Bedroom help please

[Violetandpurple]

Hi everyone,
we are moving house in a few weeks - we have 4 girls ages 12,10,9 and 2.
they are lucky enough that at the new house they will all have their own bedroom.
3 of the rooms are upstairs and similar sizes the 4th is downstairs and small. (Adult bedroom is also upstairs)
its perfect size for our toddler however im feeling uncertain about having her sleep below us all.
is it safe?

one of the older girls could have the downstairs room but it is a 3rd of the size of the upstairs ones and i wouldnt be able to fairly choose who to give it too.

anybody else have a younger child sleep on a floor below?

You have the tiny room, let all four girls have the rooms upstairs. Problem solved.😆

Two of the girls share and the little room is playroom/tv room/ guest room

All girls, and 3 very close in age. Seems like a non-issue tbh. At least two can share if you're uncomfortable with downstairs use.

All 3 girls close in are share the largest room, use thr other 2 rooms at chill out / play rooms with one able to have sofa bed for sleep over options to allow privacy.

I'm interested what people will say here! I've been considering turning one of my downstairs rooms into a bedroom in the future kids don't have share when a bit older but I'm not sure I would even feel comfortable with an older child (8/9/10) sleeping down stairs? I'm not sure I would want a down stairs room myself but I also know that people live in bungalows so that's probably me being ridiculous.

I wouldn’t want my little one downstairs. I also think when he or she realises everyone else is upstairs they won’t be happy. Why not involve the children in the discussions?

Having had a burglar walk through my downstairs when mine were little and leave the door open on their way out, I would not want my two year old downstairs or any of the girls to be honest. If necessary I would just put a double bed in and sleep their myself. Had the box room at two of my previous houses so that my kids could have the bigger rooms, they play in theirs whereas all I did was sleep in mine.🤷‍♀️

Would the 9 and 10 year olds share? With that much space, I’d give the 12 year old their own room as they are entering puberty.

if not, I’d put the 12 year old downstairs and make her room really cool. How small is it?

Assuming they don't loathe each other I'd put the 9 & 10 year old in together, give the 12 year old and 2 year old their own room and use the little room downstairs as a playroom.

Either that or suggest if they insist they want their own room then - for now at least - the 2 year old gets the smallest upstairs room and the others draw lots for who gets which room.

I'm not worried about burglars, however. As a pp says, people live in bungalows.

What have the older children said? Perhaps one of them would rather the small room instead of sharing?

Personally I wouldn't put a 2 year old downstairs. I'd have the 9 and 10 year old sharing and then revisit this issue in a couple of years. Downstairs room can be homework/chill space.

I would put 2 of the older ones in the largest room together, probably the 9/10 YOs but depends who gets on the best, make the small room downstairs the playroom and rejig in 2-3 years when your youngest is 4/5. My eldest has been on a different floor to us (up rather than down though) since she was 4.5 and no issues but 2 is too young and I’d be worried about her getting up overnight and attempting the stairs up to you on her own.

Either the 12 year old downstairs if they would like that. Or use the downstairs room as a dedicated homework space, with desk and chair / other space for the sharing girls to get away from one another and have the 9 and 10 year old share, or which ever combination of the two older ones that get on best to share. Definitely not the 2 year old downstairs. They will wanr to be near you the most out of all the children.

We had to do this when we combined families. My 3 kids, his 1. His son 17 kept his room. My son 18 got the box room. My 2 girls got a double/single bunk bed they were aged 8 and 12. Now the boys have moved out. The oldest daughter also. Youngest left. She's took his sons old room. We've moved into the old bunk room. box room is empty. And I have a dining room/snug so I don't have to watch his crap on telly and my work desk is in there.
was hard work mind. Our bedroom door when it was downstairs opened onto the kitchen and 4 kids in the house that never stopped bloody eating day and night when we got up at 5.45 for work certainly was testing

I would put a stair gate on her door and use a monitor but be ok with them being downstairs downstairs.

My house is long and think so dc was further away from me than if they had been downstairs

No way would I have a toddler downstairs alone overnight.

Do what PP said and get the middle girls to share for now. Or put the eldest downstairs and arrange built in furniture, platform bed etc to maximise the space.

I've been thinking about letting my 12yr old son have the dining room downstairs as a bedroom as we don't even use it as a dining room, more of a dumping ground. And his current room is tiny and he hates it!
I've see people saying on other posts, about "people living in bungalows so what's the problem" kind of thing. But my issue is, that he wouldn't be on the same floor as me. So it worries me. And he goes through phases of sleep walking too. I'd be paranoid of him sleep walking out the front door without me hearing him 😂
Also I wouldn't know what to do with the cat because the dining room is her room. Her cat litter box and food tray is in there and it's her get away room aswel for when she wants to be left alone.
Then I thought that maybe I'll just make it into a computer room for him. But then he can just sleep in the box room. However, I think he would really like a double bed. I mean, he's 12 and about 5ft4 already so he's going to end up outgrowing a single bed probably very soon if he doesnt slow down 😂
Heads fried!!