Your thoughts on 3 yr old boy and 18 month girl both in their OWN toddler beds in the same room. My son and daughter are the best of friends. If one gets a cracker they will give one to the other. The normal love/hate relationship during playtime. Currently they are in seperate rooms, but been thinking of putting them in the same room. They both sleep fine in their own toddler beds.
Looking for other momma's two cents on this thought.
Thanks for all your comments. It helps to bounce idea's off of other people. I have an 11 year old son, and a three year old son who currently share a room, because when we moved into our new house I became pregnant with our daughter. I put the boys together for the new born baby girl. Now she is older 18 and a half months old, and my son is 3. They play well together, they will bring the pillows and blankets out and lay and watch tv together. That is where my inspiration was for them sleeping in the same room. Plus my older son is really needing his privacy, as he is pre-teen. My 3 yr old however DOES NOT WANT TO LEAVE HIS BROTHER! He cried when we tried to seperate them. So we will wait a little while longer. Thanks for your insights.
depends on the child, 18 months seems kind of young. You can try it and see how it goes. If it doesn't work, wait a little longer for the 18 month old.
Take care,
K.
My husband and I figured we would put our 4 year old and 6 year old (both girls) in bunk beds in the same room. The 4 year old would get out of bed and go climb in bed with her sister or they would do a "sleep over" on the floor in one of their rooms. At the beginning of the summer, we made the switch. It worked out, for awhile. The problem was that they would wake each other up and then get into things (like at 2 or 3 in the morning!). They always wanted to sleep in the same bed. I would put them in their beds and then sometime in the middle of the night, they would end up in the same bed. We decided that when school started that we would switch them back. Neither one was getting sufficient sleep (both went to daycare and only the 4 year old still took naps at daycare). We do let them have "sleep overs" on the weekends. This is where they can sleep in the same bed or make beds on the floor. They still end up in the same bed or room sometimes. If they want to be in the same room, they will end up there. There isn't much I can do to stop it. The only thing I have not done, is lock them in their rooms(with the door knob covers).
The only thing that I would recommend is to try it and see what happens. They may be ok now because they are smaller and they probably both still take naps during the day. I would try it over a long weekend or several days where you don't have to worry about being woken up at night if they are playing too loudly or are getting into things!
While there's nothing wrong with having them share a room, I have to ask you WHY you'd consider moving them into one room together when they're already in separate rooms. Unless you need the extra space, I see no reason to put them in one room where they will disturb each other's sleep and they'll lose any private space they had before.
There's nothing wrong with it at all. Go for it!
I think it's fine at this age. Definitely change rooms before puberty hits to avoid awkwardness, but I think they are at a very innocent age. I've considered doing the same with my son and daughter (age 4 and 2) because they're best buddies too, but I've already decorated their rooms and it sounds like a hassle. So instead my son just got a bunk bed and my daughter a trundle bed, so I told them they can sleep in each other's rooms sometimes on the extra bed for fun like a slumber party. They always sneak into each other's rooms as it is and stay up late playing with toys and laughing. It reminds me so much of the fond memories I have sharing a room with my sister and the crazy things we did together, so I usually can't bring myself to make them go to their own beds. I think it made us closer sharing a room, even though it was difficult as we got older since she was messy and I was clean. My sister and I would also sneak into our two older brothers' room and do things like play baseball with socks until we woke up our parents with our laughing and grumpy dad would come drag us back to our rooms. We would jump to hide under their covers, but our giggling usually gave us away.
At one point I had my kids beds/clothes etc. in one room, and toys/playroom was the other bedroom.
Hi Theresa, I am not a M. yet, but I have wonderful memories of the time my brother and I shared a room (until early elementary school). If they get along as well as you say, they will love the arrangement. I still crack up recalling the stories my older brother used to tell me - his gullible younger sister. :) The age difference was approximately the same as with your kids.
We moved our 2 oldest(6 & 3 1/2) into toddler beds when they were 18 months but the younger was a little closer to 2 when they started to share a room. So far it has been good. The only problem I have now is they wake each other up at the same time, and sometimes really early. but they are old enough and understand what they can do in the morning until mommy and daddy get out of bed. Once the baby gets up then I have to get out of bed. My oldest still doesn't want his own room.
They should be totally fine. I have 4 year old triplets, 2 girls and 1 boy, and they have shared a room their whole lives. They wake each other up and prevent one another from going to sleep at times, but that's normal for any kids sharing a room. I don't see any problem with putting the son & daughter in the same room.
Why not?
Mine are younger than yours, but they love being in the same room. They talk some at nap times and bed times - but that is OK. It is probably not a permanent arrangement, as at some age it will become an issue.
I shared a bedroom with my brother (who is 3 years older than me) for the first 3 or so years of my life - until my sister was big enough for us to share a room (she is 2 years younger).
I vaguely remember playing with him in the room - we had fun.
Speaking from experience...I grew up sleeping in my own bed sharing a room with my brother and it was all good. We got our own rooms when he was about 10.
