https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Thu, 09 Jul 2026 20:53:29 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-older-los-sleep-suffer-when-you-brought-home-a-newborn#post-604725 Fri, 01 Mar 2013 08:15:08 +0000 SAHM0811 604725@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was worried about this too... But the opposite often happened and I realized that DD1 is a really deep sleeper! </p> <p>It was DD2 who had to deal with wakeups and short naps a lot... It's unclear if that's because she's naturally a light sleeper or being #2 is part of that. She doesn't have the luxury of sleeping in for her afternoon naps, for example because no matter what, we gotta pick up her sister from preschool at 3pm. When she was a baby, she'd often wake up if her sister was playing loudly, even with white noise. </p> <p>But in terms of during the night, for the most part, things went pretty well. DD2 loved to nurse, so it was an easy, fast fix for crying in the middle of the night. We didn't sleep train/CIO. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-older-los-sleep-suffer-when-you-brought-home-a-newborn#post-600876 Thu, 28 Feb 2013 13:41:22 +0000 Andrea 600876@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Luckily we have bedrooms that are far apart so my older LO's sleep hasn't been affected too much. If anything, she wakes up the baby during nap times even with white noise. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-older-los-sleep-suffer-when-you-brought-home-a-newborn#post-600277 Thu, 28 Feb 2013 12:00:02 +0000 HLK208 600277@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No and they shared a room when DD was 4 weeks old! DS actually took longer naps after she was born too. It was a lot for him to take in. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-older-los-sleep-suffer-when-you-brought-home-a-newborn#post-600253 Thu, 28 Feb 2013 11:56:26 +0000 autumnlove 600253@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@T.H.O.U.: I don't want two babies waking up in the middle of the night! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-older-los-sleep-suffer-when-you-brought-home-a-newborn#post-600005 Thu, 28 Feb 2013 11:18:21 +0000 T.H.O.U. 600005@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I am really concerned about this as well. LO will be 26 months and hopefully in a big girl bed. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-older-los-sleep-suffer-when-you-brought-home-a-newborn#post-599956 Thu, 28 Feb 2013 11:12:26 +0000 autumnlove 599956@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My LO sleeps pretty well so I'm worried that a crying newborn will disrupt her patterns. We have never used white noise...maybe we should start soon!? LO will be almost 16 months when her sister is born...all of our bedrooms are really close together! </p>