https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Fri, 08 May 2026 17:41:53 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-sleep-train-if-your-different-age-kids-share-a-room#post-2760164 Wed, 19 Jul 2017 20:42:13 +0000 2littlepumpkins 2760164@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@pastemoo: I started very early teaching my second to fall asleep on his own and lucked out on that front. He woke once a night til close to 1.5, with a month or two of sttn thrown in. We never trained for that. But as far as falling asleep f your baby is still falling asleep unassisted I might just move bedtime back (if that's possible.) I noticed when I put mine to bed too early it'll take them longer than it would have taken even if I put them down later for them to fall asleep. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-sleep-train-if-your-different-age-kids-share-a-room#post-2760133 Wed, 19 Jul 2017 18:08:33 +0000 pastemoo 2760133@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@bhbee: Eeeek! Good luck! :goodluck: </p> <p>@Shantuck: Was one weekend enough? I have been battling this for some time now. How did you do it so fast? I do have the option of sending my 5 year old to grandma's house.</p> <p>@gotkimchi: I can absolutely do that. Bedtime is more difficult so far, but I will let him know for tonight that is an option and see where that goes. Thank you!</p> <p>@bees_knees: Cool. Thank you!</p> <p>@Mrs. Toad: As of now, I'm only trying to get the 1 year old to sleep through till 2am. :D </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-sleep-train-if-your-different-age-kids-share-a-room#post-2759764 Wed, 19 Jul 2017 07:39:20 +0000 Mrs. Toad 2759764@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Ours share a room. We sleep train for falling asleep, but never for overnight. (Mine give up overnight on their own very early.)</p> <p>The first time we did it, DS was staying at a hotel with his grandmother. The second time, I just let him stay up a little longer than I otherwise would. DD didn't cry that long and DS has never seemed upset that she was crying. DS was 28 months and 30 months when we did CIO. </p> <p>DS never woke to DD crying and they have room shared from the beginning. Occasionally, she cries in the middle of the night now, and he never wakes. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-sleep-train-if-your-different-age-kids-share-a-room#post-2759732 Tue, 18 Jul 2017 22:15:19 +0000 bees_knees 2759732@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@gotkimchi: I second this! </p> <p>Our boys don't share a room, but their rooms share a wall and when we sleep trained the baby I'm not even sure DS1 (almost 3) even woke up. If we woke up, he didn't stay awake long. We made sure to explain to him that DS2 was learning to sleep and he would probably cry, but that I was right outside his door to make sure he was ok. And that if he (DS1) woke up he could come into our room. (He never did) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-sleep-train-if-your-different-age-kids-share-a-room#post-2759712 Tue, 18 Jul 2017 20:14:56 +0000 gotkimchi 2759712@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@pastemoo: can you let your older sleep in your room for a few night? We used to love "sleepovers" and would camp on the floor in our parents room. And then past the first few days I would tell the 5yo baby is learning to go back to sleep in the middle of the night. If he wakes up and it's bothering come sleep on our floor/the couch/etc </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-sleep-train-if-your-different-age-kids-share-a-room#post-2759711 Tue, 18 Jul 2017 20:04:46 +0000 Shantuck 2759711@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My LOs don't share a room but they share a common wall so we were worried about sleep training the baby. We actually sleep trained on a weekend that the bigger one was invited to stay over at the grandparents and after the second night we were past the worst of it. We're fortunate to have family in town that invites the kids to come sleep over but I know lots of people don't have that luxury. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-sleep-train-if-your-different-age-kids-share-a-room#post-2759709 Tue, 18 Jul 2017 19:43:36 +0000 bhbee 2759709@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Following. Mine don't have to share at home but we are about to spend 3 weeks at my mom's where they share. 2yo has been a sleep wreck for a while and it's really hard on 5yo if they share (we do it sometimes at home for guests etc) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-sleep-train-if-your-different-age-kids-share-a-room#post-2759704 Tue, 18 Jul 2017 19:30:02 +0000 pastemoo 2759704@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Help!<br /> How do you sleep train the younger one if the old one lives in the same bedroom?<br /> I'm at my wits end! It takes the baby 90+ minutes to get to sleep and the kids only go to bed 60 minutes apart. One is 13 months, the other is 5 years.<br /> How did you deal with kids who share a room when one doesn't sleep through the night or fall asleep well at bedtime? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/early-bedtimes-1#post-1471459 Wed, 05 Mar 2014 21:07:13 +0000 delight 1471459@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Our bedtime is usually around 7:30, but sometimes I put her down at 6:30 if she misses a nap. It doesn't seem to affect how long she sleeps overnight and it doesn't throw the next day off at all. She wakes up between 7-8 am no matter what time she goes to bed. