Thread: Siblings Sharing a Room?

why not just do their separate rooms, and then if you have a girl you can put them in a room together? me and my sister shared a room until i was 10 and she was 12 and we never had a problem with it..they usually dont care about their own space until theyre preteens and teens, atleast thats usually the case

Personally I think that two little boys sharing a room is a fantastic idea and I would love Matthew and Brady to share when they are older but I did toy with the idea of putting Brady in Matthew's bedroom at 6 months of age but have decided against it as I remember how much Matthew used to cry as a baby and if Brady is the same, I would feel bad if Matthew was missing out on sleep because of his brother. Plus, if Matthew was in a bed and Brady was in a cot, I would be too worried about Matthew getting out of bed in the night and hurting the baby, accidentley or on purpose.

My friend has a three year old daughter and a baby and they share a room as they only have a two bedroomed house and the little girl has climbed into the babies cot and picked him out of it and put him onto the floor.

That is just my opinion though and I must admit that I am a bit of a worry wart!

I agree...sharing a room wont be an issue until they get much older. I would love to decorate another nursery. I did Rey's nursery as an underwater theme, but this time I wanted to do something that is distinctly "baby". So maybe I should just do a room downstairs and get a baby monitor, lol.

I would keep them in the same room for now until at least the one staying downstairs can walk. UNLESS, you and SO move downstairs and give both babies a room upstairs. This way then they're both in the same area and you can easily check on them.

Originally Posted by TerriAnn

Personally I think that two little boys sharing a room is a fantastic idea and I would love Matthew and Brady to share when they are older but I did toy with the idea of putting Brady in Matthew's bedroom at 6 months of age but have decided against it as I remember how much Matthew used to cry as a baby and if Brady is the same, I would feel bad if Matthew was missing out on sleep because of his brother. Plus, if Matthew was in a bed and Brady was in a cot, I would be too worried about Matthew getting out of bed in the night and hurting the baby, accidentley or on purpose.

My friend has a three year old daughter and a baby and they share a room as they only have a two bedroomed house and the little girl has climbed into the babies cot and picked him out of it and put him onto the floor.

That is just my opinion though and I must admit that I am a bit of a worry wart!

Hmmm...I didn't consider the crying and me having to be in and out of the room constantly with the new baby...

As for the safety issue...we honestly haven't even thought about how he's going to react to the new baby. We've told him that he's going to be a big brother repeatedly (doubt a 13 month old really understands though), and he rubs my tummy and says "baby" and gives him kisses. But, he definitely does play very rough so I would be cautious leaving them alone together also.

i have one of each sex so i might be thinking a bit different but my 2 year old does not like to share her toys and space she isn't use to having other kids around - and really i want her to know she has somthing that isn't noahs! he is already claiming her mommy and daddy and i dont want her to feel like everything she has is his - plus if he is napping or she is napping and the other wants to go in their room to play or somthing i dont want them getting in the way of each other

I plan on moving Nicholas into Nathaniel's room when he turns about 6 months. I have no idea how it will go but I am hoping that Nick is sleeping through most of the night so Nate losing sleep isn't an issue. We only have a two bedroom apartment right now so I don't have much choice.

I grew up sharing a room with my sister and I loved it. We shared until I was about 15 and she was 12. We have 4 older brothers so we also had no option except to share a room! It took a loooong time for us to get used to being in our own rooms. For several nights we would end up in eachothers rooms because we were lonely lol.

If I had a third bedroom right now I would put Nick in that though, at least until he was a bit older and not as fragile. Nate has picked up Nick two times so far...once he took him from the bed and put him on the floor! I am not sure if he can climb a crib though so I haven't worried about that.

Anyway, we will see in a few months if it works! I hope it works out for you too! (it will, one way or another)

Originally Posted by usmcgirl918

...and really i want her to know she has somthing that isn't noahs! he is already claiming her mommy and daddy and i dont want her to feel like everything she has is his...

That's exactly how I feel about them having their own space. I'm big on individuality and I would love them to have their own rooms and toys and whatnot, even though they are both boys and are going to be close in age.

I think I'm leaning more towards two rooms...

My 2 boys are gonna have to share a room and im dreadin it... we will be moving jj into a bed when hes nearly 2 so we will put him in with keiron then i wont move him in to his brothers room intill then lol.... i think they will mess around and all sorts lol