Would this put you off having a second?

[milkandone]

Just looking for some opinions on this please.
DH and I have been discussing the possibility of trying for a second DC.
We are both keen to have a small age gap, DC is 2, but the only thing giving him reservations is the fact that we only have two bedrooms so both DC will have to share when DC2 moves out of our room. We currently rent and aren't in a position to move to somewhere bigger (and more expensive) or buy and won't be for at least a couple of years yet.
I shared with my sister growing up so to me it doesn't seem like an issue but I suppose if they were different genders it could become one.
would it put you off trying for now? Should we wait until we can eventually afford to move even if we don't really know when that may be?
For what it's worth I'm 29 and DH is 31.

I have a 7 month old and a 3 year old. The baby is still in with us as he’s not sleeping through which means I get a rubbish nights sleep as he bangs his legs lots. He wakes for a bottle once or twice a week a night so he can’t share with DS3 or her wake him up. It’s something to consider that it’s only convenient for them to share when they both sleep through.

That should say wakes once or twice a night.

Thanks for all of your opinions, you've given us a lot to talk through!

I had 3 sharing at one point, they loved it! When we moved and my dd could have her own room, they were all really sad! My eldest 2, age 11&6 still share and its no problems. They learn to sleep through siblings crying etc quite quckily. My friend have 2 children in a 5 bedroom house, despite having their own rooms they still like to share most nights.

It's fine for kids to share while in primary. My kids enjoyed sharing and shared even though they could have a room each.

Around secondary school things change. I'm a single parent of teens and I'm very grateful that they had their own space - especially during lockdown.