keep the baby in a crib in your room till you're quite sure he'll sleep all night.
The girls consider it an honor to be allowed to share, so they're quite good together. (this being said, they're both partying it up in there as I'm typing this, lol). So what if they keep each other up a little, that's life, right? Won't kill 'em. And it's fun to listen to at night & in the morning. Took them a little time to get used to being together, but they're great now,
They're doing just fine with it. The 4 year old likes having the extra person in the room just in case "monsters" come in and the baby likes the company as well. I think they're also much closer because of it.
Good luck!
Lisa