Wednesday, February 25, 2009
Sharing a room with a sibling...
I want the girls to start sharing a room soon since we have a little boy on the way (yay!). One is 2 1/2 (sleeps in toddler bed) and the other is 14 months (still in crib). Kinsey (2) talks/plays/sings before she goes to bed and Keegan (1) goes to sleep right away. I am concerned if I put them together...they will end up playing instead of sleeping and when one wakes up in night or morning they will wake each other up. I don't let Kinsey out of her room until I get her so she doesn't get up at night...she will just play and go back to sleep. So actually here is the question: If you had kids that shared a room...when did you do it (how old were they)? How did you handle them waking each other up? Any suggestions/advice?? Thanks!!
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Putting Emilee and Jacob in the same room before Sam was born worked out GREAT for us!! It made bedtime SO MUCH EASIER. (Em had/has night-time issues). They no longer share a room, but now Sam and Jake do. We've never had any problems...well, except when it's time to clean up. Neither one of them ever make any of the mess! ;-)
I wish I had known that we were so close!! I would have tried to hook up w/ you guys for dinner or something!!! Maybe next year!!!
Have a great day!
Hey, of course, my twins are accustomed to sharing tight quarters but they are complete opposites when it comes to how they sleep. Eva is a really hard sleeper and wakes up for nothing, Ethan used to be a really poor sleeper, waking up a few times during the night but Eva always slept through it. Now both kids are great sleepers. The kids are never asleep when I put them down, I lay them down in their cribs and let them talk or play until they fall asleep. Also, if they're tired enough, they just sleep through the other one waking up. I think sharing a room is also a great bonding experience for siblings. (Here in Europe most houses only have 2-3 bedrooms and they are TINY, so it's much more common for kids to share rooms.) Moving the girls into the same room together a few months before baby boy comes would probably be best so they don't feel like they're getting "the boot" from their new baby brother.
oh yeah, friends of mine allow their kids 15 minutes of "talk time" with the lights out and this has worked out great.
I hope it works out for you and the girls!
It'll be alright and natural selection will work out the differences. In a weird twist, I just had my Oldest brother and his wife move back in with us (ugh!) and had to have the kids share a room. There is a difference of 7 years as well as being boy/girl. They get along with the exception of the regular sibling squabbles and death threats. I also have a friend that had 4 children (2 bedrooms) and they shared rooms until recently and their ages are 13,11,6 & 4. In the long run I think it is more beneficial to kids as well as it teaches them that they are not the center of the universe and tey need to make sacrifices in life.
Our 2 boys have always shared and now we moved the 3rd one in there too in preparation for our exchange student. The first few nights were rough, but it is amazing how quickly they adjust!
PS - On my post yesterday, with no face: Totally smiling :)
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