Bedroom conundrum.

[Sexnotgender]

We are potentially moving to a new property.

4 bed
2 children
1 large master suite
2 reasonably big doubles
1 single

We need a guest room which we need a double bed in.

That leaves a big room and a little room for the children. Ages are currently 2.5 and 6 months.

Do we just put the baby in the single?

I feel bad that big brother gets a really decent sized room and little sister gets a small room!

Am I overthinking it?

Would a double sofa bed in the smallest room work for your guests? Personally I'd want my kids to have the two decent sized rooms and then make the 4th room work for guests.

Either a baby in box room
Or both share a double. Make the box room a play room.

Overthinking... she won't care until she is older and you can just explain that her room was a nursery as she was a tiny baby when you moved that's why it's smaller and then swap so the single room is a guest room when she is getting older... Will a single bed be enough im the guest room in the future? If not, can u extend? Convert garage? Get a caravan in garden or granny flat lol..

We had this set up in our previous house. At first ds1 had one of the big bedrooms with a single bed in, so lots of space for playing, then the other double room had a double bed for guests and ds2 had the smallest room. However, when ds2 got to about 3 we moved him into the other double room, got rid of the double bed in there and bought a single bed with a bed underneath so it could be turned into a double if people came to stay. We stuck a single bed in the small room and ds2 slept in there if we had guests. It worked really well.

Smallest room becomes a study/snug type place with sofa bed, both children get double room and when guests come, they take it in turns to stay in small room

We had baby in the box room for a bit, then moved them in together when the baby was mostly sleeping through. Sharing when you have an extra bedroom is easy. As soon as is stops working, you can just split them again. I'd suggest you try them sharing while the baby is still in the cot, because it's physically easier than when you need to get 2 full size singles in.

When the youngest is older, they can have the choice of keeping the boxroom full-time or having a double bed in the bigger room and vacating for guests. But only when they are old enough to understand.

I would put a comfortable double sofa-bed or fouton-type thing in the small room, give each child a double room, and then you can go in the master room.

Your kids might be happy being kicked out of their rooms now, but as they get older they may not want granny/granddad/auntie Sophie in their bed or space with all their stuff.

This is absolutely barking mad. People are suggesting putting elderly parents/adult guests in bunk beds so an infant child has not just their own room but an equal sized bedroom to her brother?!

Put the baby in the little room and worry about it again in five years time. Allow her to use the guest bedroom, when unoccupied, for big layouts of barbie houses or whatever if she’s not got enough space for toys in her room.

@Theyellowflamingo

This is absolutely barking mad. People are suggesting putting elderly parents/adult guests in bunk beds so an infant child has not just their own room but an equal sized bedroom to her brother?!

Put the baby in the little room and worry about it again in five years time. Allow her to use the guest bedroom, when unoccupied, for big layouts of barbie houses or whatever if she’s not got enough space for toys in her room.

This is mumsnet after all. I’ve enjoyed some of the suggestions!

Putting the children in the master bedroom was my favourite, my reluctance to do that was obviously snobbery as I wanted to show it off on the “new house tour”

On a more positive note I’ve had some really good suggestions that I actually wouldn’t have thought of!

If we do end up moving then I will certainly be using them.

In one of our houses we did put the children in the Master, taking the second bedroom for ourselves.

But the Second bedroom, while quite a bit smaller, had a balcony, and we didn't want the children (then 2&4) having access to the balcony unsupervised...

@Aroundtheworldin80moves

In one of our houses we did put the children in the Master, taking the second bedroom for ourselves.

But the Second bedroom, while quite a bit smaller, had a balcony, and we didn't want the children (then 2&4) having access to the balcony unsupervised...

That totally makes sense. I’d probably do the same.

I second/third measuring the small room. I expect you would be able to fit a double in with no problem - especially if you do not need to think about wardrobes/other storage as much. It is often the combination of bed-plus-wardrobe-plus-drawers that mean a single room is a single room. Just a regualr double bed and a couple of small bedside tables would normally be fine. Guests don't need masses of storage. And no wardrobe? Meh. Some nice/attractive hooks on the wall, some stylish hangers...they have somewhere hang stuff but no bulky wardrobe taking up space.

I would also look, as PP have suggested, at maybe a sofa bed in the small room. You need to do your research (I found it quite good fun) as some are really wide sofas (arms on sofa) but really narrow double beds. Check the mattress size before you buy - to make sure the actual bed is a normal double - as well as the width of the sofa (obviously) to make sure it will fit. Look at Click Clack ones as well as more traditional pull out frame ones.

If you use a sofa bed you could then look a double-use for the small room - maybe a fold down desk and chair - something like this: www.ikea.com/gb/en/p/norberg-wall-mounted-drop-leaf-table-white-30180504/ - or this www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B01DDGQG5A/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o03_s00?th=1&tag=mumsnetforu03-21&ie=UTF8which means you can actually use the room all year round rather than just when you have guests.