Sharing rooms? When?

SHOPPRINCSS

Hi! I will barely have 2u2 my babies will be 23.5 months apart, but my husband and I are considering having siblings share rooms. Mind you we don't know the sex of #2 but I'm wondering if it matters? We have rooms to spare but if the next is a girl may consider sharing rooms. If you do what age? same sex siblings? any regrets?  Thanks bumpies!

CaitlinJ22

we have a boy and a girl and decided that even if we move to a larger house they will share for a room for at least a few years. We want more kids and so inevitably someone will share. I shared and had no issue untill we were teens, but my sister was 4 years older so it was a bigger age gap. 

I dont think the gender matters under a certain age. I dont think I would have them share with the opposite sex after 6 or 7 or so. Our plan is to have the next one and not find out the sex so when that baby is older, the child with the same gender will share with him/her.

I wouldnt move DD in with DS until she was about 2-2.5 and ready for a twin bed. That way we wouldnt have to move the crib and DD will kinda of understand it more.  

Arielle27

My SIL has a boy and a girl 2 years apart and they have been sharing a room their whole lives with no problem! They are now 8 and 6. They are building onto their house this year and the kids will then get their own rooms, but so far it hasn't been a problem at all.

I think we'll also, despite gender and size of our housing, put the kids together for at least the first 5 years.

efortune

My girls just went back into the same room. It didnt work really well when DD2 was a baby. They love it now and the biggest problem is they want to play for a half hour before settling in for bed. But it's cured the night terrors.

KKWISC

I was wondering this exact question. My DH made me feel crazy for thinking of having the 2 kids share a room. Did any of you have issues with baby waking older sibling up? I'm thinking of having DD2 in our room for 2-3 months.

MrsSteelerTeacherLady

My two will be sharing a room and I'm having a girl- so opposite genders.  I will have our DD with us until she's probably 4-5 months old in the rock n play.  Then I will move her in with DS, provided she's STTN.  

Our house is 4 bedrooms, but our other 2 bedrooms are upstairs and I don't think either of them need to be that far away from us.  We are going to take all toys and put them into our front room and make it a playroom so that the nap schedules won't interfere with some favorite activities.   

SweetBaby2004

DD and DS (aged 6 1/2 and 5) share a room and since DD#2 was born (so they were 5 and 3 1/2); while we had the extra bedrooms so they didn't NEED to share, the other bedroom is on another floor from all the other bedrooms - too far away!  We got DD and DS bunk beds and they love sharing.

With #4 due in March we are going to play the bedroom situation by ear.  Baby will sleep in our room for the 1st 3 months or so.  Then, it will depend on whether baby is a boy or a girl.  Boy would be easiest, because we can just move DS and baby in together and DD#1 and DD#2 together.  If baby is a girl, then we will probably put DS and DD#2 together and DD#1 and DD#3 together (the reason being DD#1 could sleep through a tornado and not notice so a baby crying won't matter).  DS and DD#2 are lighter sleepers and earlier risers.

cbee817

DD didn't really sleep in her room until 8 months- up until then, she slept in a swing in our room. We're hoping to get DC #2 into a crib in our room and once STTN is consistent, we'll move her/him into DD's room. She has the biggest bedroom in the house and there will be plenty of space for the 2 of them for a while. We have 4 bedrooms- 2 up and 2 down, so that's why they will be sharing for a little bit. DH and I may move our room downstairs for a while or move both of them down here.. just depends.

roundtheworldgirl

We moved our baby girl into her older sister's room when she was 5.5 months and older sister was 18 months.  No regrets.  They do occasionally wake one another.  But I think sharing a room teaches a lot of good lessons.  Right now we don't have extra space, but even if we do later, we plan for them to share certainly through a good part of elementary school.

SCSmithbride

My oldest daughter was about to be 5 with little sis came around.  We really only had two rooms, but hers was big enough for a crib and her new twin daybed so we were going to share.  DD#1 is a hard sleeper so the baby didn't bother her at all.  Also there was a trundle to her bed so I spent sometime in there to be with the baby when she first came home since I was nursing and she wasn't very vocal with her cries so it was hard to hear her from our room even though they weren't that far apart.

We are still in a two bedroom and the girls room is a little bigger and DD#2 has been moved to the trundle b/c she doesn't really care for the crib likes the space of the bed.  So we have already reassembled the crib all the way for a baby (boy or girl), but I'm thinking when if it is a he we will be moving him out after or around toddler/preschool age.