Bedroom Situations with 2 story houses

marriedchick06

Would you put your dc on a different level then you in a 2 story house?

 

marriedchick06

I would prefer to be on the same level as them. I would possibly consider master bedroom being on the main level and their bedrooms being upstairs.

I could NOT put them downstairs and me upstairs though. Our friends house is set up this way and it would freak me out. Mostly because if there was an intruder I would want them to have to go past me first (I know, I am a paranoid freak lol). 

lite-bright

If you're talking a main-level master and upstairs kids' rooms, then yes. Although it'd be a PITA for an infant, I'd be fine with it for toddler-age on up. 

One floor away would be doable, but not two. Our house had three bedrooms when we bought it, but one was in the basement. It's fantastic for guests -- has its own bathroom, etc. -- but I'd never use it for our kids. As little ones, they're just too far away, and as teens, they'd be able to sneak out, since it's a walk-out basement. 

Before DD2 was born, we converted our loft to a third upstairs bedroom so that each of the girls had a room upstairs with us.  

jlw2505

My 1st option is all on same level.  If I had a 2 story, I would want the kids on the 2nd (upper level) and I would be on the main if I had to be split.  My house is a split entry and I would never do kids on the separate levels in this style house. 

clp1027

Our bedrooms are on the 2nd level, but I think the master on the 1st level would be okay. If you have the choice though, I think everyone being on the same level is easier.

mrsmikey

Our bedrooms are split.  Master is on the first, other 2 bedrooms are upstairs.  I haven't had any issues at all with it, and actually like that after DS goes to bed we don't have to worry about being quiet in the kitchen cleaning up, dogs running around, or if we have company over.  Actually, as a newborn and infant it was no problem at all.  Now that he's older, I wish he could go play in his room by himself.  But it's still no big deal, I'm just stuck with alot of toys downstairs still until he's a little older. 

blueskybride

Nope. We bought a 2-story house when DS was 18 mos. and we moved into a smaller bedroom upstairs next to his. We turned the bedroom across from those into an office. We use the big master bed/bath downstairs as a guest suite. We probably won't move into that bedroom until he's 7 or 8 ... (he's 4 now)

Amy720

All of our bedrooms are upstairs.  I like them all being up there, but I know a lot of people who have Master's on the 1st floor. 

Pesky

Not my preference.  In fact, in house shopping 4 years ago, we ruled out any with a main floor master for that very reason.  I knew I would have small kids and wanted to be on the same floor as they would be.  Running up and down stairs with a baby would get old fast.

neverblushed

My perspective, having somewhat older kids:

If I found a house that was my dream house except for this issue, and I felt that this was a house my family would be able to stay in for many years, I would not let the fact that one of my children's bedroom's would temporarily be on a different floor than mine stop me from buying the perfect house.

By the time she's 4, which is a mere 1.5 years away, you'll feel totally different about the need to keep her close by at night.  If a 4 year old needs your attention at night, even if they've thrown up in their bed, they have no problem trekking through the house to your bedroom, even if they have to go up or down stairs.  It's one of the areas that really changes between toddler and preschooler. 

For the intervening several months, I would rely on a baby monitor and not let this temporary snag prevent me from landing an otherwise fantastic house.

jen5-03

We just moved into a 2 story home last week.

Our bedroom is downstairs, kids rooms are upstairs. Honestly, I was pretty freaked by the idea, but so far so good. We are finally using the baby monitor we got when DD was born.

DS sleeps with us, so the infant thing isn't an issue.

GLynn2009

Our master is downstairs but when we bought it we had to teenagers and it has been great that they have the upstairs and we have the downstairs. 

When we adopted DD we made the den by our room that we were using as a office into her room. We probably will not move her upstairs anytime soon. Since my DS has moved out we are using his room for guest and DD keeps her room.

JulieandBen

Not at this age.