This is a great post I must say. We are not parents yet but I nannied for years and multiple bookshelves are a MUST. Baby will be at different stages with different books and the last thing you want is to have to disturb one kid to get a book.

My son was almost 3 (2 yrs 9mo) when my daughter was born. We needed to move him upstairs, so the nursery would be close to our room, so we decorated his fun new big boy room about 2 months before my due date. The best thing we did was give him a full sized bed that’s low to the ground. Plenty of room to snuggle, and read books, or even for one of us to go sleep with him if needed. We have books in both rooms, and do bedtime separately, because baby goes to bed at 6:30, and he goes to bed at 8/8:30.

However-I would not rush to transition him out of his crib just yet. There’s a huge difference between a toddler that just turned two, and when they are about to turn three. It’s really incredible how much they grow up in a year! I would really push it as long as you can, even if that means buying a second crib.

i think it’s easier when you only have one bedroom, because you don’t have to think about all this 😉

You may think it’s better for both child to have their one room but they love to share this space.
And bonus you can read both child a book at the same time.

My daughter is 4 and son is 2. They share a room. He’s in a crib, she’s in a toddler bed that converts to a twin. We had the boy in our room for about 11 months. It was a pack n play that had a little changing pad on it and functioned as a sort of second mini nursery in our room since we always planned on them sharing and let me tell you, way easier than I expected! They don’t wake each other up or nuthin’!

The most important thing to us was: do not disrupt child 1’s routine. She was an ace sleeper so keeping her in her own room and keeping her routine was important. When we knew baby 2 was coming we bought the toddler bed and put it in her room but didn’t force her into it until she was ready and curious which was around 3 and her brother was a few months old. When she went to the bed, the crib was unused for a few months since baby slept in our room in the pack n play but this way we didn’t have to buy a second crib. When baby brother was finally sleeping all night then we started moving him into the routine with her in their shared room with the one rocking chair and one changing pad. They are great now in the same room. We read together! He hugs her goodnight! It’s adorable! We have a third room that functions as home office/guest/ playroom. Their bedroom is only for changing, napping, reading, and sleeping. I read somewhere the psychology of that being important to associate the bedroom with restful activity? I do remember how badly I needed to nest to give my mind that tangible evidence that another child was coming so we prepped her room to be a shared one and it helped me mentally. Even though they didn’t share a room for months, seeing their stuff together (Wonderland meets Tomorrowland, yes, Disney family) was very important to me and it’s a happy sight every day.

Looking forward to e-meeting bebe numero dos! You guys will do great. Tough at first but ooh so worth it seeing sibling love and friendship.

we Kept diapers in the baby room….by then my daughter was too big for a changing table anyway and we just kept her diapers in her own room and changed on the bed or floor in there for her. And each kid’s toys were mostly in their own room with others spread throughout the house!

Bedtime got multiplied by two…we did same routine for each kid but my husband and i split it up…one parent per kids. We both worked full time back then so it was our time to spend with our kiddos!

We are going to be potty training soon, I hear boys take much longer with potty training then girls. We wanted to deal with the bed transition first.