STMs...room sharing?

[eristin]

No advice just moral support for the not sleeping through the night thing... my 15 month old still isn't we can do it @kc295905!

[mrsp121308]

My oldest two share a room and have since DD2 was about 3 months old. They are 23 months apart. DD1 slept through the night by the time we moved DD2 to the shared room and she never woke big sis up for her night time waking a. We moved DD1 to a toddler bed at 18 months old, then to a twin bed with railings when we put DD2 into the room. It wasn't as bad as I imagined it would be.

[mrsp121308]

She's not a bad sleep, just doesn't require as much as DD1 @kc295905 Like she gave up her 2nd nap much earlier, is an early riser even if we keep her up late, that type of stuff.

[anaberry]

I see room sharing in my sleepless future nights too. Lol, this is going to be such a journey!

[mrsp121308]

Apr 2, 2016 19:52:04 GMT -5 anaberry said:

I see room sharing in my sleepless future nights too. Lol, this is going to be such a journey!

I swear, it's not too bad. The girls are 6 & 4 now and love it. We even tried giving them their own rooms and they ended up sleeping in the oldest's room in one bed until we put their beds back in the same room.

[hmr11913]

I'm also worried about the sleeping situation! DD has always slept in our bedroom (she's in a pack & play now) --- we've tried to put her in her crib in her bedroom and she wakes up the second I lay her down and panics. (I cannot do the "cry it out)... obviously with LO2 comes, we won't be able to have both of them in our room.

DD is 10 months, so I'm hoping that now she's getting a little older maybe she will be okay with sleeping in her crib? Is that wishful thinking???

[hmr11913]

@kc295905, well when I was on maternity leave for 12 weeks she took every nap pretty much in my arms... then when I'm at work, she naps in whoever has her that day (my mom, my mother in law, etc..) and so they typically hold her too. I did try this weekend to have her nap in her crib. I rocked her to sleep, held her for awhile then tried to put her in there and BAM, she woke up and was screaming.... I left her in there for 2-3 min and she was crying so hard I had to go and get her. I don't even know what to do when the next baby comes, or that she'll be better about her crib when she's a little older. She does hang out in her crib once in awhile if I'm putting her laundry away and she does fine in there.

[hmr11913]

Apr 6, 2016 19:30:11 GMT -5 @kc295905 said:

Eek! @hrm11913...that sounds just like my DS. I nursed him to sleep for all naps and to bed for the first year. It got to the point where I just couldn't take it anymore, I couldn't nap with him every day...but some days I wish I could. I get you on the CIO, it's hard. You will find something that works!

How did you end up breaking that habit? 

[hmr11913]

Apr 7, 2016 10:43:01 GMT -5 @kc295905 said:

Apr 7, 2016 10:38:45 GMT -5 hmr11913 said:

How did you end up breaking that habit? 

Instead of nursing I gave him a cup of milk and snuggled him, then put him in the crib drowsy but awake. He cried a few minutes and went to sleep. He goes down easily for naps now and he sleeps sooo much better at night. I really didn't think he'd ever sttn. I still check on him a million times bc I can't believe he's sleeping sometimes. I also give him sleep cues by getting his lovey, closing the blinds and saying night night.

I'll have to try this again.... last time I tried to have her nap in her crib (I set her in there after she had already fell asleep) she woke and was screaming, standing in the corner of her crib and it was the saddest thing ever. I caved. It'll be nice when I can lay her in there awake and have her fall asleep too! Plus, I'll be able to stay up past 7PM lol. 

[serpentine85]

hmr11913 It's possible your LO was distressed waking up somewhere other than where she fell asleep. If you are able to, I would recommend focusing on getting her to fall asleep in the cot. It a lot less of a shock coming to in the same place you remember falling asleep.

[Deleted]

I'm late to this but we are planning to transition our D15 LO into a room with his older brother very soon. His older brother is about 2 1/2. We wanted to wait until he was consistently sleeping through the night and we're just about there. We also need to get their bedtimes more in line as well. Right now our littlest goes to bed about a half hourish later...but I don't know where we are going to put this one! We have run out of room! I honestly think we are going to have to move.

[Deleted]

@kc295905, still in our room in a pack n play. He's been like really STTN for a couple weeks now so we are just about ready to move him.

[Lucy]

We're in a teeny tiny 3 bedroom house that's already too small for the 5 of us, so the baby will most definitely be sharing a room with us. At first I'm planning on using a Rock n Play, then putting the baby in a pack n play. We're planning on moving next summer, when baby is 6ish months old, so we'll transition to a crib then.

My first 2 babies both co-slept until 5ish months in our bed, but now we have a dog who thinks our bed belongs to her. I wouldn't feel safe with a baby and our brat dog in the bed.