kids in the same room?

Question

Is it okay to have kids share rooms? We have a two year old girl and are expecting our second here soon. We have a two bedroom house, and the bedrooms are decent sized (about 12 ft by 10 ft). I guess what I'm worried about is that the baby crying will wake up our two year old, or if our two year old gets up at night while we're sleeping and tries playing with the baby or covering the baby up and ends up really hurting the baby. Also, if the baby is a boy, then is it really proper for them to share a room? We bought our hose only two years ago, and we have to live in it five years before we can move or sell it. What are your suggestions/ opinions?

Answer 1

We also have a two bedroom house. Right now all three of our boys are in the room. I breastfed the boys and as newborns they stayed in our room for the first five or six months. That was the point when they transitioned into their bedroom. We never had problems with the baby waking up the older ones. Maybe a couple of times at most.

I think that you will do fine! Just use the baby monitor and make the crib off limits. We put the crib up early and taught the boys that baby wasn't allowed in their bed and they weren't allowed in baby's bed!

Answer 2

My suggestion: keep the baby in your room in a bassinet by your bed for the first few months. Until you stop doing nighttime feedings, you will want baby close anyway. It's much easier to care for a baby in the same room with you when you are up every few hours for feeding. Once the baby is sleeping through the night, then you should be able to move baby into your daughter's room without too much problem. Or, you could just leave baby in your room for awhile if you are worried about it. Lots of parents keep their babies in their room until they are a year or older. However, if you are worried about either of these options, here is another option. If you have a big walk in closet, you could convert a part of it into a "nursery." Use a packnplay instead of a crib to save space. Or, you could use some other room of the house for the baby (if you can keep it quiet/dark enough). I wouldn't worry about a girl/boy that close in age sharing a room until they are older. You should be fine with them sharing a room,but I would definitely wait until your baby is sleeping through the night before asking your two yr old to share. I don't think it's fair to interrupt a 2 yo's sleep with a baby crying all night. Better to keep the baby in your room if this is going to be a problem.

Answer 3

It's ok to share rooms even with different genders, especially when they are little it doesn't really matter. My daughters share a room, but the baby was in our room in a cradle for the first 4 months, so there was no worry of our oldest doing anything to baby. I would do feedings in my daughters room to get her used to the noises and crying of the baby. Most of the time she slept through it other times I just told her to go back to bed and she did. We also used a baby monitor so we could hear everything going on in the room if our oldest woke up and was doing anything we just went in and got her(she usually would just come to us when she woke up. Try different things until you find something that works for you. Our girls are 5 and 2 now and we put the 5 yo in our room to fall asleep and then move her when we go to bed, otherwise they will talk and keep each other up too late. Good luck.

Answer 4

Have the baby sleep in your room until its big enough to sleep in a crib. Use a baby monitor where you can hear if your 2 y/o is up and walking around or not. Also try to make it clear to the 2 y/o that if the baby is fussy come get one of you 2 do not try to comfort the baby herself. Good luck.

Answer 5

That really isent fair to the 2 year old, she will be woken up everynight until the baby sleeps through the night, and her room will turn into a nursrey
She should stay with you, once she sleeps through the night, it should be ok

Answer 6

I would keep the new baby in your room (but not in bed with you!) until he/she is sleeping through the night. At that point it is perfectly fine for them to share rooms, regardless of gender, when the children are that little.

Answer 7

i had the same issue, the baby did wake up the oldest, but she gat use to it and fell back to sleep. i also put the baby monitor as close as i could and turn it on sensitive so i respond quickly.

Answer 8

Maybe keep the new baby in your room?

Answer 9

when he gets older it matters but now now