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.
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.
kiwi / 635 posts
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..
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
pomegranate / 3706 posts
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!
papaya / 10560 posts
@erinpye: no way! Was your LO sttn before you moved them in together?
grapefruit / 4671 posts
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.
pomegranate / 3706 posts
@matador84: maybe about 75% of the time, and now in with her sister, about 90% of the time she STTN.
nectarine / 2152 posts
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.
grapefruit / 4584 posts
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.
papaya / 10560 posts
@PinkElephant: that is really encouraging. I have to get dd out of our room!!! DS sttn at 17 months.
I'm afraid dd will wake DS up and then I'll be up with two kids.
@Trailmix: so amazing to me! I know it can be done!!
grapefruit / 4006 posts
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.
grapefruit / 4006 posts
@PinkElephant: do they go to bed at the same time and wake up at the same time?
papaya / 10560 posts
@SleepyMonkey: I keep waiting to sttn and it's not happening at 20 months! I can't even believe it. Ugh!'
grapefruit / 4006 posts
@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.
papaya / 10560 posts
@SleepyMonkey: I was trying to wait until thanksgiving holiday but I need to just get it over with!
grapefruit / 4584 posts
@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
@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.
papaya / 10560 posts
@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!!!!!!
grapefruit / 4584 posts
@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.
papaya / 10560 posts
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!!
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.
Night 3: skipped because dd woke up with a fever so I kept her in our bed to monitor
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!!
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