My lil one has her own room, and I put my two eldest in a room together (they are 11 and 7)...which right now works out fine. But even though she is in her own room (my 15 month old) I still wake up to her crying and little sounds each night. I guess I am a light sleeper......

Hoping you get some rest!!

All 4 of our kids slept in our bed. The boys were 18 mos & 2.5 when they got their own beds & their own room. Our girls were a little different. I had to move my 17 month to a toddler bed in our room (from our bed) because I was afraid she would head butt the baby in her sleep (she'd done it to me routinely). I can't remember how old the youngest was when I bought her a toddler bed, but they were both in our room in toddler beds at one point for at least 12 months.

I'm a very light sleeper & a paranoid mother in general. I wake up at every sound anyways. Actually, I slept-nursed them all. I could literally nurse in my sleep without disturbing my normal terrible sleep.

I agree with whomever said that your girls probably won't be disturbed by Cora's presence. It's different for them than it is for you.

Anne-Marie

You might want to try some earplugs :) to see if you can sleep better.

When I have to sleep with my 5mo babyGrand, I wake up with every sound she makes.  The last time I went over to watch her (10pm till 630am) I used earplugs.  I fed her at 11 and didn't wake up at all till about 6am when she woke up hungry.  [Baby is in the parents' room even though they have a nursery].

My older grand who is 2yo [oldest daughter] let the baby sleep in his own room from day one. They had a baby monitor.

The other moms are right ~ kids will sleep through baby noise.  It's us moms who wake up with every nook and cranny noise they make. It's just the worry part of motherhood but I'm telling you ~ check out the earplugs :)

We moved our kids out of our room pretty early. We found that they slept more soundly without us in the room oddly enough. It was harder for me than them!

I would move her in with her sisters. They will all get used to it!

I used to have the baby in with the bigger kids. They loved it!

Those were the good old days, when we actually had babies around!

Blessings,
Mrs. White

When my 14 year old son was a baby, I was a single, young mother and wasn't too smart about his sleeping arrangement. That resulted in him sleeping with me until he was like four I think (it was many years ago). My six year old daughter, slept in a crib in my room for about two years when we got a bigger place and she got her own room. Now, my three month old son, I think it's complicated. He sleeps in a co-sleeper in the middle of our bed or in his bassinet in our room. His crib is in his six year old sister's room. I really don't think she'll wake up with him in there but I'm just an over-worrying mother who wants to be close to her baby... I had a video monitor but wanted a better one so I'm ordering that this week. I'm worried that still won't motivate me to put him in another room. I also wake up with every move and sound... it's not good for me.

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A friend of mine bought a "onesie" for my last baby that said "Sleep Is For the Weak"... she knew how long I end up sleepless with each of my babies who cosleep and nurse often at night for months and months...

My other children have all adapted just fine when I have moved a not-yet-sleeping-through-the-night baby into their room, after a rough couple of weeks... but we always make it and they are mostly all good sleepers now, except for mabye my 3yr old who wakes up every night at least once screaming and crying... so even though our youngest sleeps all night now, and usually through the 3 yr old's screaming, I still wake up at least once a night and have to get up and out of bed and console a disoriented screamer...

Yeah, sleep is for the weak... I'm weak and I need more sleep, lol!

Best wishes to you!