How many bedrooms vs children do you have?

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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?

Similar to us - we have 3 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, 1 child (but the ‘spare’ room is where DH usually sleeps due to his snoring and late working hours, and is also my office)

4 bedrooms and 2 kids, I wouldn’t mind them sharing whilst young but wouldn’t want them to share when older.

I don’t think sharing bedrooms is necessarily the issue but the age gaps involved in the sharers and with a big age gap it’s not going to be ideal . We had 2 children in 4 bedrooms but only have 1 still at home so plenty of spare rooms .

3 children and 4 bedrooms. We moved when I was pregnant with my third (from a 3 bedroom house) but moved more for the size of house rather than bedrooms. We were in a tiny terraced house before.

3 adult DC, 2 live at home, 4 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms and a downstairs loo.

7 DC, 5 bedrooms, DH and I sleep in the lounge with the dog!

Currently two but a third on the way. Our DSs have always shared as we have used the third bedroom as a home office until now but we are putting a office in the garden and baby will have her own bedroom. Long term we would love to move but will have to see if we can afford to and in the meantime both boys have expressed that they love sharing and want to continue

3 children and 3 bedrooms. Six years gap between my girls and they are currently sharing a room. They get along great most of the time.

Despite having 4 bedrooms, DD still co-sleeps with us. The others are our home office and our en-suite guest room (we used to have a lodger).
Family bathroom.

We've got 2 kids and 4 bedrooms but we use a bedroom for WFH.

I don't think there's anything wrong with kids sharing a room but it's going to be trickier if you've got kids that are used to having their own room being made to share rather than kids who've always done it.

4 bedrooms, Master bedroom, 1 each for DDs and my home office.

1 bathroom which is a pain in the morning and at night. We have a loo downstairs which is handy but not the same if you want to brush your teeth/ wash your face whilst someone is in the shower.

I had four dc living at home at one point and 3 rather small bedrooms. Ds always had his own but the 3 girls had to share. When my eldest dd turned 11 I decided that she really needed her own space (five and 8 years older than the two youngest) so I turned my dining room into a bedroom and gave up my room for her and I was in there for 10 years.

Now two have left home and I’ve moved back upstairs and we’ve all got a room each.

only 1 bathroom and a small downstairs toilet with no sink.

My kids shared when little. Then they had a bedroom each. When we wanted a third we waited until we had space for a room each ( by the time no.3 arrived, elder 2 were teens and would have killed each other sharing)

1 child 1 bedroom

5 bedrooms, 1DC.

3 bedrooms 1 child. We plan to extend into the loft long term so I get a home office back (spare room is both guest room and office now) and ds can get out of the box room

5 bedrooms, 3 children. I'm sure it isn't a deal breaker but you know your tolerance level for squabbling and the general squash. We really like our setup and have definitely valued having plenty of separate space as they have started to hit the teenage years. It helps diffuse moods and everyone can have a bit of space. Having said that, maybe being together more could also contribute to family closeness. Personally, I wouldn't want to do 3 children in a much smaller house, although I grew upn1 of 3 I much less space. I think my mum was quite frazzled!!

3 dc 5 bedrooms 3 bathrooms.
They all appreciate and value having their own space. The older 2 shared when they were younger, we Lived in a small flat and it was a necessity. When we moved into our house now they chose to share for almost 10 years then wanted their own space as teens.
They always got on well and didn’t argue or fight with each other.

This post has seriously annoyed me.

So theres no point in having children if you work FT?

Why did your husband bother having children if hes going to go out to work all day....?

And for the record my kids sleep beautifully in our 5 bed 3 bath house which i pay for by abandoning them from 9-6 each day

We have 4 bedrooms and 3 kids so they get a room each. I do not understand the mumsnet issues with siblings sharing. I shared on and off as a kid and it did me no harm. The main thing was I had a separate place to study in which helped.

We have 4 bedrooms and only the one child. We use the smallest bedroom as an office.

I suppose I mean when they are little like up to school age and even then during the holidays and after school. For me personally I am not sure what the point would be I didn't get to be with them. So my husband is irrelevant because it's only me who has that opinion of wanting to be with them. And what others do isn't relevant as everyone has different ideas of what their life should look like and what they are prepared to put up with. I actually don't think I'm capable of working full time because I struggle with part time working already.

Three bedrooms, one bathroom. One child. Dh and me share a room and ds has his own room. The third bedroom is a studio/music room for dc as he's a guitarist and in a band.

I used to share a house with a woman who shared her room with all three of her children, people online seem to catastrophise kids sharing rooms when in real life it's super common and not a big deal

2 bedrooms. 3 children.