1st floor master suite?

mrsbhk22

Does anyone have a home with a 1st floor master suite?  Is it difficult with kids?  We found a house that we LOVE, but the only draw back is the 1st floor master.  We are planning to stay there for a long time, and figure it will be nice when the kids are older, but it might be hard for the next couple of years.  What do you think?

Heidisean

My bff has one and with a 2 year old and infant who wake during the night and both of their rooms are upstairs she complains about it all the time....climbing the steps to quiet a crying child. But that is only temporary and if you love the house 1-2 years of waking up to go upstairs to a crying kid is worth it. I would do it if you love the house that much.

zacook

I don't know anyone with a their house set up that way but I don't think it would be a big problem.. I mean if you love the house... I think if you room is upstairs and theirs is downstairs its still going to suck climbing stairs in the middle of the night (not looking forward to that in a month when we move!!)

august0605bride

That's how my parents' house is set up. ?I remember it being totally awesome from a kids' perspective. ?When I was in junior high/high school, I could have lots of friends stay the night/ could be on the phone/watch TV/play music w/o bothering my parents. ?They liked it too ?:)

littlemermaid

I have quite a few friends with that type of house.  In my area it is called a split level.  They have lived there through numerous newborns and have had no problems.  They've all used a bassinet in the master suite and then transitioned them upstairs once they outgrew the bassinet.  One of them used a video monitor, the others just used a regular monitor.  Both have never had issues about having to go up the stairs to quiet the baby.  If you are going to be staying in the house for a while I would say the small inconvienience of not having them right across the hall is so worth it because the privacy you will have once they are older is wonderful.  You could just make the room closest to the top of the stairs as the nursery so you don't feel like you are walking a long distance to get to their room.  My own home is similar but it's a split ranch.  Same concept but the rooms are just at either end of a ranch home and I never had a problem with going to the other end of the house to tend to my babies.  And now that they are older it is nice to have our privacy away from their rooms.

august0605bride

My parent's house has 4 levels (not a split), and the kids' floor was separate from everything else. ?But it still worked great for us.