sharing our room

[Rachy1983]

Hello I am hoping I am posting this in the correct forum!

My son is 7 weeks old today. However I am looking for advice about the next few years.

Myself and my partner are moving from our own house into a house which we will share with my partners family. Although we are looking for a house with a spare room we may have to take one with only enough rooms for us all. Currently my son sleeps in his moses basket in our room but my concern is that moving into a house with only rooms for everyone as we are now would mean that he wont have his own room until we move out. We plan to stay with them until he is 3/4 for financial reasons. I would like to know if sharing our room (i have a cot bed already and waiting) will cause him development problems (socially/emotionally) in the future. It is my understanding that children usually move to their own room around 6 months old. He is bottle fed.

We are looking for a house now and so I need to be sure that we are looking for the right amount of rooms. I don't want to find the perfect 4 bed house when we need 5 rooms!

Thank you

Rachael

Bear in mind if push comes to shove that in many societies in the world children and their parents all share one living space.

I don't know about the developmental effects on your son (someone else may come along who knows more), but I would be concerned about you and your partner not having any private space of your own for possibly four years. Not to mention the effect on your lovelife! I would look for a house that has space for your son to have his own room, if possible, I think.