Bedrooms & # of kids

[n710]

What does everyone do/have?

Big kid's room or small?


Any pros/cons with 2-3 kids in a room.

Would love to know folks' experiences with regard to ages of kids and sharing as well.


I have 4 kids and currently 2 kids' bedrooms. They are young though, only one in school so that is in their own room.

Just wondering how things will be as they get older.

[Zivic-Bubac]

We have one small kid's room and DD1 and DD2 share it. They have bunk beds. I'm planning to squeeze in DD3 when I wean her off.
I would like if the room was much bigger but I'd still keep them together. Imo it's good for a child to learn to share their space and I think it is also a way to teach them how to be close with siblings. If the kids are same gender, no sweat.

If we have 4th kid I have absolutely no idea where to put HIM :wink:

[Hobbermittens]

We have our kids share too. I think it is good for all the reasons ZB mentioned. :)

[Cinss]

SD1 and SD2 (8yrs and 6yrs) have their own room in our 3 bedroom house, they only stay with us every second weekend so most of the time that room is empty, but DD goes in there a lot to play with their toys. DD has her own room for now but will have to share with new baby when new baby turns 1. If new baby is a boy maybe i will put the 3 girls together, im not sure yet.

[Shellbelle]

We have three bedrooms and have converted another room in our house to a bedroom as well. Right now, DSS and DS share a room, DSD and DD share a room, and the baby has his own room. If this baby is a boy, it will share a room with the 2yo. If it's a girl, I don't know what we'll do.

[Dreamofpink]

We have a 3 bedroomed house and our two boys are in together as we feel they benfit from sharing. In fact, they won't settle without each other and as we home educate too, they miss each other so much when they're apart! Obviously, they fight like any normal brothers, but we believe sharing is best when they're little. Our spare room had always been a reserved room for baby number three, although my hubby'd be very happy to stop at two. It's only through a lot of persuasion and proving that we have space for another that my hubby's agreed. The boy's bedroom is a decent size, not huge but big enough and will be better when they're big enough for bunk beds. Our third room is a reasonably-sized single room and will make a lovely nursery. We'd have room for 4 (my dream, but hubby's nightmare - we'll see! :giggle:) but it would be a squeeze!

[Shellbelle]

In fact, they won't settle without each other and as we home educate too, they miss each other so much when they're apart!

Our children are schooled at home as well! The bedroom sharing situation works very well for us, because the kids aren't too far apart in age. I'm not sure how it would work if, for instance, the 2yo had to move in with the 10 and 11 year olds, and the 15 and 8 year olds had to share a room with an infant sister. Our nursery is very small and has been perfect for one, but we could squeeze another crib in there.

[Yuzu]

We have a four bedroom home. Only one son is at home. The older two live elsewhere and the baby isn't born yet. I don't think there is anything wrong with sharing bedrooms. I shared with my sister until I moved away from home! My brother had a room of his own, but I can never remember envying him. I liked sharing with my sister.

[Rosie85]

We have three bedrooms. Right now both sons have their own room. They will share a room when baby comes but we are very nervous to put them together. They have opposite sleeping preferences such as one wants the lights all off and door shut and the other wants lights and door open. The oldest also has ASD issues and we worry about him bothering or hurting DS2. Luckily baby 3 will stay in our room for a few months after they come buying us more time to get the others to cope.

[jennaesue]

We have three bedrooms. Right now, ds1 (age 8) and ds2 (age 5) share a room and have bunk beds. They love sharing a room and I don't think they would want to be separate even if we had more room. DS3 will be 2 at the end of November, and he has his own room. We are currently ttc. I'm not exactly sure where the new baby will sleep. I will probably keep him or her in my room for the first few months. I am debating about whether we should squeeze ds3 in with his brothers and give his room to the baby or to put the baby in with ds3. I am kind of concerned about the baby waking ds3 up at night. He sleeps well now, but does get up at least once a night usually. I would hate for him to be up every time the baby gets up! We have some time to work it out.

If the baby is a boy, then he will share a room for sure with ds3 when they are both older. If it is a girl, I'm not sure. I think she could share a room with her brother until maybe around 5 or 6, but then we may have to put the three boys together. Or move to a bigger house!

[Mum23boys]

We have 3 bedrooms and 3 children. Me and DH have the middle room, the smeallest room is still a small double but its our spare room or nuresery i guess when we have another baby and the 3 boys ( 8,6,3 ) all share the biggest room - they have a large cabin bed each plus plenty of floor space for playing etc. If there was a spare wall e could easily fit another bed in there - infact the way it is now e could swap the cabin beds for bunk beds and sleep 4 in there no problem. If the next aby is a girl the boys will have to carry on sharing and she will have the spare room as hers - if its a boy then as he gets older he will probably go in with his brothers and we will make the spare rooma study / homework space that they each have their own time slots in to make sure they have somewhere to go to do work etc if the rest of the house is too noisy.

[ELP]

We have 3 beds aswell:) 3 boys in one room,3 girls in another and the 3 lil ones in with us, its cramped but warm lol!!

[zanacal]

We also have 3 bedrooms - the 3 boys share, Eliza has a room (although she doesn't sleep in it yet!) and we have the other. I wanted to have the eldest 2 together and the youngest 2 together but the 3rd bedroom is too small. I love that they're close to each other because they share but hate how much they mess around together at bedtime!!

[n710]

What do you all think about the preteens and teens? How are they do sharing?

ELP-what will you do when the little ones get older? Will the older ones already be moving out???

Shell-How do your teens do sharing?

I keep telling DH just because our kids turn 18 does not mean they will move out. I envision them living at home for college;) They are all within 1-2 school years apart as well.

