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WWYD with this kid room situation?
We have three bedrooms (and I use that term lightly...I'd call it 2 1/2 bedrooms). Currently ,we have M in the big one (she's 6) and E in the little one (he's 18 months). When we have the new baby, we'll try to keep him/her in our room since our children have the tendency to not SSTN until they graduate from college, as long as possible. I feel like since M will almost be 7 when the baby comes, she makes the most sense to have her own room. However, she also will sleep through a bomb, while E is somewhat of a light sleeper. Not sure if he'll grow out of that but, that's the way it is right now.
Choice #1: M in the little room on her own, and E and the new baby in the big room (keeping baby in our room until they STTN so they don't wake E up constantly)
Choice #2: M and E in the big room, who both already STTN, and the new baby in the little room (my only reason for not doing this is that the changing table will be in the baby's room, and I still need to change E, so I'd have to go in there to change him)
Choice #3: M and the new baby in the big room, and E in his own room since M will sleep through the new baby crying without a problem (my reason for not doing this is that what 7 year old wants to share a room with a new baby? She says she wants to, but what does she know?)
Re: WWYD with this kid room situation?
just wanted to say that i had a similar issue w/ the changing table (only because i didn't want to buy a 2nd changing pad set-up since DD#1 was close to being out of diapers). i had the changing table in the baby's room & only needed to change my 2 yr old on it if she pooped (which was "usually" during waking hours or when baby was "napping" in swing/bouncer). it was easy enough to change 2yr old on floor if baby was sleeping in bedroom.
what's the baby's gender?
can you keep baby in your room for a year & then move baby & E into big room? hoping baby & E will both be better sleepers by then?
I would make my decision, I think, depending on what sex the baby is-I'd have the 2 girls share a room or the 2 boys share a room.
Also, we still change Scarlett but we don't always bring her up to her room to change her where the changing pad is-we just change her wherever
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By the time the baby is in his/her own room, your son will likely not need to be changed as often so to me it makes sense to put the older kids together and the baby in the little room so that you can do whatever you need during the night w/ the baby, crying, feeding, changing diapers, etc. A at a year and a half was at a point where most of the time, I could change him wherever standing up and would often change his diaper in the bathroom since we were introducing the potty anyway. It's only for poop that we put him on the changing table.
I'd also be ready to move them around though as the new baby gets a little older, depending on baby's gender, and also have your kids' input about how they want to share rooms. Once the baby is sleeping more consistently, not necessarily STTN but at least able to get back to sleep quickly and quietly, then grouping them by gender makes sense too.
Can you get rid of the changing table? We have 2 kids and never had a changing table and did just fine. we had a small basket upstairs and downstairs with diapers, wipes, and diaper cream in it, and a waterproof lap pad. Then we'd change them in the crib, on our bed, the couch, or on the floor.
If your 7 year old wants to sleep with the baby- let her. I mean, she's not in need of a great deal of privacy yet. You can always switch in a year.