3 Year Old and 6 Month Old Sharing a Room

My kids have always shared a room and I find putting them all down at the same time makes it easier. Unless my youngest is dead tired he gets upset if his brother and sister get to stay up. The baby also waked up the older 2 if he went down first.

My two boys have shared a room since the youngest was 3mnths old. We put the younger one to bed first (7months) and then about 1hr later we put the older one to bed (3 years). This gives the youngest one plenty of time to fall asleep, before his brother goes to bed. We can even turn on the light and read a few books to the older one before he goes to sleep. If the baby cries though the night we just comfort him and he goes right back to sleep the older one most of the time doesn't even wake up. As for naps they sleep in different rooms, although the older one is starting to out grow his nap time (sigh). Good luck I am sure you can make it work.

I put my 7 month old and 2.5 year old together.
In a nutshell, we first put our younger one down then we did prayer and song with the older one. Before I carried the older one to bed, we would drill him with questions: What will you do when the baby cries--and he would answer: close my eyes and go to sleep. When may you get up--and he would answer: when the sun comes up.
It seems like I'm missing a question we would pose to him, but I can't remember it. Also, the answers he gave would provided to him by us.

To our surprise, he would just deal with it when she cried. A few times, very few, the younger one would cry incessantly and then we would just take the older one out (into our bed) until the younger one stopped crying (if she didn't have a dirty diaper and she had been nursed enough).

Good luck
Just be consistent, it will work

What worked for us best was to put them both to bed at the same time. We then got our 3 year old out of bed after an hour or so and let the baby snooze on a little longer. This made our older feel special because he didn't have to stay in bed "like a baby". Currently we have 3 kids in one bedroom and the two younger ones sleep together in the afternoon. Number four will join in about 5 months too.

We decided that instead of giving each one his own room, we let them (we have 4 boys) sleep in the same room, and arranged the other rooms for playing, quiet time and homework.

Good Luck.

We moved our baby boy into the same room with his 2.5 y.o. sister when he was around 4 months old. At night we would put him to sleep first and his sister to bed 1/2 hour later. That gave him time to fall asleep and us some time alone with our daughter before her bedtime. Sometimes he would cry, but fortunately for us she was pretty patient. Now if they don't fall asleep right away, they will interact with eachother for a while, which we are fine with. For nap time we have one sleep in the bedroom and the other in a pack-n-play in another room. Otherwise they would keep each other up too long and not get a good nap. It took us a lot of trial and error, but this is what we ended up with. Good luck!

My 3 year old and nine month old share a room. I usually put them down 1/2 hour apart. Depending on who needs to be in bed at the time dictacts who goes down first. Usually the baby goes down first. Its nice b/c then we play games or read books w/ our 3 year old. She loves the extra mommy/daddy time. Sometimes we have to put them down at the same time but now that they are used to it they are usually fine. Make sure before you transistion them you really tak it up to your 3 year old how luck they are that they "get to" (not have to) share a room so they get excited and willing to share.

I also have a 3yr old and a 9 month old now. I did put them in the same room when he was about 5 months. I would put my 3yr old first then I would put my baby down about an hour later. Now it has all changed I put them down about the same time and my 3yr old always jumps out of bed and they play for about an hour. They get along very well so if they play for a little before bed it's ok. I lay them down about 8 and they both fall asleep about 9. Same thing at nap time they lay down about 1 and they play for a little while. Good luck Jeannie

I also have a 3 year old (girl) and 6 month old (boy). I just transitioned my 6 month old into my 3 year old's room. I don't think that there is one perfect answer. I found bedtime to be the easiest because the 6 month old is either clearly ready to fall asleep or he is not. After dinner they both take a bath together and put on their pjs. Then, if my 6 month old is tired I give him a bottle while my 3 year reads or colors. Then I put the 6 month old down to bed and go a read my 3 year old a story and sing her a song. Most nights she wants to stay up and read a little more after I leave. We put a "touch" lamp beside her bed so that she can read and then turn off her light when she is done. If my 6 month old is not tired yet he joins us for story and song time and then I take him out of the room with me and bring him back when he is ready to fall asleep. Morning naps are easy because I have my 3 year old play in the living room while my 6 month old naps. Afternoon nap time is a lot harder, primarily because my 3 year old is transitioning away from naps. On the days that the 3 year old is tired I do the same routine as at bed time. If the three year old is not tired I put my 6 month old down in a pack in play in the office. That is because I am not willing to give up that window of time in the afternoon when my 3 year old doesn't want to sleep. She has to stay in her room and play and have quiet time even if she doesn't sleep. This is all a work in progress. Some days are great, others are not. Good luck!

I would say make sure you remember your 6 month old's napping needs. By sharing a room, you could for convenience try to synchronize their sleeping and you could end up with a baby who refuses to nap, or doesn't sleep as much as he needs to. Just treat them as individuals with their sleeping needs.. The room is just geography and shouldn't change how you would parent their sleep needs.. hard to do at first, but kids are resilient and they are creatures of habit. Your 3 year old will adjust eventually!