Hi ims
I was wondering what others have done.
I have 3 kids. 7,4,6months. Boy,girl,boy.
Short n sweet.
We had a toy room as I hate having toys in boxes around the house and I don't like toys in the bedrooms as I believe it is a relaxing sleeping room not for toys.
We had a surprise baby arrive and he got the toy room :)
So now my house has toys here puzzles there stuff in my laundry stuff in the kids room. I have culled heaps and only have a few but we feel closed in with it in our dining room. Feels like a storage room.
My question is:
Did you share or how would you do it?
Eldest boy/girl share or girl/baby share or just the two boys. My daughter does have her own little girl room seen as everything is most boys around here.
I was worried about when my son has his mates over or sleepovers. I guess they could crash in the lounge room or something if they did. I remember doing that myself with I had friends come over.
What do you think?
Any tips would be lovely ?
Thank you
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Bigger house. ;P
I bedroom shared for 13 years. HATED it.
If I was in your position, I would not make my children share for the sake of a toy room.
My 3 brothers all shared a room too, again, they hated it also.
Share, we loved sharing. Definitely can have sleep overs in the loungeroom. We don't think of bedrooms as fixed in this house. They might be one way for a few years and then change as needs and finances change.
Share the older 2 and keep the baby on his own for the moment. Reasses it when they get a bit older and then maybe the boys can share, or the 2 younger share. As for the toys in lounge/dinning rooms I've just learnt to deal with it. They will get big soon enough and all those toys will disappear with age.
I shared for pretty much my whole childhood (finally got my own room at 16) I had 5 sisters in a 3 bedroom house. Yes it was a pain at some stages to share but i think it helps brings siblings closer. Sleepovers with friends were always in the lounge and not in rooms as they were cramped enough. My younger sister (5th child) never got her own room as when I left home she was supposed to get my old from but then our other older sister moved back in. She's 32 now and doesn't hold any grudges in regards to never having her own room.
We have 3bedroom house, I have 3 girls and a boy, the boy has his own room (1yo) and the girls share (7, 5, 3). We are not moving to a bigger house just for the sake of giving them each a bedroom, they are just gonna have to deal with it.
I have 4 kids aged 9, 7, 3, 5 months (boy, girl, boy, girl) and pregnant(unexpected) we only have a 3 brm house so at the moment i have baby in my room, boys share and my daughter has her own room but will share with baby when shes bigger. What ever the baby is will end up in the same room as what sex it is. Unless i am able to get a bigger house. At the moment if my older son has a mate sleep over my little son sleeps in our room or i have a sofa bed which they can sleep on. The age difference is a bit hard but they have to just deal because i dont think it right to have my daughter share with her little brother. For your ages you could probably get away with your 4yr old and baby sharing fir a bit but eventually she will need her privacy.
Yes I was thinking of my daughter n Bub. But I get scared with her and don't trust her with Bub. She tried to be mum way too much. Even tho we tell her no she likes to help but helps too much and I have this fear she's going to either pick him up n drop him or give him something n he's going to choke( I woke from s dream of me going to the toilet and coming out n finding him choking as she wanted to feed him) silly I know. But she scares me so much she is still very oblivious to what danger is compared to what my son was like. And then I think my eldest son should have practice as he gets the happy mornings when he wakes n don't want daughter to share with him. He knows not to flaunt it. It's so tricky.
Yes I was thinking of my daughter n Bub. But I get scared with her and don't trust her with Bub. She tried to be mum way too much. Even tho we tell her no she likes to help but helps too much and I have this fear she's going to either pick him up n drop him or give him something n he's going to choke( I woke from s dream of me going to the toilet and coming out n finding him choking as she wanted to feed him) silly I know. But she scares me so much she is still very oblivious to what danger is compared to what my son was like. And then I think my eldest son should have practice as he gets the happy mornings when he wakes n don't want daughter to share with him. He knows not to flaunt it. It's so tricky.