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Just wondering, did any of you have a newborn and a three year old share a room?
When the girls were born (2 years apart), they each had a room to herself. They didn't move in together til the youngest was almost 2. When DS was born, the girls had a room together so he had his own room already
Now, the girls share a room, boy has his own. I have a room I was thinking of turning into another bedroom. It's between the kids rooms and the living room, and is walk thru (2 doorways, but only 1 door). We've been using it for a junk/music/office room. But there is no closet in there. Also, in order to clear the stuff out of that room (desk, shelves, file cabinet, toys, amp and 3 guitars), I was going to clear out the garage and finish it to another family room. Which had been my plans anyway, since it's too small for a pickup. It won't take much, some french doors and carpet/flooring. A little electrical work on the lighting, heater duct in the attic, and some cleaning/patching/painting the ceiling and walls.
Oops, got a little off topic with my redecorating plans.
Anyway, did you have any problems with a toddler and infant together? Did the infant keep the toddler awake with 2am feedings? Did the toddler keep bothering the baby and try to get him out?
On a side note, I don't want the baby in my room. Maybe in a bassinet, but there is no room for a crib in my room and I don't want to co-sleep. I like my space, DH is lucky I let him stay in there. LOL! I'm just not sure if I will get finished/can afford my remodeling plans before the baby is born.
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my mom
My mom is two years older than her younger sister. When she was a toddler, she poured tomato juice all over the baby in her crib. However, the way my aunt turned out, she deserved it, so it was probably for the best.
That's all I know.
Yes
Two of my boys are 4 yrs and 3 weeks apart and they shared a room since the younger was born...no problems until the teen years when they bicker a bit at times for getting into one anothers things LOL
Shawna
Mother to seven
Author of Intimate Reflections
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Here Too
DD4 was in a bassinet in our room for the first 6 months, and then she shared with DS who was 8 at the time. He is a real heavy sleeper, so it seemed like a better idea than in with Mr. Hear-An-Ant-Fart, DS14 (who gets that from me BTW). It didn't work out very well though, because DD was up every 3 hours like clockwork and DS did hear her. I moved him in with his brother, which was OK for about a year, but then with the combo of tight quarters (the room is 11x13) and the onset of adolescence they just started fighting all the time. Then we moved older DS down into the cellar in a room with sheets for walls, and finally this spring into his own, beautiful room upstairs.
I shared a room with my sister until I was 10 and it was fine.
FWIW
-Jo
Thanks for the input, guys.
Thanks for the input, guys.
I was planning when this one got older that it would move in with Chance sooner or later. OR, DD8 would get her own room and if this was a girl, would move in with DD6. But if a boy, I planned on the girls sharing a room for quite some time. Mainly have to wait and see what this one will be. I could squeeze a bassinet in my room, maybe my rocker, too (I hate nursing newborn in bed). Mine don't stay in a bassinet long. All of my kids hit 20 pounds by 4 months. I actually only had a bassinet with the first one, and then only for the first week or two, until I could walk across the house to her room ok (3rd degree episiotomy). SIL may let me borrow hers, she should be done with it by November.
Jenny
You never know!
My DD6 was 20 lbs. by 4 mos., and my DD2 still doesn't weigh 30 lbs.! So who can say when the peanut of *your* family will come along.
Anyway, DD6 and DD2 have been sharing a room for at least a year -- well, honestly I have no idea how long it's been, but it *seems* like a long time. They have done great together except for the 2nd night. That night Dbaby wouldn't go to sleep and cried and cried, and DD6 (however old she was then) got hysterical because she couldn't fall asleep. I thought, What have we done?!
But that really only happened once. DD6 is a pretty sound sleeper. I do think DD2 wakes her up most mornings before she would get up on her own, so I put them both to bed pretty early most nights (before 8 pm). Plus DD2 sings herself to sleep a lot, so they both need a little extra time. By the time school starts I'd like to be back at 7:30 as their bedtime.
I guess it depends on the kid -- if Chance is going to wake up with every little sound you'll have trouble. Otherwise I imagine it could work fine. When my DD was 3 I think she'd have been thrilled to have the baby in the room.
Sound Sleeper
Chance is a VERY sound sleeper. I have a hard time waking him up in the mornings and naps (after having an even harder time getting him to go to sleep). My main concern was him bothering the baby. Like decided to play with it.
Like the room would make a difference?
My sister and I are 15 months apart...and DID NOT share a room...but about the time I was 3 or 4 months old, she came toddling down the hallway toward my mother with me squashed tight against her. She had climbed my crib, hauled me over the side, somehow got us both down, and carried me down the hall. I understand my mother almost had a heart attack!
As always...I was the innocent bystander in the uproar! 
the point is, Jenny....I'm thinking that NOT being roommates wouldn't keep Chance from playing with his new sibling if he takes a mind to do so!
Wheeeeeeee! Have fun!
Blessings,
Lenora
A good head and a good heart are always a formidable combination."
~Nelson Mandela
a stinker, eh?
Lynn Siprelle, Editor
Very True
The exact same thing happened with my girls. Shelby was 27 months and Ch'ree about 6 weeks when Shelby decided she wanted to play with her sissy. I had just asked DH, "Where is Shelby?" when she came into the living room squeezing Ch'ree to death. Exactly as you described, she had climbed up, hauled the baby out of the crib, and was carrying her, but holding her head steady. Scared the living daylights out of me!!
I think we are leaning more towards just shacking Chance and baby together. Maybe have a bassinet in our room for the first couple of months. But we still have 4 months to decide.
Jenny
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