https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sat, 11 Apr 2026 07:08:29 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/2-kids-and-a-smallish-house#post-2349938 Mon, 09 Nov 2015 21:10:49 +0000 matador84 2349938@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Night one: took about an hour to get kids to sleep. By that I mean ds crawled out of bed with blanket and laid on the floor while I rocked dd to sleep. Whatever. Shr woke up crying at some point that night but I didn't go in and get her and she prob woke ds up...he crawled in our bed at 530 sat am. So not bad!!</p> <p>Night 2: took less time to get them both to sleep. Ds was super tired and fell asleep immediately in bed. Rocked dd and put her in crib. I only remember her waking up and crying once. </p> <p>Night 3: skipped because dd woke up with a fever so I kept her in our bed to monitor</p> <p>Night 4: ds was acting crazy and wouldn't stay in bed, got blanket and falling asleep on floor at my feet. Dd asleep in arms hopefully I can put in crib and him back in bed and no one wakes up!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/2-kids-and-a-smallish-house#post-2347427 Fri, 06 Nov 2015 22:21:47 +0000 PinkElephant 2347427@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@matador84: Sorry to hear that! I hope it improves. It's not 100% rainbows and unicorns here either...we made the switch when both kids were still in cribs, and just moved DD1 to a bed a few weeks ago. So we definitely have our share of sneaking out of bed/sleeping on the floor going on here, too, if that's any consolation. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/2-kids-and-a-smallish-house#post-2347418 Fri, 06 Nov 2015 21:18:48 +0000 matador84 2347418@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@PinkElephant: not going well so far! Dd is asleep in my arms and DS is totally quiet but wanting to sleep on the floor. Ugh!!!!!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/2-kids-and-a-smallish-house#post-2347330 Fri, 06 Nov 2015 18:51:57 +0000 PinkElephant 2347330@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@matador84: My two are better/deeper sleepers since moving in together. One would need to be awake and really upset for a long time (longer than we'd let it go) to wake the other<br /> @SleepyMonkey: they go to bed at the same time, but don't fall asleep at the same time. They get up from naps and for the day at different times, though, and as long as I go quickly to the awake one, they don't wake each other up. Currently My older DD is up in the AM about 30 mins to an hour earlier, and just comes quietly to my room. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/2-kids-and-a-smallish-house#post-2346936 Fri, 06 Nov 2015 12:37:18 +0000 matador84 2346936@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@SleepyMonkey: I was trying to wait until thanksgiving holiday but I need to just get it over with! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/2-kids-and-a-smallish-house#post-2346928 Fri, 06 Nov 2015 12:31:35 +0000 SleepyMonkey 2346928@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@matador84: I knowwwww. I keep thinking part of the problem is that she is in our room! But I'm too chicken to test it out and just put her into her sisters room. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/2-kids-and-a-smallish-house#post-2346920 Fri, 06 Nov 2015 12:26:22 +0000 matador84 2346920@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@SleepyMonkey: I keep waiting to sttn and it's not happening at 20 months! I can't even believe it. Ugh!' </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/2-kids-and-a-smallish-house#post-2346901 Fri, 06 Nov 2015 12:14:40 +0000 SleepyMonkey 2346901@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@PinkElephant: do they go to bed at the same time and wake up at the same time? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/2-kids-and-a-smallish-house#post-2346900 Fri, 06 Nov 2015 12:13:48 +0000 SleepyMonkey 2346900@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We are in the same situation. Dd1 is in her room, dd2 is in with us. We are waiting for her to sttn to move her. She is almost 10 months. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/2-kids-and-a-smallish-house#post-2346897 Fri, 06 Nov 2015 12:10:02 +0000 matador84 2346897@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@PinkElephant: that is really encouraging. I have to get dd out of our room!!! DS sttn at 17 months. </p> <p>I'm afraid dd will wake DS up and then I'll be up with two kids. </p> <p>@Trailmix: so amazing to me! I know it can be done!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/2-kids-and-a-smallish-house#post-2342452 Mon, 02 Nov 2015 21:05:36 +0000 PinkElephant 2342452@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>ditto what @erinpye: said. dd2 was not STTN at 12 months....moved her in with her big sister (she was in her own room before) and BAM - sleep! DD1's night terrors also calmed down after the move. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/2-kids-and-a-smallish-house#post-2342434 Mon, 02 Nov 2015 20:43:36 +0000 Trailmix 2342434@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Not quite the same since we have twins but we live in a 750 sq ft 2-bedroom apartment and my kids have shared a room since they were born. Totally doable. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/2-kids-and-a-smallish-house#post-2342394 Mon, 02 Nov 2015 20:00:16 +0000 erinpye 2342394@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@matador84: maybe about 75% of the time, and now in with her sister, about 90% of the time she STTN. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/2-kids-and-a-smallish-house#post-2342382 Mon, 02 Nov 2015 19:53:06 +0000 plantains 2342382@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>With DD we were in 1 bdr apt. DH and I moved into the living room while we trained toSTTN. We now have DS who is 5 weeks old and we live in a two bdr. I'm hoping they can share around the 5 month or 6 month mark. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/2-kids-and-a-smallish-house#post-2342315 Mon, 02 Nov 2015 18:08:19 +0000 matador84 2342315@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@erinpye: no way! Was your LO sttn before you moved them in together? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/2-kids-and-a-smallish-house#post-2341908 Mon, 02 Nov 2015 00:20:24 +0000 erinpye 2341908@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have 2 kids and a 3 br house. Our kids are the same ages as yours, and we recently moved them into a room together. My 20 month old sleeps better now that she's in a room with her sister! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/2-kids-and-a-smallish-house#post-2341905 Mon, 02 Nov 2015 00:03:00 +0000 mrs.kiwi 2341905@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have a 2 br apt. I have a 1.5 yo son and girl on the way.. Baby girl will sleep in our room til we r ready to have them share..</p> <p>We just moved last week and we are giving the kids the larger room and putting minimal items in so there's room or baby girl's things. I even think we could fit 3 in there eventually! This apt is very close to my hubby's work and we hate moving.. I want to say here for awhile so it's nice to know more kids can technically fit.. Haha </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/2-kids-and-a-smallish-house#post-2341896 Sun, 01 Nov 2015 23:45:09 +0000 matador84 2341896@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>What is your living situation like? We have a 3 year old and 20 month old plus us in a 2 bedroom. The 20 month old doesn't sttn but is getting there. </p> <p>We are thinking about moving the lo2 crib to lo1 room over thanksgiving holiday and lo1 into our room on a pallet. Hopefully this will force sttn at lo2's age. If lo2 can sttn, then lo1 and 2 can share a room hopefully with no problems. </p>