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  • Does anyone here have two young kids sharing a bedroom? How does that work with a little baby? Does the late night crying wake the older child? We are thinking about splitting the bedroom with a sliding door, but not sure if it's worth it. Thoughts?

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    06.12.09, 08:13 PM [ Flag ]

    • ooh. It's a nightmare. Baby (now 14 months) crying does wake older child. And older child slides into our bedroom. A sliding door wont stop the noise. good luck.

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      06.12.09, 08:16 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]

    • #2 slept with us till 6 months then we moved him into #1's room (who is 2 years older). #2 was a crappy sleeper for 2 years but #1 was such a deep sleeper that it was not a problem.

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      06.12.09, 08:17 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]

    • Really depends on the kids. Our first two shared a room from birth of #2 and it was great. They would both wake up early and entertain each other. #1 would climb into #2's crib and play with her while we slept later. But, #3 and #4 are doing it now and it's not working at all. Db is 1, and she is constantly waking her 6 yo brother who has to go to school, and so it's a mess. Give it a try first, and see how it goes.

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      06.12.09, 08:25 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]

    • 3 and 5 yr old dd's sharing a room for 6 months now. was a little difficult at first (3 yr old "reads" books outloud to fall asleep and older needs quiet) but after a few weeks they started to love it. now, on the monitor we hear them talk and giigle and sometimes say "i love u" before drifting off...

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      06.12.09, 08:30 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]

    • Why do you people have all these kids when you don't have enough bedrooms? Seriously.

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      06.12.09, 08:41 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]

      • i have 5 brooms and 2 kids. put them together b/c room is HUGE w/ own bath and they love it.

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        06.12.09, 08:45 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]

      • LOL. We have 2 kids and 2 bedrooms in the city. Four bedrooms in the country--and my 3 yo and 7 yo insist on sharing even when they could each have a room. Thinking of having a third db, by the way. And they will all share (kids have the master bedroom).

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        06.12.09, 08:45 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]

        • Ours do the same. Have 3 bdrms in the city and 4 in the country and they always sleep together - 2 & 4 yrs old. Even when we went away to a house with 5 (!) bedrooms, they sleep in the same room. It's very cozy and comforting for them.

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          06.14.09, 05:22 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]

      • I'm the poster with 4 dcs above. We have two extra guest rooms. My son WANTED to share a room because he heard how much fun his older sisters were having, giggling at night, etc.

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        06.12.09, 08:52 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]

      • the 1 bedroom for each child is a very recent thing. when i grew up sharing a bedroom was almost the norm.

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        06.14.09, 10:42 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]

      • Seriously, how narrow is your horizon? So only people who have a bedroom for each child should have children? What about all the people in other cultures who share a hut? Shouldn't they have children at all?

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        06.14.09, 10:47 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]

      • lol. exactly how many people sleep in your bedroom? i don't know why you got married if you don't have enough bedrooms.

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        06.14.09, 05:33 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]

      • Why do people feel entitled to have their own bedroom? A generation ago, it was a nice thing to have one's own BED. Are you going to spring for your kid to have his/her own room at summer camp? At college?

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        06.17.09, 03:03 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]

    • My kids are 2 years apart and love sharing a bedroom. They sing and chat until they fall asleep. When the younger one was crying at night and sleep training, we got a mini-crib and put him in the living room until he was sleeping more reliably. They were both thrilled when we moved him into her room. Not sure what we'll do when they're older, since we don't have any more rooms.

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      06.14.09, 06:48 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]

    • Our DDs are 17 mos apart and have been sharing a room since DB2 was about 2 mos old. the baby was in a bassient in the LR in the beginning. No sleep issues whatsoever. The sooner you put them together the easier the transition will be. They will figure out how to coexist in the room and will probably be sounder sleepers because of it. It always amuses me when people tiptoe around their babies and tell everyone to be super quiet because the baby is sleeping. That's a great way to raise a child who can't sleep through anything. Trust me, I am one of those light sleepers and wish I were more oblivious to noise like my DH and children. Raising them in noisy NYC definitely helps.

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      06.15.09, 06:23 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]
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      06.17.09, 02:56 PM [ | ]

    • Three kids sharing a bedroom here. All's well.

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      06.17.09, 03:27 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]

    • i have four bedrooms and one child. if we had another child, the two of them would share. they get used to it

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      06.17.09, 03:58 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
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