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laceyglowackilaceyglowacki member
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Tomorrow is my anatomy scan, no we are not concerned with gender we're team green all the way this time. My question is, did any of you ladies have to switch your kids rooms around, to accomodate another? we currently have my DD(20 mos) in a nursery size room, and my son in a larger room, then our room all on the same level. Our attic is finished with 2 bedrooms from the previous owner and we turned one into a play room and the other is just my computer and old nursing school books ect. We were planning to move our DS(6yrs) up in this room but now im second guessing all the work and i hate the thought of him not being on the same floor as me when we sleep. Does anyone else have this issue or am i just being crazy about the whole thing ?
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  • jessejasonbabyjessejasonbaby member
    We have to due a bit of adjusting as well and it is causing me a bit of stress and anxiety because i dont want to have this baby come along and just alter the 2 existing girl's space. But we have a 3 bedroom and an unfinished basement so ajustements are going to have to be made.
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  • ACarter0914ACarter0914 member
    Yes yes yes!! Right now our room and our three year old are on the second floor but we have two bedrooms downstairs (on the main level). Ones a really big room and ones a smaller nursery sized room. I wouldn't mind moving down there but I can't bring myself to leave my three year old on the second floor all by herself so we will be staying all on the same floor. The new baby will have to be in our room in a bassist/crib for awhile.

    Yes I am overly attached to my three year old. She's my perfect baby.
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  • LauraSmarterSpamLauraSmarterSpam member
    We are going to have to figure something out. We are in a 3 bedroom townhome, and the Master and secondary bedrooms are on the 3rd floor. There is a bedroom on the first floor that we have as a guest room, but we'd hate moving DS down there. We have a 4th floor landing that DS loves going up to as it looks down on the 3rd floor so we may move some things around and let him stay up there, but we definitely have quite a while before we decide anything.
    I guess another thing in my head that made me want another boy was so they could share the secondary room, but who knows DS and DD may share until DS wants his own space.
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  • misamimamisamima member
    Yep, we're moving DD from the nursery room to the current guest room. Then LO will be in the nursery room.

    All the bedrooms in our house are on the 2nd floor, though, so it's not as complicated of a move. Your DS may actually enjoy being on the same floor as the playroom!
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  • alyssa82511alyssa82511 member
    Yes! we had to move my 3 year old out of her nursery sized room into what was her play room. But she doesn't mind because she has a lot more space now.
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  • discohikerdiscohiker member
    Currently we are in the throes of deciding to build a home or buy, and this is a huge factor in the decision.  I will not have a child in a lower level than everyone else when they are in the pre-teen and teen years.  I feel like we need to be all together.  However, having kids above you I don't feel as leery about for some reason. 
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  • mhwoodmhwood member
    We have a backsplit. Our 18 year old has a room that she has used maybe 2 times in the last year (she is away at school), and we have 3 bedrooms on our upper floor. This baby will be in our room until 6 months. At that point, we are moving our 19 month old into the larger room and the baby will have the smaller one. If the baby is a girl, eventually they will end up sharing the larger room and the smaller room will become an office/guest room.
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  • april172010Uapril172010U member
    I have the same situation, but know my oldest will not like being downstairs. We have three bedrooms on the main, so I'm having my daughter and son share a room and give the baby his own room. I hope the room sharing will work.
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  • CmagnoCmagno member
    We have 2 bedrooms up, one on the main, and one in the basement (1920's house, weird floor plan) All bedrooms have their own bath and are good sized so we sleep upstairs and DD has her nursery up as well. Other two rooms are guest rooms. We are lazy and won't change anything. New baby will co-sleep with us and eventually share a room with her big sister. DD still co-sleeps at night and only uses the crib in the nursery for naps and to go to sleep at bedtime until we move her to bed with us. Hopefully it'll all work out, eventually we will need a second crib I guess but otherwise it's making prep very simple. Good luck!
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  • jlsingletaryjlsingletary member
    We are still trying to figure out the best way possible but our family of 5 is soon to be 6 and with 3 bedrooms it just won't work. Currently we're talking to our contractor about opening the upstairs to add 2 bedrooms and a bathroom. I've suffered through a major remodel 3 years ago and it was horrible, adding pregnancy to that mix just seems daunting but it may be our only choice...
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  • laceyglowackilaceyglowacki member
    I'm so glad that I'm not the only one ! It's a really big transition and it's something I never really thought about because we thought we were done after our son and daughter.
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  • Mizuiro007Mizuiro007 member
    We have a three bedroom apartment but with washer and dryer in one, we're looking at putting the babies together in a room. Planning to play it by ear. DS stayed in our room by the bed until he was mostly sleeping through the night, I didn't want to go that far in the middle of the night to feed and change him multiple times. Then transition to crib in their room.

