Sharing a room?

mom2ll · February 2009

I grew up sharing a room and didn't think much of it... Now that we are having #2 it would be so much easier to "bunk them up".. we do have a 3rd bedroom, but it's our guest room and we have a lot of visitors. The baby will sleep in our room for the first few weeks (Luca stayed 3 months)... Is it bad to put them together? Do you think it's different for boy/girl? I always shared with my sister... We plan to start looking for a bigger house with the job thing seems more secure.. What do you think?

CareBear01 · February 2009

I shared a room with my sister until I was in the 3rd grade (the 3rd room was my mom's office) - then we moved, and we got separate rooms (we turned the dining room into an office). I am sure you could do it to a point until they will need their own privacy (boy/girl)

CareBear01 · February 2009

I shared a room with my sister until I was in the 3rd grade (the 3rd bedroom was my mom's office) - then we moved, and we got separate rooms (we turned the dining room into an office). I am sure you could do it to a point until they will need their own privacy (boy/girl)

charlotteL · February 2009

She may wake Luca up while she is still getting up at night. While they are little I don't see a problem with it.

aprilprincess · February 2009

I shared with my sister until my brother left for college (I was 8). ?My sister had my niece and nephew share when they were little. She swears the new baby didn't wake the sharing sibling up after they were about 3 months. I'd try it, if it doesn't end up working you could always switch them later. They say it's great for development and when they're older supposedly they're better adjusted to things in the real world- Like compromising and getting along with others. There's been studies done but I didn't google them.

kat.in.the.hat · February 2009

My brother and I shared a room until we were ten. (It was technically his room and my dad's room, but I used to kick my dad out of his bed and make him go sleep in my canopy bed so my brother and I could keep each other company.)

I don't see anything odd about it at all until they reach puberty - then I think kids kind of need their own rooms a bit more.

marmieandal · February 2009

I am in the same situation! I had my son in September and my daughter is two. We currently live in a two bedroom townhouse. We have been looking to sell and buy a bigger house but the economy is just too crazy right now. I currently have my son in our room in a pack and play. He will stay there until he is consistantly sleeping through the night. I then plan to move him in with his sister. Luckily the room is large so there is plenty of space. Eventually we'll move to a larger home but until then they will share.

MrsMGR · February 2009

My honest answer is that I think it is a little odd to have kids share a room in a 3 bedroom house so that you can have a guest room. I know you love to have your mother come and stay with you guys though and help out with the kiddos....which I am totally opposite on....so my opinion is skewed. I wouldn't give guests more space in my house than my children. (but, I hate houseguests, so naturally I'd feel that way)

savannah11 · February 2009

I think as long as they're young a boy and girl sharing a room is no big deal. ?Eventually they'll need their own rooms. ?I would be hesitant about putting a baby in the same room as a toddler but it could work just fine. ?

This is something we've thought about because if we stay out here we'll probably never have anything bigger than 3 bedrooms. ?Right now we're keeping a futon in the baby's room so that when the in-laws (or other guests come) they can have our bedroom and DH and I can sleep on the futon. ?When the baby is no longer in a crib we'll probably do what my parents did for my brother and me. ?I had a double bed and my brother had bunk beds. ?When guests came my room became the guest room and I slept on one of the beds in my brother's room. ?

M&M614 · February 2009

Mia and Micah will share a room and the plan would have been the same if Micah had been a boy, too. We need the home office and we only have a 3-bedroom house, so... yeah, theyhave to share.

Micah is in our room for now and will move into the girl's room around 3 months? Dont know. I have friends who swear the younger didn't wake up the older. So I'm hoping we have the same situation.

LisaK2b · February 2009

I have a 5 bedroom house and we're very open to the idea of our kids sharing (regardless of gender) when they're young, if they want to share. I always enjoyed having someone around to whisper to at night time when I couldn't sleep!

rayskit10 · February 2009

i am 11 years older than my brother so i always had my own room. taht being said, almost all my friends with same sex siblings shared rooms. personally, i think the mentality of "each kid has to have their own room" is weirder than bunking them in. look at those of us on here- almost everyone shared a room. we are not going to put the boys in together now b/c i am afraid of them waking eachother up and also b/c i don't mind giving up my guest room. however, we will very likely have another baby in this house and i have every intention of putting the boys in a room together at that point.

aprilprincess · February 2009

I was at a friends for dinner tonight and she has two kids, a 2 year old boy and 9 month old girl sharing a room, so I asked her about it. The youngest went in at 3 months. She said her son slept with them for about a week while the younger one got used to the new room (she had been in theirs) but now it's fine. And the 9 month old is still not STTN but doesn't wake the older one.

and I think when they hit puberty I'd worry about it, but till then no biggie. But if I have same sex kids I'd love them to share a room as teens too, it was a lot harder to get away with stuff with the other sibling listening in on everything.

darva · February 2009

Micaela and Kaitlyn don't... But a lot of that is their age difference. Micaela is getting to an age where she needs/wants her own personal space. We've discussed having K and any other kiddos share... Chad is against it because he shared a room with his sister until he was in middle school and HATED it. They're very close though, so I'm sure that is a result of them sharing a room. *shrug* We will likely have a 4 bedroom house with a study or a living room being used as an office for my business. Chad is also wanting a "man cave" area. Confused

So if we only have a 4 bedroom house... a 4th bedroom may be "his" room and the younger kiddos could share. lol

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