[neaka]

Hi everyone,

We are on the hunt for a 3BR house but theres a chance we may end up staying put in our 2BR for awhile.

Just wondering how did you work it in a 2BR with 2 kids? Was it ok having the newborn in your room for awhile? I know alot of people do it, im just not sure about how it will go!

Any tips? Thanks

[Ehubrydd]

You'll be fine

Our situation was a little different as we onlu had one bedroom when our second was born. We slept both our kids in our room and they hardly ever disturbed one another. You have that second bedroom so in your case I'd put the baby things in the toddler's bedroom and just put Baby in the main for sleep. As Baby gets older your kids can share a room

[Chelara]

We have a baby on the way and an almost 3 yo. Our house is 2 bedrooms. We were cosleeping with dd but have recently moved her into her own room. The new baby will likely be in our room in a cradle for at least 6 months though the cot is still set up in dds room. I found sharing a room with the baby so much easier for breastfeeding, I also found I reassuring that the baby was so close.

It will be squishy but we'll make do.

[Belf]

When this baby is born in about 2 months, initially the baby will be in with me, and my Husband will be in with our co-sleeping 2 year old.

Things will probably get shuffled around depending on who is sleeping when, and the 2yo will probably decide he wants to swap around a bit, but it should be all ok.

[Strawberry Welli...]

I'm interested in the logistics of a baby and toddler sharing a bedroom too. We are in the same situation.

We plan to have the baby in our room for as long as he fits in the bassinet (which luckily is quite a good size), then he will move into the cot in DDs room. She is in a single bed. My concern is whether they will wake each other up in the night if one wakes up crying. But then again, if the baby isn't sleeping well by the time he's outgrown the bassinet perhaps we'll just cosleep or move the cot into our room until he does.

Definitely have the baby in your room for the beginning if you can, its recommended to room-share for the first 6 months anyway to help prevent the risk of SIDS .

[Phoenix Blue]

We did it until our two boys were 4 and 3!

When DS2 was born, he was in our room for probably about 6 months. But he was a terrible sleeper. So we switched and had DS1 with us in a toddler bed next to ours, and DS2 had the other room.

Once Ds2 improved and only woke once a night for a feed, we put them in together (maybe DS2 was about 12-18months). We never really had problems with one waking the other in the night. The other always slept through any disturbances.

The hardest was probably afternoon naps - as they'd play around. But I'd just put DS1 into our bed for arvo naps and that worked.

Good luck

[Guest_Hoggle_*]

I'm sure you'll work something out. A friend of mine was living in a 2 bedroom house until she was 6 months pregnant with her 4th!

[CallMeProtart]

We did it, no problem. I'd always keep the newborn in with me anyway. Now they are older and share a room.

I'm interested in the logistics of a baby and toddler sharing a bedroom too. We are in the same situation.

We plan to have the baby in our room for as long as he fits in the bassinet (which luckily is quite a good size), then he will move into the cot in DDs room. She is in a single bed. My concern is whether they will wake each other up in the night if one wakes up crying. But then again, if the baby isn't sleeping well by the time he's outgrown the bassinet perhaps we'll just cosleep or move the cot into our room until he does.

We did this. And when we finally bit the bullet and moved them over, it was fraught for a couple of nights and then they got used to each other's cries - these days one of them can be crying the house down and the other will barely stir 3 feet away. Bonus!

[akkiandmalli]

when Ds was born we were in a 2 bedroom house.
From Day 1 DD and DS shared a room. they still do now and we have a bigger house!
we tried to seperate them for own rooms but they enjoy it..
I am sure it will be fine

[Akatara]

not really a 2br house...

but we had a study that was small, and along way from the rest of the house, which we need to keep free for visitors. (stepson)

So my girls shared a room. DD was 2.5 and baby from about 6 weeks. It worked out fine, and they grew up loving it.

We moved to a new three bedder, and DD just had about 6 months on her own, but has voluntarily gone back in with her sister, as we have a third baby coming in a few months! They are 6 and 8 now so have been sharing for 6 years.

BTW, my older DD has always been quite a good sleeper, and slept through a lot. DD2 is not such a good sleeper, but mostly she would wake up and come into our room...

Although this AM they did seem to wake each other at 5am. But that is pretty rare.