Hi IMs
I am currently 33wks pregnant with bubs no2 and my DD is 2 3/4. So she has never been an awesome sleeper and has always had difficulty self settling when she wakes through the night. She talks alot about monsters and being scared. So instead of causing her anxiety we always, no matter what, let her come into our room in the night if she needs to. She spends most nights 1/2 in her bed and 1/2 on mattress on our floor. It works well. She is mostly non-disruptive and just comes in and goes back off to sleep. She very rarely wakes when hubby goes to work at 5am and sleeps til 7 - 7.30. My concern is that this will change when bubs comes and we will all just spend the night waking eachother up. I'm interested to hear from others who room share with more than one child and if when bubs wakes for night feeds did you find your toddler would wake too? What worked, what didn't?
Thanx.
Room sharing with a baby and a toddler
Room sharing with a baby and a toddler
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I'm interested in this post we live in a one bedroom and bed share with my 16 month old and I'm due in jan but nervous also I don't mind e sharing but nervous how a new bubs will go
My DS was 21mths & still sleeping in our room in a cot when DD was born. He was never the best sleeper however he managed to sleep through DD waking most nights. I also found transitioning him to his own room really easy as I would explain to him his little sister would be needing his cot soon. He will still on occasions sleep on a mattress in our room now (DD is 13mths) & won't wake even though DD still wakes regularly through the night. I was really concerned whilst pregnant as I didn't want DS to feel any resentment towards DD when born but he coped really well. Good luck x
Maybe play some white noise during the night (my kids wake up to every little noise so I always have white noise playing at night to mask the louder noises) so it doesn't disturb your older child? Could you and baby set up camp in your older child's room after she comes into yours during the night? I know that could be a lot of hassle but it may also get your daughter to see there is absolutely nothing scary in her room. I think you'll find though, that after the first few nights she will just sleep through bub waking and you won't have an issue at all. Kids can usually sleep through most any noise. You just need to remember that you need to get a decent sleep between feeds too or you'll be a zombie the next day, so try a few different things until you find what works for all of you. Good luck and congrats on your impending arrival xx