Comments on: How Room-Sharing Affects Your Baby’s Sleep

By: Debbye @ The Baby Sleep Site

Debbye @ The Baby Sleep Site — Fri, 22 Feb 2019 06:05:58 +0000

In reply to Carrie. Hi @Carrie - Thanks for sharing! Different things work for different families, and we appreciate these differences! If sleeping near your little guy works well for you and for him, there is no need to change it (as long as he is in a safe space of course). It's also interesting that he seems to sleep better when you are not asleep! If/when you decide to move him into his crib, and if you would like help with this, we'll be here!

By: Carrie

Carrie — Thu, 21 Feb 2019 05:23:28 +0000

Well my baby is 7 months and we do sleep, I want to put him in his crib and I tried once when he was 5 months but he wasn’t having any of it I found he sleeps so well with me only waking 1-2 times in a night for feed, I can sooth him better when he’s next to me I know people tell me he shouldn’t be waking up or do sleeping but I do what’s best for my baby that’s all that matter now why does he sleep full through the night when I’m awake? Or can’t sleeo? I have no idea..but I guess that’s another topic.

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By: Emily DeJeu

Emily DeJeu — Mon, 13 Aug 2012 13:12:03 +0000

@ Mel — your comment made me smile 🙂 Glad for you (and for your neighbors) that your ocean sounds MP3 has stopped your hubby’s snoring! And glad your 7 month old is sleeping so beautifully!

Good luck in room-rearranging/bed-hunting!

@ Sindy — thanks for sharing your experience with us! Glad room-sharing has proven to be a good thing for you and your kiddos. 🙂

By: Sindy

Sindy — Mon, 13 Aug 2012 08:03:40 +0000

Hi have a 6year old daughter,4year old son and then b/g twins 18months old. Now in SA its winter and had a rule that all the kids can sleep in our room. the 2 big ones on matrasses on the floor and the twins still in their cots. Currently the 2 big ones have a room and I plan to move the twins into their own room mid of Sept. I just feel so comfortable with my kids “close” to me as to when they sleep in their own rooms I wake up more just to check if they are ok. The twins are basically the ones that keeps me awake during the night. Sometimes sleep between 3-5hours. I also found to when they were newborn that they slept better when they shared a cot and was close to each other but then they started to wake one another up-they cot shared untill 5months. We don’t tip toe in the room and we put on lights and watch TV in bed and they sleep sound.

By: Mel

Mel — Sun, 12 Aug 2012 06:06:22 +0000

@renata – I find having white noise, or in my case ocean waves playing on an mp3 player covers the noise of my husband and I coming to bed and has the bonus of sending us both to sleep. He’s stopped snoring since we started using it – hooray for everyone in my street.

I managed about 6 weeks with my eldest in the room because he was such a noisy sleeper I never got a moment’s peace, even when he wasn’t waking 8 times a night. My youngest is nearly 7 months and still in with us. Not sure if he’s a quieter sleeper or if the white noise masks his funny little noises but he doesn’t wake me til the sun comes up. (it’s like he has sixth sense even with blackout curtains)

Looking forward to the article on siblings sharing though, as it’s about time he joined his big brother. October, you say? Gives me time to rearrange the room/buy a cabin bed to put the cot under/ think about a Montessori floor bed.

By: Emily DeJeu

Emily DeJeu — Thu, 09 Aug 2012 18:08:04 +0000

@ Rebecca — as long as your toddler seems to be sleeping well, I’ll bet your little ones are adjusting to room-sharing just fine. 🙂 I know what you mean about the loud breathing, though — my oldest is a noisy, deep sleeper, but my younger son is a quieter, lighter sleeper. I really think, though, that the younger one has gotten used to his older brother’s noises; he sleeps through them without a problem, now.

Dawn — thanks for sharing these details about room-sharing! It’s always interesting to see how kids react to room-sharing as they grow. My boys love being together right now, but I’m guessing that won’t always be the case! 😉

By: Dawn

Dawn — Thu, 09 Aug 2012 01:35:41 +0000

Ha ha ha Emily DeJeu teenagers can definatly be grumpy especially when sleep deprived, I know I was !!! I however am very lucky only 2 of my 4 are occassionally grumpy – my 18 yr old son is fairly moody about sleep and my nearly 13 yr old daughter has become a little moody lately but my 13 yr and 16 yr old sons are very easy going. They actually ask for bubs to sleep in their rooms. They all adore my baby and he has them all wrapped firmly around his little finger lol.

I would like to add that my 3rd son and my daughter (4th baby) room shared for many many years quite successfully. In fact every time I tried to seperate them they complained about it. They began sharing a room when they were 18 months and 6 months old. My son (18 mnths) would wake when bubs woke but once he saw that I was helping her and she was okay he would go straight back to sleep. I can remember a few tricky stages when their daytime sleeps didn’t match, but I would just do everything to get them ready in the lounge and then just put them quickly into their bed. Now at nearly 13 and 13yrs they still have sleep overs in each others rooms during school holidays and weekends.

On the flip side my first two sons room shared for a short time and it didn’t work at all. My 2nd sons personality (highly intelligent and academic) is very different to my other sons (sporty and physical). My 2nd son became quite withdrawn whilst room sharing and really only came into his own when I seperated them.

By: Rebecca

Rebecca — Wed, 08 Aug 2012 18:59:08 +0000

My first slept in our room until about a year old, not really by choice, but nonetheless, it was fine up until about 8 months old or so. Once he figured out how to stand in the crib. He got up around 4-5 in the morning and the only way to get him back to sleep was to offer him a bottle. Otherwise, he would keep tossing and turning and end up crying. We even tried giving him water, but that didn’t work either. Once we moved to a bigger place, he had his own room. He got up the first couple of nights and cried for just a few minutes, but after that, he slept the entire night without a problem. With my second, I didn’t really want him in our room, but the only other option was sharing with my oldest. I decided to wait until the baby was sleeping through the night to make the transition. The first few nights were a little rough, but they seem to have adjusted. I do feel bad for the oldest though, because the baby is such a LOUD breather. One of the reasons I couldn’t sleep well when he was in our bedroom. He makes a lot of noise at night, but the oldest is a very quiet sleeper. I’m hoping it doesn’t bother him that his little brother is so loud, but since he’s 2 and doesn’t really talk, there is no way for me to truly know. He doesn’t seem to wake up at night, disturbed in any way, so i guess that’s a good sign!

By: Emily DeJeu

Emily DeJeu — Wed, 08 Aug 2012 16:09:23 +0000

@ daniL — thanks for sharing these details! Sounds like room-sharing has worked out beautifully for your family. And that sleep schedule sounds great — a 2.5 year old who sleeps until 9 or 10? I’m green with envy over here. My boys (3.5 and 5) are up with the sun, just about every morning.

Thanks, too, for mentioning the need to prioritize your relationship with your husband. I don’t know first-hand (since my room-sharing experiment was such an unmitigated disaster), but I imagine that room-sharing makes it a little more challenging to get plenty of “together” time for a couple. Encouraging to hear you say that’s possible!