Just a question....

[charlotte31]

Just a quick question :) do anyone's children share a bedroom? We have planning to extend our house upstairs but at the mo just can't afford it so looks like the children will have to share a bedroom for a while :( I'm not too keen on this but don't have a choice? My son will be 5 when my bump is due does anyone else's children have an age gap like this and share a bedroom? X

[Keepsmiling2012]

My brother and I had to share a room until we were almost teenagers. When they built a space in the basement for one of us. We would take turns swapping our rooms. We were 1 1/2yrs apart. For the moment mine will be sharing a room until we can find a bigger place. My daughter will be 2 1/2 when this one is due. I've read where having your kids share a room will help them bond, and is great if one has any anxiety about being alone.

[oliviachae]

Omyfamilyblog.com has a really great article on her kids sharing a room and how she makes it all work.

[charlotte31]

Thanks everyone :) we had an extention downstairs a couple of years ago so downstairs is huge now alfie alfie has his own playroom so they will both have somewhere to play etc. The bedroom doesn't have any toys for this reason it's just for sleeping so I'm hoping it will make it easier? I'm sure I'm worrying over nothing I'm just feeling a bit bad on Alfie that he's always had his own room and I'm gonna make him share? I don't think get will mind to be honest? The baby will be with us till he/she is sleeping through as Alfie starts school in set ember? I'm hoping they sleep better than alfie ever did :/ we are hoping to extend at some point just not affordable at the mo? We have 2 lounges and a playroom downstairs my husband said about turning the playroom or lounge into a bedroom but I don't like the idea of us sleeping downstairs and the children upstairs but I suppose if it really can't work out sharing it's another option....not much I can do now lol x

[Ohh_Baby]

My sister & I shared a room all our lives w/ no problem. Kinda made us closer. It was just our circumstance being that we were raised by single parents. Don't stress yourself over convenience wait until the baby is a little older & its more affordable for you.

[MrsAmySanchez]

I have 2boys in the same room my oldest is 7 and his little brother is 3 and im 29weeks with my 3rd Boy but my two boys love sharing a room, sometimes they fight over stuff in their room but it always works out..they are really really close to each other too and even share a bed..yours will be fine

[finchette]

My daughter will be four within a week or so of due date and they will be sharing a room. For a number of reasons actually.  My only worry is that since my daughter is such a loving and excited young lady I worry she'll try to pick baby up at night... lol I figure baby will mostly be with me by my bed for the first couple of months anyway so we'll see... looks like we'll both be learning on this one.

[AnnieBrooke]

It used to be more common in my neck of the woods for kids to share a bedroom, possibly because families when I was growing up had more kids.  (Younger marriages, not so much birth control.)  In fact, it was customary in our family for only the oldest kid to get her own room, and everyone else had to pair up.  A friend of mine with 7 children in the family had them tripled up, I remember being amazed by that as a kid.  

Regarding whether 5-year-old should share a room with a baby, it all depends on what the 5-year-old thinks of the baby.  If I had had a 5-year-old and a baby at the same time, the baby would have slept in my room.  (Tons easlier for night feedings.)