Sleeping arrangements

Might not be an option but can you keep baby in with you permanently until he is sleeping through? The early start isn’t much of an issue but the waking to feed can be really disruptive and hard on kids We kept our daughter in with us until she was reliably sleeping through and then put her in with SD If that’s not an option is there somewhere else SS can sleep short term? Even if blow up bed downstairs or similar or in with dad and you in the single bed that’s SS in with baby :/

I wouldn't keep changing lb sleeping routine, I would keep him in his own cot in their room. You may find ss sleeps through it all and at the end of the day they will soon get woken when the teething happens as the nights can be worse 🙃

@Amy unfortunately it’s not an option to put him back with us permanently. We would completely loose our bedroom again as he was waking up from us just coming into bed. He seems to sleep much better in his own bedroom as I can go in and out and he doesn’t wake like he did in our room. Just seems silly to put him back in our room permanently for the sake of every other weekend. Luckily SS is a pretty good sleeper so that’s why I’m tempted to try them in together but I’m filled with anxiety about him being disrupted 😩 I would be happy for SS to sleep with dad and I’ll take either his bed or the sofa but my partner won’t entertain the idea.

It’s so hard isn’t it :( because you just want to please everyone! Maybe see how it goes for the weekend and if it’s hell then maybe your partner will entertain SS in with him haha

@Abbi I am currently 2 weeks deep into teething, tooth after tooth are cutting it’s relentless with no sign of ending. However night times so far have been fine 🤞🏼 I absolutely do not want to keep changing lbs routine because this is his permenant home I just don’t know if I’m going to open a can of worms trying them both together while LB is so young. We ideally wanted to keep him in our room longer but it just wasn’t a viable option any longer 😩 Luckily SS is quite a solid sleeper apart from waking early as he’s excited to be here and get the day started so like you said he may sleep through the feed. Thanks for your reply I really appreciate it I’ve got a lot of thinking to do over the next 2 hours 😬

I honestly say go for it!! My eldest who is 2 and 5 months was an awful sleeper once his brother arrived and only slept great in the same room as him with me. Now I have them both in their own room together, same routine he sleeps amazing. They both don't wake if the other cries. Honestly we always worried about sd when she was here but at the end of the day if they get woken up it's one of those things. They can sleep longer in the morning or go to bed earlier to make up for the loss. Don't put too much pressure on yourself x

I wouldnt keep changing rooms ss will just have to have broken sleep🤷🏽‍♀️it is part of life they will both get used to it soon i had the same situation now they share a room my ss doesnt even wake that much anymore it was hard at first but its not fair to keep changing rooms all the time

@Abbi We’ve done exactly that and gone for it it. So far so good like you said I’ve put way too much pressure on myself about it. I think SS will just go straight back to sleep if he does at all get woken up.

@Jess yes you’re right thank you. We’ve gone for it and got them both in the room asleep so far so good 😊

It's the best way!! It's always the way we want to please everyone but we can't. You have to do what's best for you and little one. Both boys go down at around 8 and don't wake until after 7:30. If my eldest wakes up he just comes and gets me. See how the weekend goes and honestly just keep going with it x

I would keep in bedroom with stepchild, it’s only one night and they may not even get woken up by baby. I think babies routine is important and it’s only every other weekend, if it was a weekday and stepchild had school the next day i’d worry more about it