do your babies share a room?

our B/G twins have shared a room since birth, in fact they shared the same crib for the first few months until we had to move them into their own as they were just too big. Our DS is a great sleeper, he drops his paci once a night maybe twice, so as soon as I hear him start to cry I frantically run into their room to re-insert for him so not to wake his sister. She on the other hand has a very loud cry to her, and there are somedays when she starts to cry that it actually wakes him up and then I've got 2 crying babies on my hand. Today for example I put her into her crib for her morning nap, she cried and cried for almost an hour, until I finally took her out. Her poor brother hardly got any sleep but as soon as I took her out, he then fell asleep for over an hour. I'm wondering perhaps if we should move them so that they have their own rooms completely, or do you think because they've been in the same room since birth that they may go through some separation anxiety and miss the other one?

 

My girls share a room but do not tend to wake each other up. You may want to do a trial run of separating them and see if you have success with that, before you make a big move. I doubt that they would have any separation anxiety...when we stay at my IL's they are in separate rooms (my MIL likes to keep a baby in her room :laughing and we have never had any issues.

 

Ours shared a crib for the first month, then shared a room for the first 3months, then seperate sleeping rooms after that - they didn't have any seperation issues (although they were much younger then yours). I was always stressed when they slept in the same room that they would wake each other up, so for my sanity they needed their own rooms! And, it has worked out really well, I don't worry about waking up anymore, and I let them fuss/cry for awhile before I go in and don't have to worry about two fussy babies.
I say if you have the spare room, go ahead and try it out a few nights!

 

Your post sounded so close to home. I do the same thing. The moment I hear a whimper, I run in their room and shove the paci in and all is good! I have tried to let him cry it out a bit and try soothe himself back to sleep- but then it becomes full blown crying and the other twin wakes up along with my 2 year old in the room next door and then the nightmare begins trying to get everyone back to sleep! If I had an extra room I would seperate just so that they could cry without waking each other up and not become so dependent on the paci. But on the other side they do like to cruise in their own cribs and look and laugh at each other!

 

My girls share a room, and don't seem to wake each other up, even with their loud cries. I have one night owl and one early riser. I usually put B to bed, and then 30 minutes later bring in H. B is asleep by then and H usually cries for awhile when I put her down, and she does not wake up B. Also B will wake up around 5 am and cry very loudly! I go in to get her, and H doesn't even stir.

So mine share a room, and seem to not be bothered by the other one crying.

 

My 2 have shared a room since birth too. They have to as we have no were else for them to go!! We have never had a problem with either of them crying and waking each other up but my problem is Jack will not sleep unless Sophie is in the room. She can be jumping around not needing a nap but i have to put her in there with him or he will not sleep. I agree with pp i would try a trial seperation and see how it goes. Let us know how you get on!! x

 

My boys sleep in the same room & so far so good. One night one of the boys were crying & as usual I hurried in to quiet him down! After that I went to check on his brother & he had his hand over his ear...it was the cutest thing! If only that could work for all of us ~ we'd have a great night's sleep!! :ibiggrin:

 

My boys have slept in separate rooms since they were 1 month old because one would always keep the other one up or wake the other one, I have a screamer!LOL I started separating them during naps first for a week or so then tried it at night and it worked out great!

 

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My girls share a room but do not tend to wake each other up. You may want to do a trial run of separating them and see if you have success with that, before you make a big move. I doubt that they would have any separation anxiety...when we stay at my IL's they are in separate rooms (my MIL likes to keep a baby in her room :laughing and we have never had any issues.


Same here, mine share a room but they don't wake each other.

 

Mine share a room but if one needs sleep he/she won't be woken up. Which is a good thing because we don't really have another room to spare right now.