Use for 3rd bedroom - clicky poll!

Cytina

Right now, S has his own room and P sleeps in a crib in the guest room.  The guest room has a queen bed and dresser as well.  He is 20 months old now so no rush... but once he's ready to be out of the crib I see 3 options.  S can climb the crib and torture P so that's why moving P into a shared room at this point is not an option.  

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la79al

How often do you have overnight guests?  Do you plan to move anytime in the next few years?

Cytina

Good questions...  We don't have overnight guests very often and no plans to move in the near future.

howleyshell

We saw no logic in leaving one room sitting totally empty 98% of the time and forcing the 2 boys into the same room.

Some ideas:

Leave the queen bed and the dresser and simply let him use them both.  You can use bed rails or even put the mattress on the floor when he transitions out of the crib.

When guests come you still have a nice large bed for them.  THAT's the time the boys bunk in together.  A twin sized air mattress or sleeping bag is cheap and the boys think it's a real treat to have a "sleep over" together.

Or... if you don't want a big queen bed eating up his room space you can get rid of the queen bed and invest in a nice air mattress for guests.  We have a queen sized aero bed that's the same height as a regular bed.  My Mom says it's more comfortable than our old queen guest bed.  It fits in the closet and we bring it out when we have company.  Again... the boys have a sleep over so guests can have their own room.

 

rsd12

We moved our boys in together when my youngest (at the time) was 6 months old. We only have 3 bedrooms, and we wanted to keep an extra bedroom for guests. But we had friends that stayed with us. Then we had our 3rd son, so it all worked out... he got the third room. And we would sleep in there or put him in a pack n play in the boys room when guests came to visit. Now my oldest has the third room and we just move him into the boys room when we have guests. The boys love sharing a room too!

AgrippaRidesAgain

We gave our guest room furniture to the ILs (they are building a house with an extra bedroom and needed furniture for it) and gave DD her own room.  Eventually, we'll finish the basement and someone could sleep there if we had an overnight guest, but in reality, a bedroom would be empty 95% of the year.  A guest room is wasted space, IMO.

UsedToBeGoldie

I don't see a reason for a guest room if everyone in the house doesn't have a comfortable room/space for themselves. 

i would never force my kids to share a room just to keep a guest room... or even a play room - makes no sense to me - when they could each have their own room - and play IN their rooms, too. 

having my own room as a child was something i really loved.  it was special to me.   My twins share a room now b/c we only have 3 bedrooms... but i hope to move to a bigger house someday and that they will all have their own rooms.

 

Emiliana7

Have youngest move into a shared room when you are about 1/2 way through next pregnancy. Then when number 4 comes along, #3 and #4 can share.

Might have a problem with space when #5 comes though. Do you have a garage to convert?

Oh, wait, you say your last name isn't Duggar?

In that case, I'd chance youngest's bedroom into his own room. Maybe if in a few years if they ask move them in together and make the spare room a playroom/gameroom.

I don't like having a guest room- too inviting and makes the inlaws think they can stay here.

shellybird101

Were are the toys kept now, do you need a playroom.  I think that if the boys are use to sleeping in seprate room keep them that way unless #3 is on the way ( winkwink) just kidding.

 

jessica1080

Our neighbors have 2 boys.  They let the 2 boys decide which I thought was cool.  Did they want to share a room and have a playroom or did they want to have their own room?  They went with share because they thought it would be fun.  They were older than yours though - 7 and 4.