Room Sharing

Has anyone gone through room sharing once their 2u2 were old enough?
Especially if the youngest still isn't sleeping through the night consistently.

How did it go?

We are 26 & 8 months. EBF and 8mo still wakes up 2-3 times a night. I remember when our eldest went into his own room he was more settled through the night but I'm worried our youngest will just keep them both awake.

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I really want my two to share but neither sleep through and their 2.5 and 1

I think on one hand they might comfort each other knowing their not alone but also could wake each other

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My girls have shared since my youngest was 6 months, her sister was 17 months. Usually the eldest can sleep through the youngest when she wakes, its the eldest that constantly wakes the youngest for me 😂 x

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We've just done it
29 month old and 9 month old
My 9 month old was waking every 2 hours.... he still was for about 2 weeks and I would end up bringing him into our bed if it was like after 3am.
The toddler doesn't wake up, unless it's full on screaming he sort of sits up in a daze but goes back down again.

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Same as above have since youngest was 6 months, he was still waking 1-2 times but eldest slept through. Again now it will be my eldest who wakes my youngest with his heavy feet in the morning 😂

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My two boys share a room. 2 year old & 1 year old. Both have shared room since youngest was about 4/5 month old. My oldest doesn’t sleep through he never seems to wake youngest up. I say do it! So much easier having them in one room.. my opinion anyways x

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Ours have shared since baby was 8ish months. Toddler is more likely to disturb baby than the other way round but on the whole its gone better than expected. Feel free to message direct for more details!!

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