Sharing rooms
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Topic: Sharing rooms
Posted By: peanut butter
Subject: Sharing rooms
Date Posted: 22 March 2008 at 6:50pm
| What ages share rooms? Would you put a newborn in with a Toddler or would we need to have seperate rooms for them? I imagine they would definately share later on but how about when No 2 is a bub? |
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Posted By: emz
Date Posted: 22 March 2008 at 8:29pm
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Ooo I'll be watching this one carefully! I really don't want to clean out my study, so want both kids to share (when #2 comes of course, still yet to convince DH!!) I don't know from experience, but we are planning on keeping #2 in our room (in a borrowed bassinett or our portacot) for as long as possible until s/he sleeps mostly through the night so Jack won't be woken up by a screaming baby. And if we go nuts with #2 in our room, s/he can sleep in the study for a while, I'm sure it won't do any harm!
My aunty had her 2nd child sleeping out in the lounge, near the hallway, under a giant clock for the first couple of months... each to their own I guess. Would the room be big enough that you could walk in and get bubs up without Tom even noticing? |
Posted By: .Mel
Date Posted: 22 March 2008 at 8:31pm
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Definitely wouldn't put a newborn with a toddler.
------------- Mr Mellow (16) Miss Attitude (8) Destructa Kid (3) 
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Posted By: kebakat
Date Posted: 22 March 2008 at 8:32pm
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I wouldn't want to put a bubba in with Daniel. I can just imagine it screaming to be fed or whatever and wake Daniel up and then have 2 kids to get back to sleep..
I guess it would depend on the older child though. It wouldn't work for Daniel because he prefers quiet and doesn't appreciate loud noise. |
Posted By: cuppatea
Date Posted: 22 March 2008 at 8:38pm
I had to share a room as a kid and hated it, mine will be having seperate rooms from day one. Gotta learn from your parents mistakes. ------------- 
 
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Posted By: ElfsMum
Date Posted: 22 March 2008 at 8:46pm
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yep us too.. will have to move but its a big deal for me.. but each to their own.. most people i know with two haven't had them share for a year or more. ------------- Mum to two amazing boys! |
Posted By: EmDee
Date Posted: 23 March 2008 at 6:40am
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I won't be putting bubs in with Ollie as he is a fairly light sleeper and is hard to get back to sleep once woken. ------------- DS 8 DD 6 DS 4 DD 2 |
Posted By: Kels
Date Posted: 23 March 2008 at 9:59am
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My 12year old and 16mth old share a room. She asked for him to be in her room and it has worked out great. i wouldnt have put him in there as a newborn tho as Im sure the wakefulness of him as a little one would have keep her up. Once your new one is sleeping thru the night I dont see any reason why they couldnt room share ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
Busy mum to Miss 15yrs, Miss 10yrs and Master 4yrs |
Posted By: Jessica
Date Posted: 23 March 2008 at 11:20am
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My sister has her 2 1/2 year old and 6 month old in the same room and she said it has been heaps easier than she thought. They only have a small house and needed t0 keep their other room for an office and spare bedroom since they have a business. I shared most of the time growing up sometimes I lved it sometimes I hated it, we will see what happens when we have no 2. ------------- 
Our con-joined boys 20 wk |
Posted By: Rachael21
Date Posted: 23 March 2008 at 11:34am
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My plan was for my 2 to share but they are both terrible, light sleepers who still wake at night. They wake each other up enough from seperate rooms.
You could alway have new baby in your room until old enough to share. |
Posted By: lilfatty
Date Posted: 23 March 2008 at 11:40am
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My brother and I shared for years ... then when Mum and Dad got a house where we could each have our own rooms ... we were too scared at night to be alont, so ended up sharing again! That changed when we were about 10 or so then we became independant....although I still remember sneaking into Mum and Dads room in the middle of the night lol ------------- Mummy to Issy (3) and Elias (18 months) I did it .. 41 kgs gone! From flab to fab in under a year  http://www.femininefitness.co.nz/category/blog - LFs weight blog
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Posted By: aimeejoy
Date Posted: 23 March 2008 at 12:33pm
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I wouldnt have Greer in with Hannah at the moment, but will see how we go when she is sleeping through the night. ------------- Aimee Hannah 22/10/05 Greer 11/02/08 |
Posted By: emz
Date Posted: 23 March 2008 at 2:52pm
| For some people its necessity (we have too much stuff in the office/spare room) but having said that, we will move when I start working full time (probably when Jack's about 4) and both kids will have separate rooms. I never had a shared situation as a kid so don't really know, but I don't really see it as a problem when they're young. |
Posted By: Bizzy
Date Posted: 23 March 2008 at 3:43pm
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my boys chose to share a room. when toby was about 12 mths old gabriel decided he was going to sleep in the bed that was in tobys room instead of his own room and they never wanted to go back to separate rooms. which was good cause it worked out well for us.
