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Master down/baby up advice

momo214momo214 member
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We are looking for a new home and will be moving this summer when LO is 1. Most homes now have the master downstairs and the other bedrooms upstairs. I know this is doable but I would love to hear from anyone with thoughts/experience with being on a different floor as your small kiddo. We are considering a one story but prefer a 2-story. We have found a few options with one bedroom down with a master but really not one of our favorite floor plans. We could also have an option to put LO a in what is considered the study downstairs but is a front room and usually noisier with traffic and off the family room. Help me ladies! I'd appreciate any advice. Thanks!
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Re: Master down/baby up advice

  • ns1ns1 member
    When I was little my parents had a bedroom downstairs and both my brother and I had a bedroom upstairs.  It worked, and we liked it.  I will say although we had a bathroom upstairs, I woke my mom up every night to take me to the bathroom downstairs.  So, that was probably a pain for her.

    Just know that 1 year olds (and 3 year olds) still wake up during the night, so you'll probably have to travel upstairs still.  Personally, I would want a one-story house because I'm lazy, but for me it wouldn't be a deal breaker.  
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  • fraseyfrasey member
    For me that would be a deal-breaker to be on different floors. In high school my bro and were downstairs and my parents up, but thats obv a whole different thing than w little kids. But I guess its all just a matter of personal preference!

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  • momo214momo214 member
    Thanks!! Really sounds like mixed reviews and I'm still pretty torn. I can definitely see reasons for same and different floors.
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  • KatzaliaKatzalia member
    We're on one floor now and I would love to have DD's bedroom upstairs. It's so easy to wake her when her room is near all the action.
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  • spinsoffresonancespinsoffresonance member
    edited January 2015
    I think in the long term it's really nice to have your bedroom far from the kids'. We've been house hunting and I get annoyed that all the bedrooms are right on top of each other. I want some privacy when I have teenagers in the house! I don't think it's a big deal to be on different floors with all the options you have for baby monitors these days. If it was me I would probably just setup one of the upstairs bedroom as a master until LO sleeps consistently 12hours. Then move to the downstairs master suite later.
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  • Nikkipal82Nikkipal82 member
    We have this setup. She was in the master bedroom until skew outgrew the RNP. Since then she and I both moved upstairs and DH just moved upstairs too. We figure when she gets older we can move back down. It's working for us, and I think it will be good when she's older.

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  • jordannicolejordannicole member
    Our master is down and dd is up (and has been since 3 weeks). Honestly, I have no complaints. Our house is pretty open and not huge and our bedroom is actually right below hers. When sitting in the living room I can see her door at the top of the stairs. I guess what I'm saying is she doesn't feel very far away. I will say this though... floor plan matters! We are house shopping and were in a house recently where the master was downstairs in the back of the house and the other bedrooms were up with the stairs all the way at the front of the house. That arrangement was a deal breaker for me. 
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