2 bed rooms... 2u2?

Mrs.T22308

Anyone have experience with this?  We live in a pretty spacious 2 bedroom.  The kitchen is small but the rest of our place is decent.  DH wants to get a bigger place but I really am not going to feel like moving with a 1 month old (when our lease would be up.. we're pretty stuck here till then.

I figure LO#2 will be in our room until sleeping through the night (to avoid as much disturbance to DS) and we have plenty of room in the living room to add a swing/jumparoo and some other baby things.

I'm not totally crazy right? 

angelproberts

I would say go for it and stay. Unless you have lots of extra money I would assume more bedrooms=more rent and there will be more of an upfront cost once LO#2 arrives. Diapers and wipes alone are going to be crazy. Good luck!

Mrs.T22308

Correct.  Plus the pain of moving.  The new security deposit we'll need to come up with.  We just shelled out a ton of money to finish paying of the birth of DS (it was WAY more than we ever expected) and to fix our cars that both needed work,  It wiped us so this was about as bad timing as possible LOL

MAMAxB

Our house has 3 bedrooms but I'm planning to have my 2 share.

We both live in different cities than our parents though so having a guest room is really important.

Like you said - the new baby will sleep with us for the first month or two if not more. (I co-slept for a long time with DD)

My H shared a room with his 2 brothers (and his 2 sisters shared) his entire life.

I was 1 of 2 so I always had my own.. but I don't think it's weird

g_belle

We have a 2 bedroom.  And it's an old house so the bedrooms are pretty small.  The boys' room is already set up for them to share but B sleeps in our room for now.  Our oldest isn't a fantastic sleeper so I'm in no hurry to move B until both of them are sleeping better.  I shared a room with my 2 sisters (3 in one room) until I was 13.  It's totally do-able.  The biggest issue for us is the toy clutter.  The kiddos have 2 sets of very generous grandparents so I've had to start boxing stuff up and either storing it in the attic or sending toys/books to grandma's house so we don't have to haul the toys along with us for visits. 

kcisthebombdotcom

We own a 3BR house but our 2 share a room. It's easier based on the layout, as the 3rd BR is on a different floor. It works out fine. Even when DD was up to eat a few times a night, it never bothered DS. We plan on letting them share a room until they're much older. I think you can swing living in a 2 bedroom place for quite a long time.

jgoo

We have a 2 bedroom. Right now, DD is in our room in her crib until she is consistently sleeping through the night. Our bedrooms are great size. The living room is pretty small, but we still have a swing, glider, & changing table in there.

Works just fine for us!

kelleighxnicole

I live in a relatively spacious two bedroom apartment as well. I have a 3 month old and a 20 month old. My 20 month old just started sleeping on her own two months ago. She was sleeping with us up 'til then. Time to time she still crawls into our bed. But we co-sleep with our 3 month old, since I breastfeed and he usually needs to eat to fall asleep. My daughter has her own room, but DS' pack and play is in it in case he needs to nap during the day. But we keep a lot of baby furrniture in the living room, the bouncer and swing and such, and it works just fine. That way our daughter has her own space, and can sleep without being interrupted, as can he.