How many bedrooms vs children do you have?

[Littlebittiredoflife]

Our children have their own bedroom (3 bedrooms/2 children). I would love another child but sadly we aren't likely to ever be able to move again. There 6 years between them and there's be at least 7 years between the youngest if I had another baby. I know in times gone by this would be no issue but I can't see how it would be responsible in this day and age for me to change that again for my eldest and risk her having to share again. I know how much it's changed for the better since we last moved. I know it's not a one size fits all approach for all families but I wondered on the ratios in your home and how you cope with it?

5 bedrooms and 3 kids. They did share (by choice) when they were younger, but as teens they like their own space.

To be fair I'm not sure how well I'd be able to give them that either..I feel guilty I don't give the ones I've got enough (attention and conversation mainly, they definitely get enough food and I hope enough love). I'd be worried we would limit their opportunities if we had another to spread between.

3 bedrooms, 3 children. The one and only bathroom is a far bigger issue than bedrooms!

I’d have a bit of counselling then. Come to terms with your lovely family being finished. I’d have loved more 6 pregnancies (4MC), 2DC. By the time all that shite was over, I was in my 40’s and had already needed CVS with DC2.

3 beds and 2 kids. New build house so rooms are small. It’s more about living space for me than sleep space. It would be too cramped for me.

One each and one spare.

Growing up two of us shared until my parents did a loft conversion as teen years approached. It was a much smaller house than mine now. I'm spoiled now, but at the time it felt fine with enough space. Another bathroom would have solved some problems though!

5 bedroom, 4 kids. Bathrooms are more important though 🤣

I’d see working full time as not a problem if it was to have a much longed for child. Though you already have a few so guess you’ve got enough? Only you can decide but most people work full time it’s a luxury to be part time whereas I prefer the luxury working full time provides such as nice house/cars/multiple holidays and kid being able to join any and every club she wants to. Horses for courses.

3 bedroom and 3 children. The youngest two (twins, 3) share but I have loose plans/dreams to either extend or have a loft conversion in a few years to have a 4th bedroom. Ideally I'd like them to have their own rooms because they already fight like crazy but if it's not feasible and we can't move to somewhere bigger they'll just have to share and deal with it

Two bathrooms though, thankfully

3.5 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, 1 child.

4/5 bedrooms 2 dd's aged 10 and 12, they'd hate to share, they're totally different personalities, one quiet one full of energy, one tidy one messy, listen to different music, different tastes in how it's decorated, have friends round at different times etc.
They do occasionally spend time together in one bedroom to play Roblox for a while but usually they're in their own rooms.

8 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms (and one downstairs toilet), 4 children

In an ideal world , every child gets their own room plus 1 room spare .

There are far more important things than bedrooms imo. Location is a huge one.

OP I grew up in a big house and happily shared out of a choice for years

Doesn’t it also make a difference that there’s going to be at least a 13 year age gap between oldest & youngest?

5 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, 1 child.

We use the 2 smallest bedrooms as offices as DH and I both WFH.

@Littlebittiredoflife , As long as your DH doesn't shit in the family bathroom, you'll probably be ok.

FWIW, pretty much I and almost everyone I grew up with shared a bedroom with siblings of the same sex, unless they didn't have any. We had one bathroom and one downstairs loo. I think it was only DF who used it.

2 kids, 4 bedrooms. I would never let them share - it would be utter carnage and nobody would get any sleep.
The last bedroom is technically a study but has a small bed in (which I sometimes go in if DH announces he is getting up for a run at 5.30 or if I have to work a night shift from home. We rarely have visitors to stay as families are small and both grandmothers live locally. The oldest has sleepovers (youngest a bit young still) and he has a pull out bed in his room.
RE bathrooms, we have an en suite, a separate bathroom with shower and loo, and a downstairs toilet. No bath in the house (and have never missed one).

3 bedrooms, 2 DC, one pending. Two bathrooms but one is our en-suite, so really only one. Baby will just sleep in our room and then whoever is the same sex as the baby will get a room mate until we find a bigger house. I shared a room growing up, brothers were three in one room for a bit. It won’t kill them.

We will move when we can but we want a house near family, currently live down the road from my DB, SIL and DN&Ns and we share a lot of childcare duties. Live near MIL and FIL (who I get on with).

Worst comes to worst there’s room for a tent in the garden so DCs can rotate who sleeps outside.

3 bed house with four children and me (their dad left when youngest was 2). I had a boy then three girls.

I had the tiny room, youngest two girls shared the middle room and the eldest two (boy and girl) had the largest room divided with a partition wall. The eldest ones have moved on so that now I have the three girls who are here sometimes. Youngest has the small room and elder girls share the partitioned room while I have the middle room.

3 bedrooms, 3 children. One bathroom and a downstairs toilet. Would love another bedroom and bathroom. We have recently moved downstairs so they can have a room each.

2 bedrooms, 2 kids. Aged 7 and 2, share a room fine (for now)

Two dds, share a bedroom. We will be able to move to a larger house in the next couple of years though. I didn't grow up sharing a room so it's a bit weird to me but loads of dcs friends share. We also only have one bathroom and want to have at least a downstairs loo in addition to another bedroom too.

5 dc and 4 bedrooms

Two dc with separate rooms but they could share as study is at the kitchen table, play on the living room and the bedrooms are just for sleep and storing clothes. To me it comes down to how your family uses the space you have.

4 children, 5 bedrooms and 3 bathrooms