Comments on: Two kids in a room. Or not.

By: k. belfield

k. belfield — Fri, 03 May 2013 18:50:12 +0000

I have been reading your blog for a while now, I totally understand that all parents have their own way of doing things. However, I would like to point out to other moms that read this blog for advice. Letting your baby sleep in a swing or bucket seat for an extended period of time is incredibly dangerous and should not be done. Letting an infant sleep in that position for extended periods of time can lower oxygen levels by 20%,, cause suffocation, and also damage the spine.

By: carrie hare

carrie hare — Fri, 03 May 2013 14:31:25 +0000

We’ve got 5 kids in a 3 bedroom. (10, 9, 4, 2 and 8 months) Once the baby needed to move out of our room, he kind of had nowhere to go. He sleeps in his sisters’ walk in closet. It’s going okay…sometimes it is musical beds. Luckily they’re older, so naptime isn’t the problem. (2 nappers in the same room seems insurmountable to me!)

By: Allison

Allison — Fri, 03 May 2013 14:21:35 +0000

How about four boys in a room? It (crazily enough) works although bedtime (since it is a slumber party every night) can be great or awful. Once they’re asleep we’re good to go, and they’ve even learned to sneak out without waking the others up! So, although it might not be ideal it works for our tiny house. p.s. They rotate beds (besides the 17 m/o in the crib) between the top bunk and the queen (2 in it) next to it.

By: Cheryl

Cheryl — Fri, 03 May 2013 14:06:59 +0000

We’re waiting for our new bunk bed to arrive as we speak – our sons are 7 and 2. They’ve both been sleeping in our room since they were both sick this past winter, and we’re kind of dreading the impending bed-time woes that we know are coming when we move them from our room. That being said, we’re also hoping that the transition won’t be quite as difficult as it could be were we putting them in their own rooms as our oldest has told us he wants his younger brother to sleep in his room, and our toddler has climbed in bed with his brother in the past. Our younger son’s bedroom is soon to become a play-room (hopefully curing momma of the insanity caused by toys ALL OVER the house). Our oldest could sleep through anything, so I don’t think our little one waking during the night will be a problem for him – but he’s been waking me up around 1am for a week now. I’m burning a CD with soft music that I can put on loop in their room so hopefully our little guy will have an easier time falling asleep. Wish us luck!

By: crobertson

crobertson — Mon, 27 Aug 2012 02:58:38 +0000

I have two girls, age 2.5yr and 15mths. old. Initially we tried moving our 15 month old in the same room as her sister at 8weeks old but our older daughter would climb in the babies crib (very scary for this mom). So our solution was to keep our baby I have her pack in play I have our bedroom, we then moved her to the living room when she was 10 months old. Last week she moved back into her crib in the same room with our 2.5yr. old. We sat in the bedroom until both girls fell asleep for the first five nights. We slowly moved farther from their beds until we were completely out. They still will not nap in the same room during the day, so our 15mth. sleeps in her crib while our 2.5yr. old naps in our bed.

By: Ashley

Ashley — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 00:12:30 +0000

Due to space limitations, we have just moved our 3-year-old son into a room with our 5-year-old son a few days ago, and let me tell you it is not going well! We are about to lose our minds. We were so excited to redecorate a room for them, and they loved it! But in the course of the last few days we have ripped out every stuffed animal, every book, every object they could conceivably play with or talk about, and STILL they stay up half the night talking, playing, shouting even, jumping on the beds – it’s insane. We have punished, threatened, bribed – nothing has worked, and we are all losing sleep because of it. This has literally been going on for just the last four days, and they have been at school each day, so we are dreading the issue of naps (or lack thereof) over the weekend. We have no choice but to have them share a room, but the four of us may never sleep again. They are light sleepers – neither one can fall asleep somewhere else and then be moved because they wake up at the slightest touch. Any advice is greatly appreciated! I can’t tell you how jealous I am of all these parents whose kids do “great” with a shared room! We do not find the late-night chats, giggling, and mischief cute at all – especially not in the morning, when we have to go to work and they have to go to school and no one has slept. Help!

By: Mustikka

Mustikka — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:36:18 +0000

Family bed! We all sleep in one bed, parents and two kids, and we enjoy it all. We have an extra mattress besides our big mattress (everything on the floor). Later kids will share a room.

By: amanda

amanda — Wed, 22 Jun 2011 05:19:23 +0000

Thanks Family Spirit, but not a very helpful or pleasant response. I can handle it just fine and don’t need to pass it off to my husband. He’s away at work most of the time anyways so it falls on me. We have it figured out now and the main reason I posted on here was to get some helpful input and insight on what other parents are doing

By: Family Spirit

Family Spirit — Wed, 22 Jun 2011 02:03:02 +0000

As much as this seems like a parenting issue it is truly an early test as a couple with two kids, and should have nothing to do with space, or what your kids needs are at this point, that is still your job to determine their needs from a logistical standpoint, and that should always be in the best interest of Mom and Dad. Consider gender role evolution and maybe let Dad handle this one.

By: How to fit more kids in one room

How to fit more kids in one room — Wed, 20 Apr 2011 18:15:01 +0000

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By: amanda

amanda — Tue, 19 Apr 2011 02:07:24 +0000

Thank you for the input, its GREATLY appreciated A friend of mine actually suggested trying to figure out something to use as a room divider at night, but I really love the bunkbeds that you mentioned Laura. Thanks and I am open to more suggestions and ideas. I look forward to hearing how things work out for all of you :0)

By: Marnie

Marnie — Sun, 17 Apr 2011 03:43:38 +0000

We have 3 kids a step son who is 3, my son who is 1, and a new baby girl 5 months. Both boys are learning how to share a room and it’s hard because the step son is the only child at his mothers and has his own room, he comes over every weekend. My son wants it to be his room only, the step son wants to play all night because he’s alone most of the week, and my son it entering the terriable 2′s. Trust me it’s not fun, but i’ve come up with the idea of some how making a room divider that doubles as storage and beds on either side that way they are seprate but still have thier own space. I’ll let you know how it works out!