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2 bedroom place ---would it stop you from having a 2nd baby
We just moved into a two bedroom townhome which is a lot nicer then the house we use to rent. We have a 2 year old son and would like to have another baby in the next 2 years. Im stressing over the room siutation.
Does anyone have a 2 bedroom place and 2 kids? Does anyone have a girl and boy share a room? What is it decorated like?
Would this stop you from having another child?
The rooms are pretty nice sized and each has their own bathroom and walk in closet. We were thinking we could always switch rooms and let the kids have the bigger master bedroom and we could take the smaller.
Thanks
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Re: 2 bedroom place ---would it stop you from having a 2nd baby
We tried it for 2 years and it didn't really work out for us. Our second was such a bad sleeper and so they couldn't really share a room. And maybe he was a bad sleeper b/c we harder time with sleep training when we were worried about waking our first. So we eventually move to 3 BRs. But aside from a less than ideal sleep setup (the youngest was in our room for about 9 months and then we moved our older one into our room because the second needed to sleep alone) I don't think 2BRs was a problem. And because of they way real estate is in NYC I feel like half the families I know are in 2BR apartments with kids sharing - including a lot of sister/brother sets. Everyone seems well adjusted.
It isn't hard to put together gender neutral decor.
We have a 2 bedroom house...DS (3.5 yrs) and DD (12 months) share a room. We are not planning on moving and won't be adding on. Soooo, I see them sharing a room for a VERY long time!!
I didn't do any special decorating because they're so young, I just don't really care about that room and it's appearance right now. She has her pink crib bedding. He has his blue bedding. We are planning bunkbeds when they're older, so I'll probably do some coordinating bedding then.
I can't imagine not having a baby because of only having 2 bedrooms. My mom shared a room with her brother and sister until they were teenagers. They all turned out just fine
We lived in a 2 bedroom apt with two kids until the baby was 6 months old. I'm not going to lie, it sucked. But you can make it work.
We have a 6 yr age gap between kids which made it suck even more. DS had one room with all his stuff. The baby's changing table and dresser (which were actually two of those Rubbermaid plastic drawers stacked on top of each other) went in his room. He also had a loft bed with all his stuff underneath.
We had the master bedroom and the crib went in there. It sucked. I hated it. But we made it work.
It was just a rented apt so we didn't decorate much. Some pictures on the walls. We let DS decorate his room as he liked and we didn't put any baby/nursery decorations in there.
We lived in a 2-bedroom townhouse (with one bathroom!) until I was 10 and my brother was 6. My mom was a single parent, so we had the "master" bedroom. It was pretty big, so our beds were pretty far away from each other. It was fine. I'm glad we didn't have to do it much older than I was though.
We have 4 bedrooms now, but only 2 upstairs and I wasn't comfortable with my DS moving downstairs by himself. They share a TINY room with bunkbeds. He's ready for his own space though - even if he doesn't like sleeping alone downstairs and comes back up in the bunkbed to sleep. We're actually getting furniture and moving him Mother's Day weekend - to what is now the playroom. I'm excited for the purge the proceeds it more than anything.
I didn't decorate much in their tiny room - there wasn't much space. He has Thomas bedding and she has Tinkerbell bedding. I'm not that into "theme-y" stuff as it is, but I'm excited to do more with their individual spaces this summer.
What?!?! I just moved into a 3BR 1300sf apartment (from a 900sf 2BR) and I think it is a palace! Maybe you have too many toys.
We have 3 bedrooms but almost 3 kids. Our kids sleep in our bed until they are about 2 and at that point we'll have 2 of them share. Not sure which 2. I think it's fine. People here are so weird about space, IMO. I can't believe how much people seem to think they need! Not that more wouldn't be nice...
I thought this was a palace too when we first moved in (just DH and I) We really dont have an over abundance of toys but bedrooms are small so not much room for bed, dresser and toys, so the toys end up in the living room too. We have some bigger items like a small table and chairs and a train table for DS #1 and the DS #2 has his excersaucer and juper
Due to a certain situation of my hubby losing his job in 2009, my faimly of four moved into a 1 bedroom. our girls were 4 and 1.5 at the time so they shared the bedroom and DH and I slept on a sleeper sofa in the living room. While it wasnt the best, it did work out better than not having a place to go. We have since moved to a 4 bed apt and are expecting baby #3. My girls not only share a room still, but they share a bed and have the extra room for a play room.
I never had to share a room growing up, but I do believe its good for kids. I also believe that brothers and sisters can share a room until they get old enough to say other wise. Kids dont need near as much as what America has made us believe. The bedroo issue would not hold me back from expanding my family, but financial issues would. If your finances are in line, then go for it. Theyre kids....they can share.
Yeah I agree...My apt isnt even 1000sf but it has 4 rooms rather than the 1 room we moved from. This is whats wrong with people now a days.
So I fall into this category because I dont think we have room? Maybe it I worked it wouldnt be a big deal but I'm home all day every day and it would really be nice to have more room for the kids to play and to be able to keep the toys a little more organized. OP asked an opinion and that is my opinion. If I had a two bedroom home I would want to wait till we had more room to have another child. If that wasnt an option then you just have to be a minimalist to have two kids with only two bedrooms
Haven't you heard the saying, "Love grows best in Little Houses." I think its a song....
But you know, love grows best in little houses,
With fewer walls to separate,
Where you eat and sleep so close together.
You can't help but communicate,
Oh, and if we had more room between us, think of all we'd miss.
Love grows best, in houses just like this.
We have a 3BDR house, 2 bath with 3 kids, I don't think we have more than 1500 sq ft. The boys share a room with no issues. DD has her own but her and DS1 shared a room for a while. In fact, he still sleeps in there sometimes. We didn't ever have our babies in the same room as a toddler until they were 6-7 months. We also have toys everywhere (or so it feels)--MH has more issues with the size of our home that I do. He wants to move next summer. I'm not ready. My parents have a big house and its harder to keep up with everyone in there. I like that it contains my kids a little more.
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