Is your bedroom on the same floor of your house as your child's?

BubblyToes · January 2009

In the new house, our bedroom will be downstairs. This will take some getting used to for me.

Tracy1011 · January 2009

Yes, and I'm such a worrier it would be really hard for me to be that far away. I check on him each and every time I get up in the night. You are a stronger woman than I!

springmom · January 2009

Ours are, but growing up, master was on the first floor and all other bedrooms were upstairs.

DevonPow · January 2009

No. DS is on the main floor. The entire 2nd floor is the master suite and a sitting room. We moved into the house when he was 4 months old and it has been totally fine. I do think we will end up using the monitor for longer than usual, though.

oparcm · January 2009

My husband will tell you a story about this. When we were at our old house the master was on the first. I had movers come and we moved into the upstairs bedroom (which was large but didn't have a master bath). But dd was only an infant and I couldn't leave her up there alone. We built a new house and the master is on the same floor. That said, I think I could be ok now if it wasn't because she's older (3). Your new house (if it is the house with the pics) is gorgeous and I'm sure you'll adjust. Your son is bigger too and if you have any more, they'd be up there together KWIM?

mgfit1 · January 2009

Yes. We wouldn't consider a house with a master on a separate floor from the other BR's.

sooosie · January 2009

Yup, all 4 of the BR's are on the second floor.

butterbeansmama · January 2009

Our master is on the main floor. All other bedroom's are upstairs. Preston's bedroom is right above our's, so we hear just about everything.

PiperBride · January 2009

Yes, all three bedrooms are on the same level. But we have a little split entry house. I have no idea what our next house will be like yet!

shaunie · January 2009

Yes, we're on the same floor.

vtgirl · January 2009

Yes, but we have a really long hallway upstairs. I bet you could get up to Will's room in the same amount of time I could get to C's room, and we all know when it is needed mommys and daddys can move at the speed of light. With a monitor you should be just fine!

JOEBunny · January 2009

DD's bedroom was on a different floor from ours when she was a baby. It worked out well because DH would stay up stairs and sleep and I would take care of the baby at night without bothering him. When she got older, it was easier to have her in the nursery off of our bedroom, so she was upstairs with us. With this second one, we decided that we wanted a second family room, so we turned our master into a family room and moved all of our bedrooms downstairs. Honestly, I don't think it makes much difference which floor they are on. It took DD some getting used to the noise when we initially moved her downstairs because her room is near the den and kitchen, but now she does fine with it.

krissymoves · January 2009

Yes. If they weren't I think I'd just use the monitor to make sure I could hear him.

AndysKandi · January 2009

Yes, all 3 bedroom are on our 2nd floor.

Angela814 · January 2009

Yes. I really wanted a house with all the bedrooms on the 2nd floor. It's nice to have our living space and sleeping space separate.

shouldbeworkin · January 2009

Ours is, but BIL/SIL's is not. they have a video monitor and it seems to work out just fine for them.

Makinroom4baby · January 2009

Our bedrooms are on the same floor (one story house) but we have a very open floor plan, so his bedroom is totally on the opposite side of the house from us. When we first moved here it took alot of getting used to b/c we wouldn't know if someone came in the front door and went straight to his room. We do have an alarm system and keep it set at night, but it was always a fear I had, so we got a video monitor and I keep an eye on him with that. I don't think you will have a problem with his room on a different level. It will take some getting used to though.

goodhartedmommy · January 2009

I couldn't do it. I'm terrified of fire, so my kids will remain on the same floor as us until they are old enough to get themselves down a fire escape ladder. Overboard? Maybe. Fire is such a huge fear of mine that I just couldn't do it.

LanaM · January 2009

We have 2 bedrooms upstairs and two bedrooms downstairs (old cape). Right now all four of us are upstairs in our two bedrooms. The baby is in our room and once he starts sleeping at night, he's moving to Ethan's room. I can't be on a different floor from my kid(s), I am too paranoid. Also, having our bedrooms upstairs works best as we can have people over and be loud after they go to sleep.

That's one of the musts for my next house - all bedrooms on the same level.?

femmegem · January 2009

No. I kind of hate it. It would probably be better if we had a regular staircase, but the stairs are more ladder-like than stair-like. It's not fun to climb them in the middle of the night if DS needs us.

neesernicole · January 2009

we have a ranch so everything is on one floor but i know several ppl that have the master on the main level and the kids upstairs and it's a non-issue.

btw, i'm so glad you got the house. it is so pretty! my dh was a contractor until Oct. 07. he pretty much saw the writing on the wall (declining house market) and stopped building as soon as his last house was sold. he would have NEVER skipped out on you and would have built you the best house ever. he was actually 3/4 of the way done on a custom and the buyer skipped out on him...leaving him with a custom (meaning some weird expensive shitt he wasn't going to get his money out of) to finish and sale. it sucked. a lot. so i know *sort of* how you feel.

soooooo anyway - enjoy this new home!!

Punk*Mommy · January 2009

Nope!

We sleep upstairs, and so does DS. DD has a bedroom downstairs.

marrymemylove · January 2009

We have the same and it is hard. DS is going through a phase of waking around midnight which is when we'd normally go to bed so its kind of edgy that time of night, should we go to bed or just wait up until he wakes? Its so much harder to drag yourself up the stairs after you're in bed.

We actually bought a monitor which we never had when he was an infant (1 bedroom apartment back then sharing a room with him). It is pretty useful for knowing the second he wakes and reassuring him as 1 of us heads up the stairs.

We thought about doing his room downstairs but I am more worried about burglary than I am about fire I guess.?

jenerally · January 2009

we live in a one-story, so yes.

Bellisimo · January 2009

Not now that we moved him to his "big boy bed" in his new/bigger room. Our master is downstairs along with another bedroom that used to be DS's nursery. It's now the baby's nursery. The other three rooms and bonus room are all upstairs. Eventually all the kids will be upstairs.

AnnapolisLari · January 2009

Yes. I would never consider a house with the master on a different floor from the rest of the bedrooms.

Sunflower777 · January 2009

Nope, our master bedroom is on the first floor, DS (2-1/2) is on the 2nd floor. It's not a big deal now that he's older. One night we heard him fall out of bed and start crying and I swear DH was up there in 5 seconds, he moved so fast. BUT, I have worried about what GHM said about a fire, or someone breaking in and not being able to get to him. That's really the only thing that troubles me about it now, even though the probability of that happening is pretty low.?