Separate rooms?

I am considering separating their rooms now. We just recently put them in separate cribs bc ds wakes up and then will wake up dd. Should I just go ahead and do separate rooms or wait it out? I have a white noise machine in their nursery now, it doesn't keep dd asleep while ds is crying. BTW, she does sttn on occasion..he never does. What's your opinion?

 

At that age, separate rooms seemed more of a pain to me than a convenience, so I stuck with one room. My girls have completely and totally learned to sleep through each other crying.

 

we've been thinking about doing the same thing for the same reason. we turned the 3rd bedroom into an office though, so im being kinda selfish and waiting awhile longer

 

We separted our boys at 8 weeks because one was really noisy when he slept and the other one is a wiggle worm he flip flops in his crib all night long, the sleep 11hrs each night with the occasional wake up when having a growing sprut. As soon as we split them up, both sttn. I think its different for everyone and every baby, If you have the space to do it, it wont hurt to try it but give it a couple of days! Good Luck

 

My babies share a room and will continue to share a room for as long as they want to. They can sleep through each others crying so that is not a problem, they have had seperate cribs for a couple weeks now. I took care of b/g twins for four years and they still share a room.

 

We did separate rooms for a few months (probably from 9 to 17 months) and now the boys are back together. We just did a pack and play in the office or the master so we didn't actually have to set up a second bedroom. My boys always sleep in the same room at night now but we prefer to have them in different rooms for their nap. Works well. I never thought we'd be able to put them back together but it's working beautifully now that they're older. Sure am I glad I didn't give up my spare room/office permanently!

 

I would say keep them in the same room for awhile. Mine share a room and have learned to sleep through the other one. It is great for when I am out and about with them they will sleep through most anything. We have a small stereo in their room that plays classical music at night which I think helped at first now it is just on out of habit.

 

We separated ours at 6 weeks as DS was so restless and woke DD all the time. We had them separate day and night. At 3 months we put them back together at nights only and it goes OK. DS still wakes DD but she goes back to sleep and they both sttn. We have them separate during the day as they have different routines. I´m often alone and find it easier, though tiring, if they are an hour or more apart for feeds. They have the same bedtime though!

 

We have had our girls in the same room from day 1. At times, one would wake the other, but they have gotten used to it...hasn't been an issue at all!

 

Ummm...we haven't even slept them in separate cribs on a regular basis yet. :blush: My DD would probably be fine, but I tried it once, and my DS spent the whole night feeling around for his sister. He just needs to know she's there.

I would probably ride it out if I were in your shoes, I just love the bond they have now. They get up in the morning and play together, and it lets me sleep in a teeny bit longer. But if they're really bothering each other, you could always experiment for a few nights.

 

If your plan is to move them in their own rooms, then go for it. :good: We seperated our two at that age because of the same reasons you mentioned. My dd kept waking up my ds, and since seperate rooms were in their future I figured we might as well go for it.

 

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If your plan is to move them in their own rooms, then go for it. :good: We seperated our two at that age because of the same reasons you mentioned. My dd kept waking up my ds, and since seperate rooms were in their future I figured we might as well go for it.


I agree with Liz, we did ours at 6 months because that was when they started to keep each other awake. Good luck!!!

 

I went back and forth with this for months because I felt like they were always waking each other up. But I really really wanted them to share a room because I had set up the perfect room for them and I wanted them to share it and be close growing up. So in the back of my mind I was afraid of giving up on them being together. The main reason I never ended up separating them was because I couldn't get one of the cribs to fit through the doorway, I'd have to take it apart and I was afraid to attempt that (I couldn't get either of them to sleep in a pack n play in a separate room). By the time my husband got home from work for him to do it I was over my morning freak out that they had to be separated ASAP, and just figured we'd try it another night. This went on for weeks. I finally realized a few things...The biggest problem was me. I would jump up for every little peep for fear they would wake each other. But I never really gave them the chance to see if they actually would. And even if they did, I never ever gave them the chance to see if they would go back to sleep on their own. So I broke down and tried it and they really weren't as bad as I thought. My son usually never wakes my daughter, and she would only sometimes wake him. But now I pretty much let them go and I don't panic anymore about them waking the other. They usually don't - who knows, maybe they were always this way and I was just putting more pressure on the situation than needed, or maybe they outgrew a bad sleep phase and learned to sleep through it. But now I'm happy they're still together. But like someone else said though, it does depend on the babies I'm sure. My daughter is a heavier sleeper so it helps the situation. If they were both like my son or worse, it may not work out the same.