    If all else fails we'll be clearing out the laundry room. Washer and dryer are in a closet so that can be closed and just not do laundry while baby is in there.
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  • mrsattemamrsattema member
    jlsingletary said:

    We are still trying to figure out the best way possible but our family of 5 is soon to be 6 and with 3 bedrooms it just won't work. Currently we're talking to our contractor about opening the upstairs to add 2 bedrooms and a bathroom. I've suffered through a major remodel 3 years ago and it was horrible, adding pregnancy to that mix just seems daunting but it may be our only choice...

    In same boat with family of five turning to six... I feel ya. Trying to figure something out we are renting though we almost bought the house but big concerns with getting PCSed :-?
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  • cedixon2cedixon2 member
    Guess I'm kind of lucky here. I have 3 bedrooms for my 3 kids. My 6&8 yr olds used to share a room so they already have bunks in the 6 yr olds room. The trouble for me is to get the 8 yr old back into the same room as her sister. Ms attitude fought hard to be given the guest room/ nursery as her own long before I got preggers. I want to put the twinnies in the room once they are sleeping through the night. In the meantime, their crib will be in our room. Any ideas how to butter up a resistant 9 yr old for the transition?
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  • 4puddleducks4puddleducks member
    We are in a two bedroom condo. DS has a large bedroom and huge closet with attached bathroom. All of his toys are currently stored in his closet and it is like a play room for him. For the first couple of months, we will have the baby in a bassinet in our room. Once our new little one is waking less at night, DS and baby will be room sharing. There are going to be some logistics to work out. My grandmother reminds me that I can do it. She and my grandfather lived in a two car garage while my grandfather built their log house. They had less than 500 sq ft of living space with 3 kids for almost two years.
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  • mbhurst1mbhurst1 member
    My DH and I are fighting about this.  My 2 YO (will be 3 when LO is born) is in the "nursery" but my husband wants it to be "his room".  We have two spare bedrooms and the logical thing is to make a little boy room for my DS and LO gets the already made nursery.  But my DH is fighting for the first born's right to stay in the bigger bedroom with its own bathroom.  Why transform two rooms when I only have to transform one??
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  • Mags128Mags128 member
    We have 3 bedrooms. The master bedroom is on the 1st floor and the other 2 are on the 2nd floor. So DD is currently on the 2nd floor by herself. We will be putting this LO in the other bedroom but moving all of DD's furniture into that room and buying her new furniture. I don't think DH is really looking forward to moving all the furniture but I really don't want to buy another crib.
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  • LC122LC122 member
    cedixon2 said:

    Guess I'm kind of lucky here. I have 3 bedrooms for my 3 kids. My 6&8 yr olds used to share a room so they already have bunks in the 6 yr olds room. The trouble for me is to get the 8 yr old back into the same room as her sister. Ms attitude fought hard to be given the guest room/ nursery as her own long before I got preggers. I want to put the twinnies in the room once they are sleeping through the night. In the meantime, their crib will be in our room. Any ideas how to butter up a resistant 9 yr old for the transition?

    Let the 9 year old choose the middle names (from a provided list of names that are acceptable to you and your DH) ONLY if she gives the twins the room.

    Or just say you appreciate her wanting her independence but as the parents, you and your DH get to assign bedrooms in the house.
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  • laceyglowackilaceyglowacki member

    Mags128 said:
    We have 3 bedrooms. The master bedroom is on the 1st floor and the other 2 are on the 2nd floor. So DD is currently on the 2nd floor by herself. We will be putting this LO in the other bedroom but moving all of DD's furniture into that room and buying her new furniture. I don't think DH is really looking forward to moving all the furniture but I really don't want to buy another crib.
    We're currently looking for new furniture for our daughter who will be 2 when baby #3 is born so we can free up her crib. I think its silly to buy another one. If we cant find something we like we will just have to use my sons old toddler bed for the time being, even though its a cars one !
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  • thisblessedmessthisblessedmess member
    We currently have 5 kids sharing 2 rooms (3 girls, 13,12 & 5 in a large room + 2 boys, 10&8 in a smaller room). Our 2 year old is still in a crib in our room. We had talked about moving into the small room and putting the 3 boys together in our large bedroom, but with the new baby we will be turning the small "spare room" (office/playroom - no closet) into a bedroom and we'll be figuring out how to rearrange depending on whether we have a boy or girl.
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