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/early-bedtimes-1#post-1471410 Wed, 05 Mar 2014 20:47:19 +0000 Silva 1471410@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@.twist.: I've gone as early as about 6:00 (usually a 7:00 bedtime). She still sleeps until about 6am. Somedays she's up earlier, some days later- but the early bedtime doesn't seem to have much to do with it.</p> <p>On days when naps were terrible (like both were less than 30 minutes) I've taken her for a walk so she can get an extra 20 minute nap in, always waking up before 4ish. But I've found she does sometimes have trouble falling asleep when we do that (now that she's older, that was never the case when she was younger).</p> <p>When she's super tired and crank I wear her while I cook, but have to keep an eye on her to make sure she doesn't doze off. I give her snacks, too, which helps. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/early-bedtimes-1#post-1471400 Wed, 05 Mar 2014 20:43:01 +0000 dolphin 1471400@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I would put her down early. Sometimes we'll skip bath or story time to speed things up. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/early-bedtimes-1#post-1471314 Wed, 05 Mar 2014 20:10:19 +0000 Rockies11 1471314@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I def do! I read somewhere that it's good sleep hygiene. She doesn't sleep well at daycare, so on the days she goes, I put her to bed a full hour earlier. If I don't she has a complete meltdown, and I can't say as I blame her. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/early-bedtimes-1#post-1471251 Wed, 05 Mar 2014 19:52:00 +0000 fancyfunction 1471251@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes, I'll push her bedtime up based on her cues - it's usually just around 30 min earlier or so. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/early-bedtimes-1#post-1471224 Wed, 05 Mar 2014 19:43:59 +0000 immabeetoo 1471224@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We just move everything up. LO has always slept the same amount, or longer. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/early-bedtimes-1#post-1471221 Wed, 05 Mar 2014 19:42:28 +0000 regberadaisy 1471221@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@.twist.: depends. sometimes she'll wake up per usual and sometimes early. </p> <p>As I sit here paying for not doing a early bedtime because I didn't know she missed nap time completely today.... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/early-bedtimes-1#post-1471215 Wed, 05 Mar 2014 19:40:18 +0000 .twist. 1471215@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@redsmarties: hahaha, you're my tester! Light me know how it goes! :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/early-bedtimes-1#post-1471163 Wed, 05 Mar 2014 19:23:52 +0000 Mrs. Oatmeal 1471163@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We had to do it for the first time tonight! She was IN bed by 7, instead of starting bedtime routine at 7:30. I know its not early compared to some...but early for us!<br /> Not sure if she'll get up earlier tomorrow or not! I hope not. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/early-bedtimes-1#post-1471162 Wed, 05 Mar 2014 19:23:48 +0000 MrsStar 1471162@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Early bedtime, I usually just skip the bath. Last night lo wasn't feeling too well and was super grumpy so I got her to bed at 6.45 when she's usually in bed between 7.30/8pm. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/early-bedtimes-1#post-1471157 Wed, 05 Mar 2014 19:22:34 +0000 .twist. 1471157@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Thanks ladies, do you find they your kids all still sleep the same amount of time? I'm worried if I move bedtime up he will get up early! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/early-bedtimes-1#post-1471151 Wed, 05 Mar 2014 19:21:48 +0000 regberadaisy 1471151@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Our bedtime is 7-730 because of this. Cranky or bad nap and bedtime is 7 other wise closer to 730. </p> <p>If I'm expecting to put her down at 7 then we must eat dinner at 6 on the dot. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/early-bedtimes-1#post-1471121 Wed, 05 Mar 2014 19:08:07 +0000 NurseMommy 1471121@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yep, I'll do early bedtime. I eliminate bath and playtime after dinner. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/early-bedtimes-1#post-1471110 Wed, 05 Mar 2014 19:04:59 +0000 hilsy85 1471110@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>early bedtime for sure! we just move everything up. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/early-bedtimes-1#post-1471106 Wed, 05 Mar 2014 19:03:52 +0000 Rubies 1471106@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Early bedtime! The earliest my kids have gone down was 5pm. You do what you gotta do! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/early-bedtimes-1#post-1471104 Wed, 05 Mar 2014 19:03:16 +0000 Elderberrygin 1471104@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'll move bedtime up to about 6.30pm if A. skips a nap or is extra tired. I just do everything earlier - dinner time, bedtime routine etc. On weekends its pretty easy. During the week I make sure I have some quick meals on hand just for her so I can feed her dinner as soon as she gets home from daycare and then my husband and I eat later. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/early-bedtimes-1#post-1471035 Wed, 05 Mar 2014 18:37:48 +0000 .twist. 1471035@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>If your LO has a crappy day of naps, or something extra happened during the day to make them super tired, do you out them down early for bed? </p> <p>If so, do you move up dinner time and bedtime routine, or do you skip anything? (Obviously not dinner lol).</p> <p>If not, how do you keep your LO from having major meltdowns? </p>