2 bedrooms - 3 kids (different gender) - what did you do?

Richardsmom_817

My husband grew up in our house w/ his 2 brothers, so someone always shared a room, but w/ my kids, I am pretty sure this one is a girl (according to my last u/s), so that dashes all plans of the 2 boys going in the big bedroom & my daughter staying in her girl room.  Her room is 2 small for 2 girls.  I know I could swap the rooms, but it's not that easy....my dad painted her room pink/green/white stripes, all done up w/ chair rail, my sons room is green/blue all done w/ chair rail.  Not to mention, my sons bunk bed set would not fit in the little room (my daughters room).  My husband said he would probably add a room on, but he doesn't have time for that.  I know he doesn't & it will never happen.

firefightersgal

My brother and I shared a room for a few years when we were little.  It was no big deal.

G_Hoping

So...repaint.  Swap beds, girls get the bunk beds and your son gets a new bed.  I shared a room with my sister for years until I was 16.  It was great.  It was a fairly small bedroom too, but we made it work.

hopefulmom

I'd just share the rooms for a while and then once the little one is bigger put the two girls together.  The only other thing you could do (if you have a basement) is to have a master down there.  My friend had to do this because they only had 2 bedrooms on the first level (no upstairs).  The 3 kids were upstairs and their master was in the basement.

Schweb

You tell hubby to build that new room or else - you are poppin out kids like a pez dispenser!

W&J'sMommy

Honestly I would wait till the new baby is born to decide and have the baby in your room.  But if I had 2 of 1 gender they would get the bigger room eventually.

Your oldest 2 could share the "boy" room until you get it figured out.  They are too little to care about gender.

We have a similar situation, DS is in the bigger room, DD's room is very small.  When we have #3 it will sleep in our room for a few months, then DS and DD will share the big room and baby will be in the very small room.  Until they are older, then the 2 of the same gender will share the bigger room.

Did that make sense? 

ElizabethD

you have oodles of time for your two to share a room for now while baby is in the old smaller room.  Then the girls get the boy room and he gets her room.

Lots of repainting but helluva easier and cheaper than BUILDING a new room!

lsufan

Well, it looks like mine will all be the same gender, so I don't exactly have experience. ?But, I think that I'd let the baby stay with you for the first few months. ?When you need your space back, I'd turn your older daughter's room into a girly nursery and let the older two share the bigger room. ?Eventually, I'd probably just repaint the rooms and let the girls share the bigger room.

brightning

Have you thought about a trundle bed?

I'd probably leave the rooms as they are for now. You might also leave the rooms as they are but store more of the toys in the bigger bedroom.

kjlrs

I would probably go ahead and repaint. I would think you could move them both in the bigger room for a bit while you repaint the small one to be boy-sih then move your son into there and deal with painting the big room to be girly. You can easily get them painted in a weekend each (or maybe a single day) making for not much displacement. I say go ahead and do it now though - even though it would be fine for the older to share a room for awhile, I figure you may as well just get things situated the way you want them. Hopefully your DD is excited to share a room with her sister. New rooms are always fun for kids!