[Shellbelle]

Our teen and 8yo girls do fine. There's some fighting and name-calling, but I can tell you from experience that would be the same if they weren't sharing a room. Our teen has a problem with it because she can't stay up all night on her phone because the "baby" in the room wants to sleep -- but we cut her phone off at 9 pm regardless lol.

[ELP]

n710, we were thinking that this would get us through for a few years yet:bigsmile:

[ELP]

but seriously, we are hoping to start the loft conversion next year which will add 3 more bedrooms:) Just need a big pile of cash how :rofl:

[n710]

That's awesome ELP I definitely just showed DH that and he wanted to know what I was trying to tell him-LOL

We are actually in the midst of addition work too. DH is doing almost all the internal stuff, electric, insulation, sheetrock, etc. which is the only way we could afford it.
We are adding a bedroom and bathroom which will give us 4 rooms and 3 bathrooms. The kids' rooms are still small, but when it's all done I think it will feel like so much space;)

SB-I can completely imagine your girls and the older one complaining about the phone. Completely how I grew with all sisters!

[TTC5]

5 kids and 4 bedrooms. 9 y/o and 5 y/o share and baby is with us.

[Shellbelle]

That's awesome ELP I definitely just showed DH that and he wanted to know what I was trying to tell him-LOL

We are actually in the midst of addition work too. DH is doing almost all the internal stuff, electric, insulation, sheetrock, etc. which is the only way we could afford it.
We are adding a bedroom and bathroom which will give us 4 rooms and 3 bathrooms. The kids' rooms are still small, but when it's all done I think it will feel like so much space;)

SB-I can completely imagine your girls and the older one complaining about the phone. Completely how I grew with all sisters!

Yes, my sister and I shared a room, too, and while there were only two years between us, and there are 6.5 between our two, its very similar lol.

[Rainbow baby]

My 3 sons share a large room ( Only two beds because they sleep together and the baby (19m) has the top bunk of a bunk it is all "caged in" thats on the floor The older ones no matter if they are in their own bed at first always end up together?) So I have delayed getting the toddler a bed because another bed will take up space and it won't get used. I was even thinking of getting them all a queen lol. My oldest is 9 so he will want his own space soon! Honestly while they are little I think it is better they share for comfort reasons, they feel safer together now my son is 9 there are getting a bit to many fights!

[CherryBlossom]

We have a 4 bedder. Two boys sleep in one room together. Getting bunk beds but can be used as two separate beds until my eldest is old enough to be in a bunk bed.
Our other room, one is a spare room used for dps Reno gear that will be turned into a study/guest/toy room.
The other room is currently toy room/baby gear storage room. We call it the nursery, babies room or toy room. Even though we haven't even started ttc lol.

If we have a boy no doubt he will go in with my youngest and my eldest will get his own room once the baby is old enough UNLES we decide to try for a fourth which I hope doesn't happen!!!
If we have a girl *prays* she will have her nursery which will become her bedroom unless we decide to move prior

[zibibbogirl]

We have a four bedroom house. My older two boys are only two years apart and have always shared a room and love it. Currently DS3 has a room on his own (15 months old), DH and I have a room and we have a spare room. But when DD comes along we will have to re-think things. She will go in with us while she is very small, but when she is about 5 months or so I am thinking of giving my DS1 a room on his own, having DS2 and DS3 share and having DD with a room of her own. Or I could have DS1 and DS2 continue to share, DS3 keeps his room and DD goes into the spare room. Either way I have a lot of junk to get rid of in that spare room in the next eight months.....

[Tiggerian]

We have two bedrooms and atm we all share as we are renovating the smaller bedroom.

We have no problem with them sharing whatsoever, it's a big bedroom. Sometimes they are a right nightmare to get to sleep, but usually they are so worn out they just collapse and fall asleep right a way.

The plan is that, if we haven't been able to move, the next one will stay in our (smaller) bedroom until s/he sleeps through the night and then be moved into the bigger bedroom with the boys.

[wildwooddays]

We live in a three bedroom apt so each kid has their own room. However, when ds2 was born we only had a 2 bedroom so the baby stayed in our room. We almost got a 4 br house and I was so excited but it fell through so now we are gonna be stuck with three kids and 3 bedrooms. I think the baby will stay in our room for awhile and eventually I will double up my boys.

[KatS047]

We have 4 bedrooms but my dh uses 1 for his computers (yes more than one), guitar and amp and other "toys". We have been wanting to move for awhile for many reasons with 1 reason being so the kids can have their own rooms. Well now that we will have 4 kids we will have 2 in each room. My two older boys share a room and my youngest will be sharing his room with his baby sister. He is only 5 so he is fine with it. We are redecorating the room so it's gender neutral colors and they will each have an area just for them. It's not ideal but the best we can do until we fix up the house enough to get it on the market. My brother and I shared a room until I was in 4th grade or so and it didn't kill me so I think they will be okay, its the cluttered look (too much stuff & not enough room) that drives me crazy!

[Super Mom of 6 Girls]

We have 6 girls and a three bedroom house. My oldest is 12 and currently in her own room. The other bedroom has my 9 year old twins and our 6 year old. Then the 21 month old is in her crib in our room and our three year old is in our bed. Once the two younger ones who are in our room are ready to move out of there we will probably put two girls in with my oldest and then have three in each room. It is funny though because on weekends and all summer they ALL camp out in our room. Not sure why but I actually like having them all in there with us. Mama bird thing i guess, LOL!

[*ruby*]

We currently have 3 bedrooms and 2 kids. The boys share a bedroom and then the 3rd room is used as a second living space/playroom so they don't have any toys in their bedroom. By the time we have number 3 we'll be our new house which will be 4 bedrooms so each kid will get their own room.