toby still wakes in the night sometimes and has hysterical screaming fits but it doesnt seem to bother gabriel too much. He just lies there with his hands over his ears and doesnt stir. ------------- http://www.myfitnesspal.com/weight-loss-ticker"> 
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Posted By: busymum
Date Posted: 23 March 2008 at 6:23pm
It really depends on the kiddies. Hannah and Kryssi have roomed together most of Kryssi's life but Hannah and Briona were never a good mix. Briona needs her personal space when she is waking or she becomes a bear with a sore head  Kryssi and Hannah both wake at the same time in the morning (regardless of which bedroom), and both chirpy.-------------  |
Posted By: Bombshell
Date Posted: 23 March 2008 at 8:20pm
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i know some people who didnt even have twins share a room so as to make the kids sleep...
we will def do sep rooms - no sharing |
Posted By: yummymummy
Date Posted: 23 March 2008 at 10:14pm
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We plan to have Emma in our room until she's 9 months or so but then we plan to have the girls share a room for a little while - we'll see how we get on though as I'm not too fussed either way. ------------- http://lilypie.com">  http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: cat007
Date Posted: 24 March 2008 at 12:06pm
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We are planning to have the twins a different room than our toddler until they no longer need middle of the night feeds and then all 3 are going to be in the same room. Or thats the plan. We need our office/spare room for our business and have no other way to fit the 3 kids in! ------------- http://lilypie.com">  [/url http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: daikini
Date Posted: 24 March 2008 at 2:59pm
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We have Josiah and Xavier sharing a room at the moment, and there's been no problems. We put them in together 7 months ago, when Josiah was 2y 3m and Xavier was 8m. Prior to that, Xavier had been in our room.
Our plan is for Jackson to be in our room initially then go in with the older boys once he's big enough to need to be put in the cot. Kiya probably won't end up sharing a room with any of her brothers... for the simple reason she's 4/5.5/7 years older than them and needs some private space for her too-little-for-the-boys-to-be-allowed toys. ------------- Becca, mum of 2 girls & 3 boys |
Posted By: mummy_becks
Date Posted: 16 July 2008 at 2:05pm
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Bumped for Emz. ------------- I was a puree feeder, forward facing, cot sleeping, pram pushing kind of Mum... and my kids survived! |
Posted By: emz
Date Posted: 16 July 2008 at 10:33pm
| Thanks Becks! Haha my mummy brain knew there was a thread somewhere, and what do you know I actually posted on it. oh dear I need my sleep. |
Posted By: Kelpa
Date Posted: 17 July 2008 at 12:48pm
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Yes...well..hmmm....we have gone about in roundabouts over this one.....We are lucky enough to have four rooms however I really enjoyed having the 4th room as spare for junk..Spare bed for visitors and also TOYS...as its kind of off the lounge so not particularly quiet...
We had planned on putting bubs in with Blake eventually..maybe when bubs sleeping through but up until then in our room!!!( I planned to have this kid sleeping through in 3 months!!!! LOL) .....HOWEVER DH has now decided that being one of a family of five he never had his own room and since we have the room he wants all of them to have their own..so thats that! Paige we never expected to have to share either as she is so much older then the next two and not fair. -------------  
 
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Posted By: tishy
Date Posted: 17 July 2008 at 1:15pm
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Our girls are going to keep sharing until they display signs of needing their own space.
I shared with my sister until she moved out. I was 12. My parents house has 4 bedrooms. For years one was kept as a 'playroom' until my brother got old enough to need his own room. |
Posted By: T_Rex
Date Posted: 17 July 2008 at 3:06pm
I shared until I was 13. It had good things and bad things. My older sister snored  and my younger sister was so messy  but I got on alright with my brother (4 yrs younger) most of the time. We just got rotated around so we shared with someone else when we got sick of each other. I think it was good for me, and I would like to make my kids share when they are little, whether i need to or not. DH is not so sure, as he never shared a room.
Just my 2 cents worth, anyway. ------------- http://lilypie.com">  http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: Ariana
Date Posted: 18 July 2008 at 4:30pm
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At the moment we have our oldest 2 sharing a room. DSD is nearly 7 and DD is 4. They have shared since DD was a baby. We share custody of DSD so she is with us 4/7 days. It is great because the girls pretty much have the same stuff. At the moment, we are in a 3bdrm house, 2 girls in one room. DS3months in our room and DD20months in her own room with the spare bed.
in a couple of weeks we are moving, there is the option for us all to have our own rooms, but the older two still want to be together,so that will mean that we have a spare room again. Good luck wiht your decision! ------------- Ariana Mum to Minardi, Victoria, Alecia and William. |