Twin Sleeping Arrangements

I've been having this discussion with my Mum lately. She seems to think that the twins should sleep in the same room, and that if they wake up at night, its because they miss the other twin. Apparently she's been talking about this with other members of my family (!!!) who all seem to think they should share a room. Nice to know. Mine are currently in their own rooms, after spending nearly the first 5 months in our room, initially in one crib, and then in separate cribs. We separated them and evicted them when they started waking each other up. We've had a few crappy nights with them in their own rooms, but my current thinking is that its better for them in the long run to not be woken up by the other twin.

So, I'm curious, what are your sleeping arrangements, and do they work for you? Pros and cons?

 

Ours are in the same room, no choice, 2 bedroom house. And they wake each other up constantly. If I had another bedroom, they would be in separate rooms.

Dianna

 

My girls share a room and it has never been a problem. Usually they don't both each other at all.

 

With 5 kids, 4 bedrooms, somebody has to share! Currently, our twins are sleeping in separate bassinettes in our room. The NICU docs said they didn't think preemies sharing was a good idea with threats of SIDS.

Eventually, they'll move into their shared bedroom in separate cribs.

 

Mine were in seperate rooms (one baby with one adult), then with us in their own cots in one room. Now they´re in their own room together and have been for 2.5 weeks. Sure they wake each other up from time to time but they´re used to each other now and go back to sleep with minimum fussing.

I have to say, however, that during the day we have them seperate as they have different routines. DS wakes to eat at 7am, and DD eats at 8.30am. If we put them together during the day it would be chaotic! Im hoping they will get on the same routine once they´re a bit older so they´ll take naps together in their room. Maybe that´s wishful thinking though!!!

 

We have a three bedroom house with 3 kids-my 4yo has her own room and the twins share a room but have seperate cribs. They dont wake each other very often.
They shared a pnp in our room for the first 8 weeks and ever since then have had their own bed but same room.
I think no matter what you do they will adapt. I dont really think there is a right or wrong here.

 

My twins have been in separate rooms from very early on. I think it was about 2-3 months old. I had one good sleeper and one not so good, so it was much better this way. I found it very frustrating when they would wake each other.

 

Mine started in our room in their own seperate bassinets.
At 3 months moved to their own cribs in a shared room
By 6 months, we split them up into seperate rooms, since DS was a very cranky baby and woke DD up constantly, - translation - no sleep for anyone!!
I am very glad I have the room to give them their own rooms.

 

My girls share a room with each other but DH and I have our own room! At this age there are no cons to them sharing a room, my girls sleep through each other's cries. Their cribs are on opposite ends of the room, so they interact with each other when awake because they both stand up in the crib and talk to each other, but they are far enough away that if one of them is crying it does not wake the other one.

I just remember when I was a little kid how I always wanted to have someone to share a room with and how much I wished for a sister, I always thought it was so unfair that my mom and dad got to share a room but I had to be by myself. My parents think that eventually the girls will want their own rooms but I don't think so. BTW we have another bedroom so we could separate them, but I think they like to share.

 

Mine share a room, but have separate cribs. They do wake each other up sometimes during the day, but very rarely does that happen at night. They've always slept in the same room though so I think they are just used to each other.

They love to "talk" and play with each other before they come downstairs. It's really funny to listen to them!

 

we have a 4 bedroom and someday we'll let the boys decide if they want to have separate rooms. but for now we feel like they'd be happier together so we only put together one nursery. with the understanding that the other bedroom on the second floor will be made available to them once they want some independence.

but for now our sleeping arrangements exclude the nursery. they're reflux babies so we want them on the same floor as us (master is on the main). but they also grunt a lot in their sleep because of the constant pushing of their stomach contents up their throats, and that keeps us awake if they're in our room. so they sleep in the living room propped up in their bouncy chairs. the living room has basically become a temporary nursery until they're ready to go up to the actual nursery. we do all of our feeding and changing and playing in there, too.

 

they were in their room in seperate cribs but they were waking eachother up alot so dd is in our room in her crib, and ds is in the baby room alone. i wish we had another bedroom! they were in the same crib til about 3 months, then seperate cribs/same room til 5 months.

 

They have been in the same room since they were 5 months old. Some days I think of separating them (DH is totally against it) and other days I know that they need to be together. They really enjoy winding down for a nap and bed playing with each other at the ends of their crib. Occasionally they do wake each other, but it is completely random. They can both sleep through each others cries.

