Sleep arrangements - suggestions?

[Iren_iren]

We are expecting little girl in November and i started thinking what to do with the sleeping space for all of us
We have 2 bedroom house, in LO room there is a cotbed, but he sleeps in our bed most of the time

When new baby arrives we were planning for LO to sleep in his room in cotbed possibly with his dad by his side on the mattress and new baby in our room in moses basket..but after 3-4 month once she outgrow it
- get bunk bed in LO room, LO will sleep there and move cot bed to our room for new baby
- move new baby to LO room in the cotbed and LO will continue sleeping with us.
Any other options?

 

[Button#]

I would keep the baby in with you for at least 6 months. Have you looked at the ikea kura bed? It's reversible so you can use it as a normal single while your toddler is still little and then convert it to a bunk bed when he is older. There's some fab ideas for this on Pinterest.

I bought a smaller cot from ikea for when DD outgrows her crib and DS is in his cot bed in his room.

 

[Iren_iren]

Thank you! Thats fab idea (kura bed and i'll have a look on printerest, did not think about that place

I would keep the baby in with you for at least 6 months. Have you looked at the ikea kura bed? It's reversible so you can use it as a normal single while your toddler is still little and then convert it to a bunk bed when he is older. There's some fab ideas for this on Pinterest.

I bought a smaller cot from ikea for when DD outgrows her crib and DS is in his cot bed in his room.

 

[Button#]

I'm going to get one next year for DS I think. I love how you can personalise them.

 

[x__amour]

I would have your LO stay with you for the first 6 months and then maybe share a room with their older sibling?

 

[Iren_iren]

They will have to share eventually, but LO being 3,5 years and new baby 6 month only might be too difficult, however depends on their sleep. First task is to make LO sleep on his own in his room..

I would have your LO stay with you for the first 6 months and then maybe share a room with their older sibling?

 

[Rhiannon137]

This may be one of those things you can't plan ahead. I'd imagine a lot of factors would play in. How we'll does each child sleep? How the older adjusts to new baby?

 

[MindUtopia]

As you are bedsharing with your older one already, I would plan to bedshare with the new baby as well for awhile. I would move your LO into his room gently. We're in the process of doing this now. My daughter sleeps in her bed and I sleep on a mattress on the floor next to her. Shortly, I'll start just sleeping back in our room again once she's used to it (we've bedshared for 2.5 years). When we have another, hopefully next year, the new baby will then sleep with us just like she has and we'll keep her in her own room. When she was little we had the IKEA cot which we sidecared to our bed but she's mostly just slept in bed with us. When she got bigger, we added a single bed on to ours so we could all fit comfortably. I would definitely keep your new baby with you until she's older. Then if you want to move her into a bunk bed, she'll be a better age for that transition.