dolls' house dilemma

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Not sure if this is the right place for this but...

We have two dds aged 4.5 and 2.5. I am thinking of getting them a dolls' house for Christmas and have seen two nice ones in the GLTC catalogue. I can't decide whether to get one as a joint present, or get one each for their bedrooms - will they get more out of them if they play together or will they just fight over it? Dd1 tends to dominate their play and I am wondering if it might be fairer to dd2 for her to have her own house to play with?

Personally, if it was me I would just get one nice one which they have to learn to share. The novelty of having one will also wear off and then you'll have two not being used!

That's true about the novelty wearing off. But then I also have the problem of where to put it out of soon-to-be-crawling ds's reach, whereas if they have one in their rooms he won't go near it. But keeping ds away from his sisters' things is a thread on its own! Thanks for your reply.

I think I would get just one. They will argue sometimes, but they will have wonderful fun playing together. They could maybe take turns of having it in their rooms. Just bought dd one from toysrus for christmas - halfprice for 49.99!

Go on spoil them get them 1 each! Get younger daughter a more basic one as still quite young. Easy to say thet they can share 1 but in reality they will just fight over it. Good idea for Christmas pressie we have got dd (3) one from ELC.

i say just get one. dd's have a large one in dd1+2 room, its for all the dd's though, and dd3 also plays with it. once they are done with it, its mine to revamp

After reading the christmas pressie post on unwanted pressies I would go for 1.

I have this problem dd3 is 3 dd2 is 5 -I got themthe dora house to share and they play nice most of the time but I did get dd3 her own fairytale castle early learning centre which she plays with on her own and dd4 joins in now too.

Personally I would buy the older girl a nice dolls house but buy your younger one a simpler one so she feels like she has her own for now.
I have a dd4 18 m as well its hectic.

My sister and I shared one very well together and housing 2 would take quite a bit of space.

Buy one to share for Christmas, then if it turns into a battleground and it's not working out then get DD2 one of her own for her birthday?

My 2 share one but its kept downstairs so they don't have to invade the others territory.They are 5 &6 now but have had it for 2 years.

Thanks for all the further advice!

I have 2 girls the same age as yours, we got the oldest one a really basic open plan play house ( without some sides, windows and doors) when she was 2 and she never played with it. However the 2 1/2 year old loves it and plays with it for hours, so we have decided to buy a better house, I am sure the youngest one will love it but not sure of the older one. So based on my experience I would just get one, if they both take to it you can also buy another one for a birthday present.