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MisN
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Help me make room for LO#2
MisN
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We are expecting LO#2 and live in a three bedroom house. Simple right? Except, both are families live 5 hours away and we usually have one of them staying with us at least one week a month so our third bedroom is a well used guest room. We love the visits and need the help so we want to make sure it is comfortable for our parents to stay with us.
DD will have just turned 2 when LO#2 arrives. She was never a good sleeper as a baby and is finally sleeping through the night, so I am hestiant to have them share a room (plus apart from the master, the bedrooms are quite small (about 10x11 feet). Basement is a rec room/tv room and while we could put a pull out couch but it is a well used area and would not be that private for our visitors. Plus they would have to fold away the bed every morning.
Options:
1) Keep LO#2 in Master bedroom (don't know how long this is sustainable);
2) Put crib and double bed in guest room and give our guests the master when they visit and we room in with baby.
3) Kick guests to the basement rec room on a pull out couch and give LO#2 a proper bedroom.
Other ideas?
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Re: Help me make room for LO#2
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Congrats on Baby #2. I will keep baby 1 where he or she is now and not move him or her. Little kids needs stability and do not like change, especially now that a baby is coming. I would put the second crib in the guess room for now. You will have the baby with you the first few months, so have guess sleep there, When you are ready to move baby to his or her new room, move guest to basement or rec room. Babies take priority over guests in my mind. You want your kids sleeping
That is just my opinion. You can also have the kids share, but since you had sleeping issues, I will wait on the matter until the kids grow up a bit.
Good luck!
Does the basement have a door? I would browse thru Candice Olson's books/pictures/web, she has done many multi purpose basements on HGTV. I don't think it's unreasonable to ask OOT guests to sleep in the basement, and if you can afford to add a wetbar/kitchenett and bathroom they can have more privacy. Make it like a posh studio so the guest would not feel they are being sent out of sight. Depending how big your basement is, you could partition off an area and make it more like a bedroom.
I would put guests in basement
Guests go to the basement. Also check out houzz.com for photos, you might see some layouts that look similar to yours for ideas.
You can keep LO2 in the master with you for a little while if you are comfortable. We didn't like it and ended up booting DD after 2 nights to her own room, we all slept much better then.
I would not bunk up LO1 and LO2 until they are quite a bit older...like when your youngest is 3, and they are on the same sleep schedule.
I am in a similar situation, though we have a 4 bedroom but DH works from home and needs a dedicated office space. For the time being, we are planning on leaving the queen bed in the nursery. It will be really nice for me to sleep in there for the first few weeks anyway when Baby Girl will be waking up every few hours. I guess that is #2 of your options.
If you have the space for it, another option would be to add a murphy bed to your basement rec room. You'd still have the hassle of putting the bed away and lack of privacy, but I think it would be more comfortable than a pull out couch.