My family and I are moving to a small two bedroom apartment for 6 months before we move to Colorado. This means my children will have to share a room. I'm not sure how it's going to go. I don't want one to wake the other in the middle of the night, or both of them to keep each other awake because they're playing instead of going to sleep. Up till now, my son has always had his own room and my daughter has always slept with my husband and I. I could keep the baby with us for a little longer, but I really want my room back! I'm not sure how to make the transition easy, or if I should just keep the baby with us so we all can sleep at night, since that's what we're used to. I just want to make sure everyone sleeps well!
Thanks, everyone! So far everything has been going fine...they've been together for 4 nights. I just had one incident last night where my son dumped a bunch of toys (soft ones thank god) on the baby and woke her up, but other than that it's been working out. And we're moving to either the Denver or the Boulder ares in Colorado, and we've also been looking at Castle Rock. It all depends on where my husband finds a job. Thanks again!
My children are almost 4 & 2 and 2 months...they all share a room right now and all have different bedtimes. My oldest knows not to wake up her sister when she goes to bed. I think that as long as your 3 1/2 year old knows the rules and the consequences for breaking them, you should be fine...I'd give your 10 month old at least 1/2 hour before putting your 3 1/2 year old to bed.
My children share a room. My daughter is four and my son is one; they have shared a room for seven months. My daughter almost never wakes when the baby wakes. They do sometimes giggle and talk, but I've found if I put my son to bed first, he is usually asleep in 30 minutes and then my daughter goes to bed. Children adjust so much faster than adults. If they will be sharing a room when you move to Colorado, I would suggest going ahead with it.
I have a 2 year old boy and a 3.5 year old girl, and they also share a room. My solution is that I put my son to bed at 8:00, and I wait until he's asleep before I put my daughter to bed. She has never woken him up, and there are times that one of them wakes up in the middle of the night, but I haven't had a problem with one of them waking up to the other one.
I had a problem at first by them keeping each other up if I put both of them in the room when they are awake.
So I would suggest changing their bedtimes so one is asleep before the second one goes to bed.
my kids have had their own room so they don't sleep well in the same room cuz they figure it is just more playtime. You could set it up as a "camping adventure" give them sleeping bags and if one is not being quite you just pull them out to the living room. Does your dau. go to sleep first, because if she's already asleep it might be more insentive for your son to just lie down and go to sleep.
where in CO are you moving? My sister and her family have been out there about 2 years now.
My oldest two share a room and have for five years. It was harder when the rooms were on a different level than the living area. But with the living room down the hall I can here any whispers and end them ASAP. I usually give them a little time with the light on and books in bed. Then take the books away and shut out the light. Every once and while you have to deal with the giggles but if you stop them as soon as they start it shouldn't be hard. I never had a child sleep with us. I believe in the whole Adult Bedroom thing and we don't share that intimacy with our children. My 6 year old will wake up a little early and crawl in with us but it's not a whole night thing. I'm sure there will be a couple night where you have to wake up and carry them back to their own bed but if you stick to it...it should work out just fine.
T.
When we went throught the same transition. But my daughters loved to share a room and so it was really hard to get them again in their own rooms...They are still sharing a room!!
Just make it fun for your kids. It won't be a prob. if your daughter goes to bed first or if your son is first. If they have a hard time during nap time then you can split them up just for that time of the day. It's only six months and I can guarantee that it won't be as bad as you think.
