Sharing rooms or lose a guest room?

Brad&Jibby

Hey everyone! We are expecting baby #3! We have 2 girls, ages (almost) 4 and 1.5. We have a 4 bedroom house and I’m debating about having kids share a room or lose the guest room. We never have overnight guests, but we do have a whole room of furniture we would have to get rid of. I don’t know... thoughts? I’m an only child so this is uncharted territory for me. Did you share a room as a kid? Did you like it? 

bakerstreetboys

Hi there.  Congratulations on your pregnancy   We try to avoid one off posts because the board gets really cluttered and no one can find anything.  We have a few threads where this type of question can be asked.  Introduce yourself in the Introduction thread so we can get to know you

For what it's worth, two of my boys share a room and wouldn't have it any other way!

ajdietz

@Brad&Jibby I have a 3 bdrm and i have my two boys sharing, 4 and 6 for the past two years since I wanted to keep my office/guest room. Now that we are having a third I have no choice.  I am also an only child but felt like too bad this is what it is. For the most part, 90% of the time they are okay with it and go to sleep no problems. The other 10% we just figure it out.

Good Luck

Poppy16

@Brad&Jibby We have 5 kids... my boys (12 & 11) have shared a room since they were babies, and my girls (6, 5, & 3) share a room (double bunk beds). There are so many benefits to kids sharing rooms, like learning to sleep through noise, and close sibling relationships (all that late night chatting and giggling). I was an only child, and I love that my kids have the experience of having live-in friends. It hasn’t always been easy, but it’s worth it.