To Share or Not to Share?
Group discussion from all you more experienced parents out there...
Franklin is now climbing out of his crib, and George is outgrowing his. The time has come to switch George over to a big boy bed, and put Franklin in the crib tent.
Question: since we're changing things around anyway, do I reclaim my spare room and put George in the nursery with Franklin, or do I wait until they are older or we've moved (in about a year or two) to have them share a room?
I'd like them to share, but not sure it would actually work. They nap and go to bed at the same time, and as far as I know, they wake up around the same time... actually I don't know what time they wake up, I just get up at 8am and get them out of bed. It seems that nap time would be difficult to observe if they were both in the same room keeping each other awake...
What do you think?
7 comments:
I would continue to let them share. There will be plenty of time when they will want their own room. Also, at this age it really helps with "mine not yours" if they are sharing a room and everything in it.
Naps are kinda tricky at our house, Gracie has quiet time but no nap. So, we just set Gracie up in another room of the house with books, toys, etc and she is quiet. Wyatt still gets his nap in!
Good idea re: naps in another room. Had not thought of that!
My boys are 4 and 2 and they've been sharing a room for about a year. I think the younger one wakes the older one up so they get up at the same time. Also, once they are in a big boy bed, they can get up by themselves and come bother mommy! :-)
We do naps in separate rooms and that works great.
Had Vivian been a boy, we'll call him John, we would have forced Stuart to share a room when John turned one or so. Stuart's been in a big boy bed for six months or so, maybe a little more. We got him a bunk bed for a reason. Either he was going to share it with John, or he's going to share it with whichever of #3, #4 or #5 turns out to be a boy. If there are no boys, then Vivian gets to share with #3.
In any event, there is no reason whatsoever to separate your boys. Reclaim a room.
There seems to be a consensus... well, we'll give the sharing a try and see if the Sons of Pickering can get along... I DO want my room back.
Birn...John? I thought she was going to be Fredrick?
I picked a random male name.
I agree with your consensus! Carlos and Jeremiah have shared a room from the get-go (4.5 years old and 7 months) and mostly it works out great. We also do rest times with the sleeping kids in other rooms and the non-sleeping kids sometimes together and sometimes not. It's not so restful when they are together :)
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