for those with only 2 bedrooms

[xnewxmummyx]

Our DD has recently become the lightest sleeper ever! We only have a small 2bed terraced house where both bedrooms are just a square at the top of the stairs away.

So lastnight she was a nightmare and I lay thinking how on earth would we cope with a light sleeper and new born, eventually toddler etc , when we have such a small house? Most nights she ends up in with us too so I'll have to tackle that.

Basically I really want another LO but the sleep issue is making me have doubts lately.

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[x Michelle x]

Tabitha is the lightest sleeping in the world, we can't even check on her without her waking lol! When Hayden first came home we kept him down with us every night, never let him cry for more than a second incase he woke her, then when he hit 3 months, we thought, sod it.. We can't go on like this and the world doesn't revolve around staying quiet for Tabitha..
Honestly, we heard her stir and put her own lightshow on when he cried but now he bangs, thumps, cries and it rarely disturbs her. Same as her noise rarely disturbs him!
And their rooms are right next door (share a wall) in a new build with thin walls!
Don't let Isobelles sleep issues stop you, just cos she isn't the biggest fan of sleep doesn't mean number 2 will be the same!
Tabitha Sttn from 8 weeks, Hayden is 16 months and Sttn about 2x a week lol!

 

[xnewxmummyx]

Ta chick

Xx

I suppose sleep isn't the be all and end all.

x

 

[KayBea]

i think she will get used to it tbh, i used to tiptoe around X when she was younger but now i can hoover her bedroom & she just rolls over & goes back to sleep. xx

 

[aimee-lou]

Earl and Eddy share. Eddy can be bawling his head off, and Earl will simply roll over and vice versa. It took a while, and to begin with when Eddy was a newborn Earl would sometimes wake and come through to see what the commotion was. It didn't take long (couple of weeks maybe) for him to learn to ignore it and now he's a deeper sleeper than he was before Eddy arrived and he was already a good sleeper to begin with.

 

[Aphrodite]

We have the same set up as you but I think you might be surprised how well kids adapt. Ds2 was with us until he was 8 months. He only started sleeping through once wed put him in withds1! Now even if one of them cries they rarely wake each other.

 

[Buttercup84]

I worry about this too cos we'd love another baby and although Nancy is a good sleeper she does get disturbed by noise very easily. It's good to read stories from others who have overcome this issue in a home environment: I know in work (nursery) we quite often have children who are light sleepers at naptime to begin with and then get used to the noise (phone ringing, other children waking up, staff talking etc) and sleep much better with it

 

[Bambina]

I worry about it too, Jennifer is a pain to get back to sleep if she wakes, she is also a difficult child to get to sleep anyways. But i'm hoping she will be better by the time we have another little one.