Sleeping Situations

What I would do is for now, have the baby in his/her own room. Your other 2 are probably used to sharing a room and with a new baby in the house it will be enough change for them and if you seperate them it will probably be hard for the one that is alone to understand. Also the baby is going to have different nap/bedtimes and it will just be easier for you if the other 2 kids want you to read them a book ect. That is what I would do--good luck on your decision and best wishes with your soon to be here bundle of joy!!

If your goal is to someday have the baby share with the same-sex sibling, you should start once the baby is sleeping through the night. The longer the older two share a room, the harder it will be to change that situation. We're also expecting our third this summer. I plan on having the baby sleep in our room until he/she is sleeping through the night then move him/her into either my son or daughter's room depending on whether it's a boy or girl.

Personally, I had a baby right before my son started Kinder. so I had my 2 oldest (boy and girl) share a room because I didn't want the baby waking up my son who had to go to school in the morning. Now that my baby (also a boy) is getting ready for a big boy bed and is pretty much on the same schedule as his siblings we plan on putting the boys in the same room. This is where we are running into a problem because my son and daughter who have now been together for 2 years don't want to be separated. It is going to be a tough transition.
So if I were you I would probably put the same sexes together so you don't run into what I am running into now. Unless your girl is going to be starting school in the fall.
Good Luck!
J.

not sure what to tell you except that you may want to delay moving the baby into a shared room until he/she is sleeping well. we have a 2 bdrm place and still have out 6-month old in our bedroom with us b/c we dont want to disturb our 2 1/2 yr old son, since he sleeps really well.

HI A.,

At their ages, separate rooms for a boy / girl does not matter. If you put the baby in the same room with either of them, you will probably wake the sibling, every time the baby wakes up.

For at least the baby's first year, you will probably find it easier to keep the baby alone. Later, you can put the two boys / girls together.