To have my kids share a room even though we have enough rooms for them to have their own?

[giantwaterbottle]

Kids are 4 and 2. Both the same gender.
At the moment they are in different rooms, each room is decorated for each with a few bits in them.
I would like to put them in the same room and make the other room into a playroom.

I shared with siblings until about 11 and I think it has made us all closer.

DH never shared with his and isn't close to either.

DH is not massively against them sharing but is not sure whether it's a good idea or why we would choose it when they have the option of their own rooms.

*side note is that 2 year old wakes earlier than 4 year old which could be a problem..

We did for a couple of years at those exact ages, as it made bedtime easier.

But one went to sleep easily and was awake super early, and one was (still is!) a right pain to go to sleep and would sleep later. So we went back to two bedrooms eventually.

This made me laugh thankyou 🤣

Thank you for all the responses. I am still torn!
Forgot to say as some are asking, they have asked to share a room on (many) more than one occasion!

Why not let them, its not as if its for ever. If they want their own space you'll still have the other room.

My dd shared from when they were 3 and 5. It worked great and they did chat at bedtime in their bunks! It was so handy to have a spare room.

They moved into separate rooms when they were 6 and 8. They are in and out of each other's rooms but appreciate having their own space. Sometimes they have a sister sleepover and sleep together!

My youngest two siblings had to stop sharing when the older of the two started school, as they needed more sleep than the younger one.

We always had two of us sharing - I'd say that the two who are closest now are an adjacent pair who never shared.

I think the most successful share-pair was a non-adjacent pair - the five year age gap meant that the younger one was asleep by the time the older one went to bed, so no fighting over the bedside light being on.

12 and 10yr olds still happily sharing in our house. Both will sleep through a bomb going off though, so that helps as they have different bedtime and get up at wildly different times.

it also helps to have a separate playroom so the bedroom is literally just for sleeping. Maybe this and having to cope with a small level of noise has helped them be good sleepers? (Probably just luck though!!)

Bedtime story for the eldest took place in my bed, then we’d pop him into his room to sleep.

I suspect sharing won’t work for too much longer, but it’s been great to free up space elsewhere until now.

My 10yo and 11yo still share although we have enough rooms that they don't have to.

They always have. They haven't asked to separate, but we'll let them when they do. They've got a play room as a second room - which, tbh, they almost never, ever use.

Sometimes they bicker at night. Sometimes they wake each other up in the morning. But mostly it works.

Go for it then, the worst that can happen is it doesn't work out and you can move them back!