rp: twins...one room or separate?

carolina1178 · February 2010

just wondering if yours share a room or if they are in their own rooms and why you made that decision.

I haven't really read up much on it so I don't know if there is a reason for them sharing a room or not.

we have the space for them to have their own rooms but can't decide if when the times comes we want to do one or two nurseries.

thoughts? TIA!!!

macchiatto · February 2010

We have a 2-bedroom house so it was an easy decision.

Plus I think in a lot of ways in the newborn stage, it's easier to have them in one room so if you're feeding, soothing, etc., you don't have to run around from room to room.

dec13th · February 2010

we have them in 1 room together. we have a 3rd bedroom but we use it as an office and we really didn't want to give up the space. Plus, we have a cape cod style house with 2 bedroms upstairs.

Having said all that, if we were to move to a larger place, I think that would still keep them together until they are 4 or 5!

Temp159135562506975 · February 2010

we have no choice b/c we only had one extra room - they share.

it's much easier to deal with bedtime IMO, having them together - i can talk to them both if they need soothing, etc. I would go nuts if i was running between rooms. When they are older it might be nice- but not necessary. I shared a room with my sister (we are 5yrs apart) and it was never a problem.

RoseWhite · February 2010

Mine share a room, I never considered having them in separate rooms (even though we technically have the room). If they would have been B/G then I would have eventually separated them...but I shared a room with my sister my whole life and even though I hated it at times, I also loved it!

lgurian · February 2010

we have them in one room for the reasons pp said, it is much easier to go into one space and take care of them. you can watch one while changing the other, they share clothes so to have those in one place is nice, etc. we have an extra room which will be used as a play room until one day they say to me "mom, i want my own room" then we will split them up.

Nikki1007 · February 2010

We set up one nursery. Eventually we will split them up since they are B/G but probably not until we move into a bigger house or add on to our current house since we dont want to give up the office. It seems easier with them together while they are small.

franciscaz · February 2010

Our twins would be broken hearted if we separated them. They sleep in the same crib and if I take one out for some reason the other wakes up shortly after and is upset. Twins have a real bond and I think they thrive being together when they are babies.

When they reach age 2 or 3 we will separate them... we have a big house but they need each other right now.

irish1114 · February 2010

We separated them when they turned 1...we would have to do it eventually anyway since they are b/g.

My son is a horrible sleeper and woke up 2-3 times a night so we finally made the decison to do it sooner rather than later.

regenab · February 2010

Our are in the same room and since they are the same gender they will be staying in the same room together for a while. We are buying a new house and technically will have the room, but we want to use one of the bedrooms as an office and the 4th bedroom will be occupied in about 4 years by my stepson, he is going to be living with us the first 2 years he starts college. Once he moves out the oldest the girls will be is probably 8 or 9 and at that time if they decide they want their own rooms we will set them up with their own space. But I have a feeling if they make it to 8-10 years old they probably will not want to seperate.

It never occurred to me to seperate them when they were really little because like PP said it was much easier to have them together for nightime routine and such. Also they learned pretty early on how to sleep through each others crying. Now when we go on vacation they sleep together in a new place just fine, I couldn't imagine trying to sleep them together while on vacation if they are not used to being in the same room.

sejabernathy · February 2010

for right now they will be in our room and then probably move in DS's room after a while. we have 3 rooms but one is downstairs and we feel its best to not move anyone down yet.

i do know that when they become toddlers (we will have bought our house by then) they will be split b/c one we have b/g and two, i want to make a pink princess-like room lol that i know is not fit for both of them. then we decide if we want to put DS and Braylon in the same room (ages prob 5-6 and 2-3) or let them have separate rooms too. it all depends on if we choose to have another child i presume.

blairsgirl · February 2010

Ours are in the same room. We have a third room and could have put them in separate rooms but made the decision to do one room. Like pp said, it is easier to soothe both of them at once. And now with the new baby coming, they will be staying in the same room until we move to a bigger house.

jlc071903 · February 2010

My girls share. We've discussed putting them in their own rooms, but it's just easier to have them together...besides they LIKE to be together and RARELY do they wake each other up!

Qs2004 · February 2010

We started off with them both on the same room. My little girl is a much better sleeper and her brother would wake her up when he cried. So we switched them into their own rooms. I would try it out with them in the same room and if it doesn't work than move them

mlkwmu · February 2010

We have room for them to have their own rooms, but decided they will share a room. No reason for the decision. In some of the twins books I've read, I've just concluded that it seems they want to stay together.

Mickschick · February 2010

Mine shared until they were about 17 months and then I separated them b/c I moved them to toddler beds and they would just goof off in their room and not go to sleep and I was going to give birth to Logan shortly after I separated them so I could put the boys in one room and Morgan in her own room. Then when Logan was about 6 months old I want to say I moved Nathan and Logan into Morgan's room (it was decorated gender neutral b/c it was the room the twins originally shared) and made the boys room a playroom. Then I decided I wanted to rip down the wall paper and give Morgan that room (it's smaller than the room she was in- and the smaller room was blue which is why we put the boys in it to start) and my DH is upstairs right now painting it so we can move Morgan into her own room next week. Then hopefully they will start sleeping in their own beds all night instead of coming into ours!

carolina1178 · February 2010

thanks everyone!

mmbench · February 2010

Ours share a room out of necessity, but it's fairly common for them to be split up once they're out of cribs. Because then napping becomes obsolete and they mess with each other all the time.

ncsubride · February 2010

They are together and have been since they came home from the hospital, we are toying around with the idea now to split them up but not 100% sure yet we love having them together.

LoveTravel · February 2010

macchiatto:
I think in a lot of ways in the newborn stage, it's easier to have them in one room so if you're feeding, soothing, etc., you don't have to run around from room to room.

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