Advice on kids sharing rooms?

Kara

Kara

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We're moving into a new house soon and plan to have our 4 year old and 2 year old sons share a room - at least initially. We're also having a baby within the next couple of months, so I'm hoping that sharing a room will help ease them through the many transitions we're encountering in a short period of time.

They each have their own rooms now, so I'm a little nervous about how it'll go. My 2 year old is a breeze to put to bed, while my 4 year old hates sleeping alone so I think that will be good overall, but I don't want to mess up a good thing with the 2 year old either.

Has anyone been there, done that? Any advice on how to make the change easier on all of us?
 
My son and daughter share a room right now...well, they have since they were babies (they are 17 months apart). I was worried about my daughter waking up my son when she was born, but he quickly adapted to it and rarely woke up.

They have their nights now (they're 6 and 5) when they won't sleep, keep giggling and playing with eachother...but most of the time they're good and go to sleep. Mind you, they've always been that way - I put them to bed and they're quiet until they fall asleep.

No real advice for you, just stick it out...they'll quickly get into a routine of their own.
 
my 4 year old and 1 year old son share a room and have since my youngest was about 4 month old!! They love sharing and both go to bed at the same time, infact if one goes to bed without the other (sometimes my 4 year old like to have a camp out with his older sisters) I notice it's much harder for the one left in the room to go to sleep!!!

Is your 2 y/o still in a crib!?!? If he's in a toddler bed maybe you can consider buying them bunkbeds. That's what we did for our boys. My 4 y/o sleeps on the top and in a few months we are gonna move our 1 year old to the bottom....probably at his 2nd birthday at the end of January.

If your boys easily adapt to change I say just go for it!!! If either of them are resistant I'd say be prepared for a few nights of fussing. But generally I think all most all kids love to share rooms...especially young siblings!!! Just make it special for them.....let them help pick out the new diggs for thier room and maybe even get matching bed stuff!!!
 
You can always put the 2 year old to bed a little earlier than the 4 year old at first (maybe you do already) so he's sleeping by the time you put the 4 year old in bed... then it shouldn't disrupt the 2yo's good bedtime habits, and the 4yo will be happy going to bed with another one in the room (unless he'd be too loud and wake his brother up!)

Good luck! I hope it all goes smoothly for you!
 
Thanks! We are planning to get them bunkbeds and matching fire truck decore - which they both love. :) The 2 year old is in a toddler bed right now, so I don't think that will be too difficult. I'm most worried about the 4 year old keeping his brother awake!
 
My kids have shared a room almost all their lives. We are really needing to have another room built on the house but just cannot afford to right now so they keep sharing. I think as long as you make it seem like a cool/fun thing they will love having someone else in the room with them
 
My middle girls (5 and 3) share a room...they go to bed at the same time. Occasionally they play and giggle but most of the time they are good and go right to sleep. They are the closest as in friends so I see a real benefit to it.
 
I put my 4 year old and almost 2 year old to bed together, and then I send the 4 year old to my bed to go to sleep and the 2 year old goes down in their room. It works great for us.
 
My girls who are now 7 and 4.5 have been in the same room for about 2 years. They were both good sleepers so I didn't have many concerns about putting them together. We made a big deal out of it though, especially since they had a new brother on the way that was taking the extra room. :) We repainted, got them new matching bedding and a brand new bunkbed to share. They thought it was new and exciting and fun and were ready to do it. :thumbup: Occasionally we have to get on to them now because they chatter and mess around instead of going to sleep but overall they do great. Hope the transition goes smooth at your house! :)
 
We just consolidated the boys into one room within the last week (they are 2 and 5). We got a bunk bed and they love it! Hopefully the novelty doesn't wear off too soon ;) I'm also in the process redecorating everything so they feel like it's kind of a new room. Good luck!!
 
at the moment, I have all three of my little ones sharing a room (we will be undergoing renovations in our house, adding two more bedrooms to the two we currently have). The two boys (6 and 4) are on bunkbeds, and my princess (10) is on a mate's bed. Most nights, they all go to bed together and chatter and giggle til I tell them to stop and go to sleep. hehee
For the most part though, I've had at least one set of siblings sharing a room at one point or another for the past 8 years (since my FIL made our bunkbeds). In all sorts of combinations (2 or 3 at a time).

Try it out for a night of two, and see how well bedtime goes. You may need to put one down before the other to avoid the talking and playing. Some of mine do well together, others, not so well. No one has woken another during any night wakings though, thankfully. They are all good sleepers once they get to sleep.
 
it'll be fine! my 2 year old wanted in with my 4 year old before I did! So we moved her crib in there and it was fine. the 4 year old would talk and be a problem sometimes, but not bad. except the 4 year old came out of her room a million times!

When we moved the 2 year old to a bed, she loved it, but then she came out a million times. we have since resolved this though and it's great. sometimes I will find them in the same bed "reading" books together, but usually they go right to sleep.
 
I think it's funny to hear such good stories of siblings rooming together. My sister and I NEVER got along well as kids (in fact, we mostly fought until I went to college!). I think my mom stuck us together for 12-18 months if she was lucky, before she moved me to a different room downstairs (Dad lost his office) to save her own sanity, lol.

I'm sure if your kids get along reasonably well together though, it'll be fine. :)
 
Mine room together as well. Bedtime, I put Abby to bed in her room and JJ lays on the couch with me until Abby is asleep then I carry him (asleep) upstairs and lay him down. It's kind of a pain, but if I put them both down together they do NOT sleep.
 
My 2 youngest share a room right now they are 3 and 6. Before that it was the 2nd oldest boy and my 6 year old. And before that it was the 2 oldest boys sharing. When my 2 oldest where the same ages as your 2 are they shared and it was actually not a problem at all though they did seem to end up in the same bed together every night!

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