Rooming. Who goes where and with whom?

[MultipleMama]

Whatever happens we'll be downsizing to a 5 bed (6 bed is out of our price range) and I'm expecting #7.

DH and I are here unable to sleep so thinking of room arrangements so we can tick it off our list.

What are your room arrangements and can you help us agree?

Ds1: 5.10yo, deep sleeper, sleeps through the night. Roughly 8pm-6am.

Dd1: 3.3yo, strict night routine due to years of night terrors. Sleeps through but has to be woken around 10pm to prevent a NT happening. Roughly 7.30pm-6am.

Ds2&3: 22mo. Twins, deep sleepers but unable to sleep seperately except when napping. Share a cot and have seperation anxiety when apart. In sync sleep patterns. Roughly 7pm-12am (dreamfeed) 12.30am-5.30am

Dd2&ds4: 9mo adj. Twins. Ds4: Horrible sleeper with sensory issues, wakes 1-2 hours, on home 02, sleeps in hammock. Dd2: sound sleeper but unsettled by ds4 constant crying, wakes 1-2 times a night, cosleeper. Both fed bf on demand - Both will remain in our room until #7 arrives.

DH thinks we should keep both sets of twins sharing but I think dd2 & ds4 should be split and maybe have ds4 in his own room that we could double up as a sensory room. And put dd1 & dd2 together but DH doesn't want to disrupt dd1's strict routine with a crying baby.

All ideas, suggestions and experiences welcome!

(oh and DH may reply using my username.)

I meant- 9mo act* not adj.

I think I would put all that sleep through the night in 1 room, all night wakers/feeders in another room & ds4 in his own room. When they get older this could become a boys room, a girls room & maybe still a separate room for ds4 depending on his needs.

I would def make the biggest room a dedicated playroom and keep bedrooms just for sleeping in. You could even mattress out the smallest room so your oldest set of twins and youngest dd could co-sleep with each other.

It's difficult to decide now because you don't know what their night wakings and feeding will be like when #7 is born.

My youngest 2 (aged 3.3 yrs and 16m) both co-sleep with my dh and me, so maybe your youngest dd and #7 could both co-sleep with you. We bought a 7' bed so we could co-sleep in comfort.

With 5 bedrooms and all your children so young, there a lots of options. Try writing a list of options with pros and cons for each and then decide when you get closer to your due date.

Very exciting for you though.

I would write lists of options so you don't miss any out

Personally while so young I would keep the twins together, plenty of time to split them up when they are older and understand more.

Think I would do ...

You and hubby
Eldest on own
Twins
Twins
Then the 3 year old

Baby will be with you for a few months which gives you chance to see how they have changed and then put baby in the best room at the time. Even in another year the child could have changed dramatically which you might never have imagined x

Thanks, ladies. You've gave us stuff to think on :)

I would put you, DH and DC7 in one room
DS 4 in his own room
DS1 and DD1 in one room
DS2 and DS3 in one room
DD2 in her own room

Then have a reshuffle once DC7 is old enough to move out of your room.