Question re: room situation

aidopotatoesmom · November 2011

Hello all. I am pregnant with #3. Aiden is 5 and Caleb is 2. We currently use our office/4th bedroom as a play room. My husband wants to move Aiden into the playroom so each child will have their own room. The playroom in the front of the house by the front door. My mom said he is too young, make him and Caleb share. We have several safety and locking items on the front door already as well as a house alarm we set every night. Do you all think he is too young.

P.S. He doesn't have a history of wandering out in the middle of the night or daytime for that matter.

Thanks in advance:)

kmhunt11 · November 2011

I don't think he's too young, but maybe you could give him a choice. He might WANT to share with his brother, and he won't always so now might be a good time for them to be good buddies. We have a similar dilemma, and asked DD (who's only 3.5) if she wanted to be downstairs away from us and she said no. Someone else on here moved their LO to a room further away and he/she got scared and started having nightmares. I wouldn't worry so much about him being by the front door (you could use a monitor if it would make you feel more comfortable), but he might feel lonely or scared.

aidopotatoesmom · November 2011

Oh yeah- I totally told hubs if we move him in there we are getting a second monitor! LOL. Thanks.

karleegirl · November 2011

DS2's room is in the front of the house. He will be 5 in january. There is no other options for us. If you lock the door and have a monitor I don't see an issue.

kar5162 · November 2011

I would have the two older ones share for now. I wouldn't want to give up the playroom, especially with 3, unless you never use it.

Ciarrai · November 2011

I wouldn't give up my playroom for anything. The location of the room wouldn't bother me but I wouldn't give up my playroom. Where will you put all the toys? Where will the kids play? I love having a playroom. My girls share a room and have since DD2 moved out of our room. We moved to a bigger house about a year ago and gave the girls the option of splitting up or staying together but they chose to stay together. They love it.

franciscaz · November 2011

My kids each have a room. I keep saying we will put the boys together in the same room but honestly I love them each having their own space.

neverblushed · November 2011

Lurker from school-aged kiddos here!

I would keep the two boys sharing a room while your kids are still small and the playroom is still where they hang out and play.

Your kids are spaced perfectly: by the time the older boys are sick of being roommates, the little one will be old enough that you'll be ready to ditch a lot of the toddler/preschool toys and rearrange their rooms. You won't need a playroom as much as you do when the kids are small because bigger kids = smaller toys.

Turkey Lurkey · November 2011

I don't see a problem with the bedroom location. If you are worried, get a set of the old fisher price door alarms off of ebay for $15.

ss+el · November 2011

neverblushed:
Lurker from school-aged kiddos here!
I would keep the two boys sharing a room while your kids are still small and the playroom is still where they hang out and play.
Your kids are spaced perfectly: by the time the older boys are sick of being roommates, the little one will be old enough that you'll be ready to ditch a lot of the toddler/preschool toys and rearrange their rooms. You won't need a playroom as much as you do when the kids are small because bigger kids = smaller toys.

I totally agree. I grew up in a large family in a small house, but we always had a playroom. I think we would have gone totally nuts if we didn't have that space just for toys.

regenab · November 2011

My girls will be sharing a room until they no longer need a play room, probably at age 6 or so. If at that point they want seperate bedrooms then they can each have their own room. I could not deal with not having a playroom for all their stuff. I am a person who cannot handle toys laying all around my house, it makes me crazy. But for me this is an easy choice because they are twins and have been sharing a space since conception. And since they are same sex twins they will not likely want to split up for years to come. As it is right now, they cannot go to sleep without the other one in the room.

I don't see an issue with the boys sharing a room for a couple of years until the 2 year old is more like 5 and then you would only have the toys for Child # 3 and then the playroom might not be an issue and they can each have their own room.

n&bcarlson · November 2011

I wouldn't be concerned from a safety perspective, but I would be reluctant to give up a play room! I would have them share for now and keep the toys separate from the bedroom. Three boys with their own rooms equals three messy bedrooms! A separate play room is way easier to keep tidy. Besides, most kids prefer sharing rooms at this age.

bklynbridecesh · November 2011

We have the same problem. I don't want to give up the play room, so DH is renovating the basement, to relocate the playroom eventually. DH and I might move into the front room, and give our bedroom to one of the kids. It also depends upon the sex of LO #3. There may be a possibility of sharing. I don't want any of the kids in the front room because it's noisy in the front of the house, and what happens when you want to leave? We don't want to wake the child sleeping whenever the doorbell rings or when we have to go out, or if we are watching a loud movie in the living room right next door to the front room/play room. And I would definitely worry about them leaving the house when they are teenagers...but not when they are little and you lock the door.

Want a personalized experience?

Question re: room situation

Re: Question re: room situation

Choose Another Board

Search Boards