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Babies: 9 - 12 Months
S/O: Do kids NEED their own room?
WDYT?
DD will have her own bed and bath, but I don't think it's a necessity.
ETA: Would you consider upgrading houses solely for this purpose?
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Re: S/O: Do kids NEED their own room?
sisters can share, and brothers can share,
Right now my kids share, but eventually they will have their own rooms.
Mo and Mae share right now, and if we aren't able to move by the time Mo's out of the crib, he'll have bunkbeds with older brother.
I think it's nice for teenagers to have their own space, but definitely not a necessity.
Separate from sibs. I pulled it from just a couple threads down. Here
Like I said in the post below My younger sister and I shared a room for 5 years before we moved into a bigger house. My older sister got her own room, eventually we all had our own rooms which was nice.
We plan on having them share for alittle while, as we (Dh and I) feel it is important since it teaches things like tolerance and patience with another person, however we both feel that different Genders should not be in the same room after a certain age, simply for privacy reasons, and once they are teenagers they will be in their own rooms to give them the soace and privacy that they will need.
DD #1 passed away in January 2011 at 14 days old due to congenital heart disease
DD#2 lost in January 2012 at 23 weeks due to anhydramnios caused by a placental abruption
Interesting plan. I think I may steal it.
need, no, but its a nice perk.
I think its fine for siblings of the same sex to share. Like the Brady Bunch
I shared a room with my sister many times throughout our life, even when there was an open room. We liked it. But we also liked each other. We were both kind of lonely in our own rooms, and she would often come sleep in my room just because it was more fun. lol We are still best friends.
If we have another room, I would probably keep the boys in a room together if they get along well. If they want their own rooms, I would give it to them, but I think its good to learn how to share space, and I think you bond well this way. However, I would keep the extra room as a play room or game room.
I wouldn't upgrade my house solely based on the amount of rooms, but we live in a house right now that would accomodate another kid, and hopefully we wouldn't have to "downgrade."
Okay, I obviously can't type - I meant if we have another boy, not room.
And I just read that other post - I think its more difficult when dealing with step kids. I would talk with the older kids and see how they feel about it. You don't want to give them the shaft, and make them feel like they aren't important, which is how they might feel if you shove a kid in their room. Step kids make things a little trickier. I would talk to the older kids first.
However, I wouldn't be opposed to have 2 younger kids - say, under the age of 3 or 4 in the same room. But I don't know, they might want their privacy. That's a tough one.
i had my own room, i guess, until my sister was born when i was 5. thus, i have no memories of having my own room.
i really don't think it's necessary. we definitely didn't get along sometimes, but it was still good to share a room.
that being said, yes, i would upgrade my house solely for this purpose, if we could afford it.
My sister had a 4 bedroom house and my nephews still shared a room. They used the "BIG" room as the play room since they had a smaller family room and no basement. The 4th bedroom was the guest room. They liked sharing rooms.
I def. don't think it's a necessity; however, if I had a boy and a girl I'd prefer they have there own rooms. I shared a room with my brother for a year or two growing up and I hated it.
Nope. We have a 3br house and our girls share a room because my oldest wants the baby with her. Doesn't matter to me either way. If they want their own rooms they can have them, if not that is fine too.
We are moving to a bigger house and the girls WILL have their own bathroom, but that is more for me than them -- I don't want them poking around in my grown-up stuff, hehe.
Yes IMO all kids need their own space. We will not have #3 until we can afford a bigger house.
I think children can share rooms with each other and it is actually a good thing - teaches them how to get along with another person. Yes, they'll argue over who made what mess, but it's a good learning process.
My brother and sister were twins and shared a room for years, until mom and dad managed to convince them that they needed to split. After that, my sis and I shared. It was difficult going from having my own room to sharing, but it helped me and I was closer to my sister because of it.