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Do you think it would be ok to let my 3 year old and 16 month old (opposite sex)share a room?
We have plenty of space, but the 16 month old girl is having a hard time sleeping for the past 2 months. She wakes up like she's scared. This isn't a problem occasionally, it happens every single night, EVERY NIGHT. Most nights I can settle her back down. But last night, I had both kids with me in our bed for some tv watching and cuddling. We all fell asleep. When my husband put Sophie back in her crib she started crying. She had a horrible time getting back to sleep. I have to seriously wonder if she slept so well in my bed b/c her brother and I were beside her. The kids are really only in their rooms when we are upstairs for the night, they really just hold extra toys and their bed/crib. I wonder how Sophie would do if I took her crib mattress or crib and put in Ethan's room? He sleeps well enough, doesn't wak up when she cries. He also likes a night light. My thinking is that if Sophie wakes up at night she will see the night light, then see Ethan and be comforted back to sleep?....
What do you think? I'm at a loss as to why she cries like this every night. The pediatrician is not concerned, she is not sick, no ear infection......
I know I've posted a lot the last few weeks about this, so I'm sorry. I've just never heard of a child crying like this EVERY NIGHT when she's been such a sound sleeper since birth! Thanks!
7 Answers
- yahooeyLv 71 decade agoFavorite Answer
My kids still share a room. We have a room upstairs for Camille to have alone, but we haven't rushed her up there. They are perfectly content sharing, and there has been the rare occasion that instead of crying for me to come get him, Wyatt was happy to have Camille turn the light on and watch her play from his crib. Putting the 2 of them together couldn't hurt, right? I mean, if it doesn't work well, then you just put things back the way they were.
- Teeny BeenyLv 51 decade ago
Actually, that sounds like a great idea. My kids (4 year boy, 2 year old girl) share a bedroom. I have often said I think the reason my daughter started sleeping through the night is because once she was in the room with her brother, she would see him sleeping next to her and be comforted back to sleep.
At this point, I think anything's worth a shot to get her a good night's sleep.
- Tyler's MomLv 51 decade ago
Sounds like you are just making her dependent on something else instead of fixing the problem. Maybe she is having night terrors. My son went threw a night terror stage from 14-18 months. She should learn to be an independent sleep so she doesn't suffer in life.
- 1 decade ago
It should be ok children of the opposite sex can share a room till the age of 5. She might sleep better there, when i moved my son into his room at 8 months he slept a lot better.
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- Anonymous1 decade ago
my 5 boy and 3 year old girl share a room. I think its a great idea.
- 1 decade ago
I think that putting them in the same room to sleep is a great idea :)
- jlbLv 71 decade ago
It can't hurt to try. If it doesn't work you can just move he back to her own room. Does she have a comfort object? That might also help the situation.
