Room Sharing

Ton-Ton · #1 March 19th, 2010, 11:12 AM

For those of you with more than one kid; Do you plan on having your kids share a room or will they get their own?

I'm torn. We have 2 dedicated bedrooms upstairs and a third room that can be made into a bedroom. I know that for the first few months, our baby will be sleeping in our room but not sure what to do after that. Levi's room is definately big enough (he has the master suite and his own bathroom) to share with his brother but there's going to be an almost 7yr age difference between the two. His room even has two and a half closets - something the other room is lacking totally of. Think it's too big of a difference or should I just consign myself to making the third room (I guess you could consider it right now an extra family room) as a bedroom?

jennsation · #2 March 19th, 2010, 12:24 PM

The baby will share a room. My two youngest boys share a room right now. The baby will share either with my oldest son or Adam's daughter (depending on if it's a boy or girl).

MamaAnna · #3 March 19th, 2010, 12:38 PM

Right now we have 3 bedrooms. One for DD, one for DS, then ours that DD2 is in with us. She sleeps in a crib near our bed. When Sarah is here she'll be in a bassinet next to our bed while DD2 remains in the crib, then when they're big enough DD2 will move to a toddler bed in DD's room (DD is really looking forward to it) and Sarah will move to the crib.

Confused yet?

mrsjl · #4 March 19th, 2010, 12:42 PM

how does your son feel about sharing? does he tend to spend a lot of time in his room? are there lots of toys/stuff that you think the baby would 'mess up' for his older brother?

If I were in your shoes, I would probably move downstairs and give the baby the other upstairs bedroom. by the time the baby is old enough to play with the same toys as his older brother, your older son will probably need/want his privacy. unless they go to bed at the same time, it wouldn't be fair to the older child to not be able to play in his room because the baby is sleeping.

also, my two will be sharing a room as we only have 2 bedrooms. my daughter will be just over 2.5 years old when our son is born. the baby will room with us for a while, then move in with his sister.

Trish36 · #5 March 19th, 2010, 01:01 PM

We have 4 bedrooms and right now all 3 kids have their own room. My DS has bunk beds and I will be putting Isabelle in the room with him. He can use the top bunk and she'll use the bottom. The baby will be in the 'baby' room (which right now is Isabelle's, because the crib and change table is already there. Once the baby is old enough I'll either put the 2 smallest together or if it is a boy then him and Tyler can share a room. My oldest DD will have the room to herself no matter what.

~Devon~ · #6 March 19th, 2010, 01:33 PM

We're moving next week into a 2 bedroom place, so the kids will have to share.

M-n-MsMama0510 · #7 March 19th, 2010, 01:42 PM

Sharing

noworries · #8 March 19th, 2010, 01:54 PM

Baby will have it's own room (it will be in our room for the first several months). We have a 4 bedroom house but one of the bedrooms is the office/guest room so if we have anymore kids after this one, they will have to share.

Ton-Ton · #9 March 19th, 2010, 02:29 PM

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Originally Posted by mrsjl

how does your son feel about sharing? does he tend to spend a lot of time in his room? are there lots of toys/stuff that you think the baby would 'mess up' for his older brother?

If I were in your shoes, I would probably move downstairs and give the baby the other upstairs bedroom. by the time the baby is old enough to play with the same toys as his older brother, your older son will probably need/want his privacy. unless they go to bed at the same time, it wouldn't be fair to the older child to not be able to play in his room because the baby is sleeping.

My son doesn't care as long as the baby sleeps through the night and he gets to keep his tv

I tend to think he has an allergic reaction to his room b/c he's hardly ever in there and drags all his toys to the living room to play with. His toys are a big concern and a definate con to the room sharing as he is old enough to play with small parts and getting him to pick anything up is a struggle.

It's a one story house - downstairs (basement) has one bedroom and DH's video game collection/entertainment setup. I'm a little leery about moving our bedroom to the basement b/c I'd rather be closer to the kids in case one of them needed anything.

