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?

4-bedrooms, 1-child, 2-bathrooms, and 1-loo. Plenty of space, everyone has their own room!

4 bedrooms, 3 children.

One bedroom me and dh, one bedroom 22 year old ds, one for 11 year old dd, which has bunk beds in as the box room is currently dh office.

The bunk beds are currently just for show as 4 year old DD is still co sleeping with us.

Having an extention built later this year, which will house an office for dh downstairs so 4 year old dd can have the box bedroom staged just for show, because I can’t see her willingly leave our bed until she’s at least 25.

So later this year, each will have their own room.

oh and 1 bathroom, one down stairs loo but we have 2 sitting rooms so we all have enough space.

5 bed plus office and 3 toilets. 5 kids. Teen dd in her room. Two boys sharing because they want too. And then ds in own room then baby with us till old enough for own room

3 bedrooms, 1 child. Would love more children, sadly not happening. So not lucky as such.

3 beds (All teeny tiny rooms) but plenty of storage. Our two did share at one point, but now need their own space.

Larger bedrooms that can house bunkbeds etc different story, plenty of people with 3+ that share.

Could you convert the loft or split a larger room?

Five children, five bedrooms, and every single night when I go to check in on them before going to sleep myself they are all piled in one bedroom. If I wanted more I wouldn’t let bedrooms be the deciding factor at all.

I'm trying not to catastrophise it, we lived it for 10 years. But really DD could do without going through puberty with her little brother in her bedroom. And if we had another that was a girl I don't think a 14 year age gap would be conducive to sharing neither would a 5 year girl old sharing with a 13 year old boy be a great idea.

3 bedrooms - no children. Just me and a dog.

Small bedroom gets used for hanging washing up. Dumping of things.

Second bedroom has a big rug for the dog to use upstairs and some of his toys. Plus it has a day bed which I never use which has become a dumping ground for clothes.

Main bed - I sleep there and so does the dog. When he gets too hot he goes into the other bedroom and lies on the rug.

It's not a big house. The rooms are quite small. Some of my chests of drawers had to go in 2nd bedroom also as I couldn't fit them all in main bedroom. Yes it's a newish house!

We have 3 toilets though and 2 showers although one is a bit dodgy at moment (leaking?)

3 dc. Technically 3 bedrooms but we also have 3 reception rooms - so we use one of those as a bedroom and all the dc have their own rooms.

I felt strongly that I wanted all dc to have their own rooms. Nowadays it's so expensive that if any/all of them want or need to live at home well into their 20's, I feel happy knowing they have their own large double room for as long as they want.

Neither dh or I had that kind of opportunity and consequently both couldn't wait to be out (dh left home at 16, I left at 18). I never wanted that for our children.

P.S. I'd be happy with 2 larger bedrooms but they are very rare in detached houses and I refuse to be attached to anyone.

Hoping to move to 2 bed detached bungalow at some point.

Oh sorry i didn't mean you were catastrophising it, more that I've seen others online saying you shouldn't have kids unless you can give them their own bedroom. Usually on American sites they do have bigger houses.

If we lived by that in England it would mean almost all families having two kids max seeing as almost every British house has the same three bedroom layout

2 bedrooms - 1 for me and 1 shared by kids (7 year age difference). 1 toilet and 1 bath/shower. I’m poor, don’t even have a car. But we have lived like this for 15 years and our home is warm and loving, even though there’s no space!

Right now we have a 3 bed but only one child (plan for 2 but have had a couple of losses). I was 1 of 3 and each kid had their own room so having been brought up this way, this is what I'd prefer for my own.

4 bedrooms, 3 dcs. Wish I had another bedroom for myself! I grew up in a 3 bed flat with 3 siblings, and hated sharing a room, so it's always been important for me to have enough bedrooms for each child to have their own.

5 bedrooms, 2 kids.

3 bed 3 children. The two youngest share but we are finally buying a house and our none negotiable was a bedroom each. So 4 bed. All girls and as they have got older it's much harder. However I had 3 children under 3 so very small age gap which is not the situation you will be in.

3 bedrooms, 3 kids.

Youngest 2 share & eldest has a teeny bedroom.

We have one bathroom / toilet and now they're getting that bit older (ages 7 to 12), we are feeling squashed.

But it didn't cross our minds when deciding to have our 3rd child, we knew we'd make it work, which we have done for 10 years in this house.

I do understand your predicament though as my 3 are close together in age.

We have 3 beds 3 kids. Youngest is only 1 so in with us and dd14 has one room and ds 12 has the other. We are a bit stumped on what to do when youngest is older as the others are slightly too old to want to share with a toddler..

4 bed, 2DCs. One is used as a study.

We have a 3-4 bed house and 4 kids between us. Luckily only 2 have ever lived with us and have moved out now. If they all are due at the same time I book a room at nearby ibis

We have 3 bedrooms - 1 child at the moment who’s almost 5 but I’m due in February. Like you, I’d love to have a third (and would have a much smaller age gap next time round if we’re blessed) but they two youngest would definitely have to share for a while so it does make me think twice

We have 3DC, 4 bedrooms but our teenage daughters share. Fourth bedroom is a study/guest room. We also have two sitting rooms. So in theory we could give the DDs a room each but the extra living space means that they can have privacy when they have friends over so bedrooms are only for sleeping. Children don't need a room of their own but can see that if you have a large age gap sharing isn't ideal (my DDs are very close in age).

Not the point of the thread, but MN is the only place where I see families with more than 2 children. I know more child-free people than those with more than 1 child, but do know a few families with 2.

I do live in an expensive city in a bit of a professional bubble where, without exception, families have two working parents. Still, I had no idea there were so many big families. Makes you wonder how the birth rate is supposedly falling!

I remember my older DC when we were watching the Coronation being amazed that William and Kate had 3 kids claiming that they had no idea you were able to have more than 2. I only know a small number with more than 2 but had no idea how much it had influenced DC.

5 bedrooms for many years, 6 now.
2 DC, one married, one here a couple of nights a week.
When we married we planned on filling all the bedrooms. It was not to be.