 

We used to have them in a shared crib in our bedroom, but they quickly grew out of that (wild sleepers)

Now they share a bedroom with separate toddler beds. If one is crying it does not disturb the other so much... it's only when one pounces on top of the other and starts smacking him in the head that it gets a little noisy in there :aggressive:

otherwise, they'll just gab to each other and entertain themselves for a hot minute until myself or DH can go get them... keep in mind that it all depends on how well they've slept, too

tired babies = little grumpies :ibiggrin:

 

our girls share - it's partly a space issue (our third bedroom is in the basement - too far away!) but even if we did have the extra space i'd probably still have them share. they sleep through each others cries though, so that's not a problem. as they get older, if they want to have seperate rooms some day then i hope we'll be able to accomodate that. i shared with my two younger sisters until i hit 13, then i demanded my own space!

 

Ours shared a room until around 6 months when they were getting to big to share a crib. We do have a three bedroom house but two of the bedrooms are small so there would be no way we could fit two cribs in one room, so they sleep in separate rooms now.

 

My babies are 5 months & 1 week and are in their own cribs in our room for now. I am planning that they will share a room but we have an extra room right next door to their nursery that we will have available should they want their own rooms later. In the meantime, that room will be used as a playroom.

I think I need to set up another sleeping area for nap times in the meantime. I am having a heck of a time with nap times.

 

We have 6 children, and 4 bedrooms! The twins sleep in our room in their own cribs. My 15 year old has her own room as does my 13 year old. My 12 and 9 year olds share a room. Eventually we will be adding on at least one more room. When the twins leave our room, they will be sharing a room together until they begin school, unless they don't mind sharing. But honestly by that time, 3 of the 6 will be moving or already moved out and they will have their pick of bedrooms!!! LOL!

 

My babies share a room, and I am hoping they will continue to for years. The twins I took care of for four years are still in a room together and they do fine. There will come a time when the children will want their privacy and when that day comes they will each have their own room. Space is not an issue in our house, but I believe they like to be together.

 

My girls share a crib in my room, it has never been a problem. On a few rare occasions one has woken the other one up but more often than not they can sleep through each others cries. I am the only one whose sleep is being disrupted.

 

Co-slept with an Arms Reach Cosleeper in our room

 

When the twins were babies they had a room together in seperate cots but now our youngest is bigger all three share a room. The twins have beds and our DS has a cot.

 

Thanks for all your replies! I'm starting to think now that maybe mine should be sharing, it seems that the vast majority of ppl here either have their babies sharing, or share a room with them, and have positive experiences. Maybe when they have stopped waking up at night (a new thing for them, I posted a topic about that a few days ago) we can give it a try. The rooms they are in right now are pretty small, so it would be a little squishy. I have noticed them start to interact with each other more when its play time though.

Thanks again for your comments

 

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Mine started in our room in their own seperate bassinets.
At 3 months moved to their own cribs in a shared room
By 6 months, we split them up into seperate rooms, since DS was a very cranky baby and woke DD up constantly, - translation - no sleep for anyone!!
I am very glad I have the room to give them their own rooms.



We sound very much the same but with a few differences!
Ours started out in our room in the SAME bassinet.
At 3 months we also moved ours to their own crib but same bedroom.
They are 9 months old now and my DS is the same, cranky and constantly waking DD. We do have another bedroom and have been giving serious consideration to separating them. However, we have a lot of company coming over the holidays and soon afterwards they will be one years old, so we are kinda waiting it out a little bit. Occasionally DS will still sleep in the co-sleepin our room since hes the one who wakes up all night long while his sister gets a full 12 hours of beauty sleep!

 

We had the girls with us in our room until about 10 months old. Then they moved to a shared room. They figured out how to sleep through the noises of one another after a while. This turned out to be great for us in the long run because there is very little that will wake them up at this age.

Conversely, Dax never had to learn to sleep through any noises so you actually have to be quiet while he's sleeping.

It really depends on the babies. I wouldn't put too much thought into it. Just go with your gut or with what will be easiest in the long run.

 

Ours were co-bedding in the NICU and we haven’t seen any reason to separate them (yet) at home. Right now they are in a bassinet downstairs during the day and in a crib in our bedroom at night. We’ll be moving them to their own room very soon but we’ll probably still keep them in the same crib