Bedroom dilemma!

[armani]

I have a 3 bedroom house and 3 dcs aged 4.9 years(dd) 24 months (ds) and 12 months (dd). Dd3 is currently still in with us but I am now desperate to decorate my bedroom and think it's time she shared with one of the others. My problem is I can't decide if to put her in the bigger room with dd or the smaller room with ds. What do you think? Is it awful for a boy and girl to share at such a young age? Tia x

My dd (6.4) and ds (4.6) have 22 months between them and share a bedroom - they love it so much so that they don't want their own rooms even though they have been offered a room each. They are the best of friends and play together for hours in the mornings at the weekends which is fab as we get to have a bit of a lie-in. Your two are close in age too so I would say go for it, bet they'll love it! I have friends who have also put dd's and ds's in shared bedrooms without a second thought - I think it's absolutely fine whilst they're little. I also have another dd (19 months) with dc4 due in August and will eventually put the two of them in together regardless of gender.

Whatever you decide to do, good luck with the decorating and enjoy having your room back!

I'd have the 4.9 year old in the large room with all the toys as presumably she will play up there sometimes (or will start to) where as the little 2 will be downstairs.

At some point have the youngest 2 share the large room and evenetually the girls will share longer term.

We have always had 2 or 3 sharing so they always have the largest room and dh and I share the middle room.

For me it depends on personality and what you think will work best.

For example:

DD is very spirited and now 6. Most will say she should know better but she is the type that would love to share so she could play.

I've tried my first two together several times and never works. They are 17 months apart. On the other hand the boys are pretty good together (I'm not sure how it will go when DC3 moves into a bed - hopefully nearer 3!).

I put DC3 down first and 5 year old goes in once he's asleep quietly. It means that he doesn't have access to his room at nap times during the weekend but they get along well most of the time.

Hope this helps.

Good luck.

p.s for what it is worth I'd go for dd's together. It means if middle one starts playing up then you should be ok to get them more settled before number 3 then starts looking at being in a bed.

I've had my two boys (10 and 5) together but that isn't working - they just endlessly get into competitive Pokemon / DS chat where then 10yo always wins. So going to try 9yo daughter and 5yo son together for a while, and see how that goes and whether she is a better role model for him. I don't see a problem with shared gender before puberty, to be honest.