We have time to figure this out as I am only 5 months pregnant, but I wanted to get some opinions. Our daughter will be 2 years and 3 months when our baby boy is born. We will have the baby in our room for the first 3 or 4 months and then we are trying to decide if they should share a room or not. We have an extra room that is currently a guest room so we would lose that, but I think it might be easier to have them in separate rooms, and our guest room is not used very often. But again, it would also be nice to not have to buy all new room furniture. What are you experiences with kids sharing/not sharing a room? (Also, our girl's room is very "girly" but the boy would have a blue sheet or something to give him something "boyish". We don't want to redecorate her room.)
interesting question I'm thinking about the same thing, only I have a 15month daughter and the one on the way is a girl. I think it would be nice to share and turn the guest room into a play room. in the same boat as you, not really sure how it would turn out in real life
Here is what we did - and it works great. Our girls are 2 years 2 months apart. They have their own rooms but the older one has two twin beds and the younger has a double bed. They have been sleeping in the twin beds for several years now (they don't like sleeping apart!) When we have guests it is very simple to put them in the younger ones room, since technically she isn't giving up her bed anyway. My girls are 5 and 7 now, and there are DEFINITELY times when they need their own space. I couldn't imagine the fights if they had a shared room! So maybe you could arrange it so there is a double bed in one of the rooms and two twins in another.
My daughter was 2 1/2 when my son was born. I can not imagine having them share a room. They would have keep each other awake all night. We also lost the guest room but it was worth it as both kids are sleeping. There were several going to bed fits from my daughter when the baby was born. It was hard enough dealing with them the fits when they were in separate rooms!!!
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I have 3 kids aged 5 1/2 , 3 & 9 months , the 3 yr old and 9 month old share a room (they are both girls). We put them in together as soon as the baby was sleeping through the night , we've had no real issues , there has been the odd occasion when 1 has been unwell it has woken the other but apart from that all ok. There are no 'for's & against' it depends on if you really want them to have there own rooms and if you want to lose the guest room. The baby won't notice that the furnishing's are girly until he is 3 or 4 yrs old anyway! As they get older they will more than likely want rooms of there own anyway so if you put them in together while they are younger it put's off the buying of new furniture etc for a few more years.
I agree with the PP that it really depends on what you want, and your kids' sleeping habits. My two shared a room in our old house, and they loved it. My kids (boy/girl) are 13 mos apart, and my son is a really good sleeper, so even when my daughter woke up A LOT during the night as an infant, he would still usually sleep through. The baby was in our room for about the first 2 mos or so, and then we put them together. My son really enjoyed having his sister there. It helped that I did their bedtime routine at the same time, and everyone had stories/songs together then bed. They don't share a room any longer, but it's more because we have a bigger house with more rooms than because it didn't work out.
Doesn't hurt to try, and I agree that your son won't mind that the room is "girly"!