I think I'm going to go ahead and convert the one room into a temporary bedroom. It's not permenant; I'll still steal one of Levi's closets for Lennon and in a few years Levi will be old enough for me to feel comfortable with him being responsible enough to have the basement bedroom. Then Lennon can move into Levi's room and all will be well.

knightsgirl · #10 March 19th, 2010, 02:34 PM

Since finding out we're having another boy, I've already been picturing their room in my head. lol We need to get a house first, but I do plan on my boys sharing a room since they'll only be 1.5 years apart. When Jackson's born tho, he'll stay in our room for the first few months (probably up to 6 months), and when he moves into a crib, we may keep him with us, or move him in with his big brother. =D

TeresaSuperMama · #11 March 19th, 2010, 03:39 PM

Some of my kids share a room and some don't. It kind of depends on the kid. Some of mine prefer not having to sleep by themselves so sharing is good for them while others want their privacy. Right now I got 2 kids in their own rooms and 4 kids sharing (2 each room). We are waiting to find out if baby is a boy or girl to figure out how we are going to arrange things. Plus, my oldest will be 18 in October so we don't have too much longer until his room is free. I got kids taking dibs on his room, lol.

Army_Wife · #12 March 19th, 2010, 06:06 PM

Kendra will be in our room for awhile. DH is supposed to deploy sometime in the spring, probably when she's around 8 months old. So I think I'll just leave her in our bedroom for the time being. Maybe when she's 18 months or so I'll move her into the same room as Carlie. I really don't think it's a big deal for kids to share rooms. My girls will only be 2 years apart, so the age difference won't be an issues. Wyatt and Carlie never did like cosleeping, but I'll try again with Kendra. Since she's likely my last, I'll want her to stay a baby for awhile. KWIM?

inyourhonor · #13 March 19th, 2010, 06:13 PM

Our new house has 3 bedrooms, our 2 older boys (4 and 15 months) share a room. We'll continue to have them share a room so the baby will be by himself for awhile. Eventually we'll probably have the younger two share and the oldest have his own room. Who knows. I do know that probably down the line if we do have a girl the 3 boys will share a room.

We moved them in together because we thought the connection would be good for them and it has turned out great. It took a week to adjust and now they have issues not being in the same room! We did this also so they'd have an actual play room.

forest · #14 March 19th, 2010, 06:16 PM

The baby will probably be in our room for awhile. If we have a girl they may end up sharing a room after a year or so. We have a 3 bedroom house and it would be nice to use the third room as a den or playroom.

Shalyn · #15 March 19th, 2010, 06:19 PM

We only have 3 bedrooms, so we are moving the 2 older girls in together and then the baby will have it's own room. We have bunkbeds for the girls' room. The only problem w/ this house is closet space!

dee.76 · #16 March 19th, 2010, 06:30 PM

Its funny we have only just hit this problem now,... We have 2 boys ( one is 9 and one is 6).. We originally thought the boys could share a room and the baby could have its own... We have a 3 BR house at present... However, after a few trials.. The past week or so we have decided its just impossible.. Since our eldest has severe autism and REALLY needs his space and lots of 'alone time'... Its just impossible...sigh.. So in the past week or so we have decided we will be moving to a 4 BR house hopefully before the baby comes so it gives the boys time to settle in before the baby comes..

We live in a modified house that we rent through a department that helps families with children with disabilites etc so luckily after running around and getting support letters and medical forms filled out.. We will get the first available 4 BR in our area.. They move us, pay for removalists and everything.. We are very lucky to be in the situation we are in..

.. I just wish we had have realised we needed to move before me being 20 weeks pregnant...eeek... its gonna be a close call...hehe

Racheljp3 · #17 March 19th, 2010, 06:33 PM

Audrey's nursery will be across the hall from our bedroom. She will stay with us for a while. Ralie has her own room, and so will Audrey. They will have to share the playroom once She gets big enough to play alone. We have a huge livingroom, so her toys will go in here for a while.

ZZ0607 · #18 March 19th, 2010, 06:46 PM

Sharing a room with DS after a few months in the living room (right outside our bedroom door). If it's a girl, then after a year or so we'll move her in with DD. I think DD would love that.

JenAnne · #19 March 19th, 2010, 08:22 PM

Our girls will keep sharing a room and the baby will be on its own.

LuvRBx6 · #20 March 20th, 2010, 06:19 AM

We have to share rooms, we dont' have that many bedrooms... Right now, the older two have "their own rooms".. but we call Rebekka's room, hers and Rachels. Rachel still sleeps in my room and Rylan sleeps in my room. Rachel is ready to move into the "big girl room" anytime now... we just need to buy another mattress for the bunk bed for her...

Rylan will share my room for longer now. We will get bunk beds for RJ's room VERY soon and eventually him and Rylan will share. No immediate plans for moving him out yet though. This new baby will share my room for awhile, then eventually get moved out into the appropriate gender room. That's the way it'll be, so far, unless we get a bigger place or the inlaws move out from downstairs.