I have a 2yr old daughter who has been sleeping in our room since she was born, we had her cot in there but she kept wanting to get out and sleep on our bed...now we have a single bed next to our bed for her to sleep on in our room.

Im 28 wks pregnant with our second one and have a nursery made up for her but not sure if she will stay in it or want to come to our room like the first child. I really want the baby to sleep in separate room so that the 2yr old will get out of our room and sleep in her own.

Does anyone have any ideas on how to go about this...please!

Well, I say it will be pretty easy to get the new one to sleep in her own room. Just make sure that she sleeps there all the time from the start. Even if she sleeps in your bed for the 1st few months, she will be too young to form the habit of doing so.

As for the older one, do you have the extra room for her to stay in? If so, maybe it's time to make up the "big girl" room. Make it fun and inviting for her, have her help pick some bedding or colors and tell her that now that she's older she can sleep in her own room. She may surprise you and not fight it. If she does, it would take just a little while to get her used to it. If not this child will be sleeping in your room for a very long time. I have a friend who's 6 year old daughter is still coming in to sleep in her room several nights a week. Yet her 2 year old son has always slept in his room. I do think that you need to get her out of your room before this new bundle arrives.

Good luck! Let us know what happens.

My sister just transitioned her 2.5 y/o into her own big girl room. She also cosleeped this whole time. Like Kiera said, she got her fun bedding and really played it up. There are times where she wakes up. My sis goes to her and settles her. If she comes into their room they bring her back into her room. During the day she really talks to her about staying in her bed. It is working well so far. If you want the 2 y/o in her own room I would do it well before the new baby comes. This way she will not feel resentment towards the new baby for taking her sleeping place away. KWIM? good luck :angel:

My daughter slept with me until she was 3 (she's now 4). I got her into her own bed by laying next to her in her bed until she fell asleep. For awhile she would wake up and crawl into bed with us, but nights that she didn't we would praise her for being a big girl. Now she looks forward to sleeping in her bed.

thanks for the advice....we have a 4 bedroom house so there are plenty of room and i already has her own room. There were times where i would lie next to her in her bed until she falls asleep but she is such a fussy eater that she gets hungry in the middle of the night and wants her milk, so i have to get up and get her milk so she can fall back to sleep. i would like to get her fully out of our room before the next one comes!

will let you know what happens!

oh no, mine stayed in my room for the first month of life, then into their own room lol. I don't think my dh would like it too much if my dd who is 4 1/2 y/o be in our room. I mean sometimes she comes in the morning and falls back asleep, after dh is already gone for work, but not that often anymore, and that is no biggie to me. my ds is in our room right now, only a week old, while dh is finishing his room, then in he goes also.

I think the last few posters had some great advice about the big girl room, this is what I did for my dd, so she did not get jealous of the new baby, and she loves it. good luck to you.