4 same sex dc's in a 3-bed house?

[Lindenlass]

We have 4 girls and are thinking about how we're going to manage the sleeping arrangments over the next few years. Currently the older two start the night in the bunkbeds in their room and then come in to join us and the baby and toddler in our massive bed in our room. One day, it would be nice if we could get our lovely iron bedstead back but to do that, we need all four of them happily sleeping in their own rooms.

We only have a 3-bed house and the spare room is currently a clothes room with all our wardrobes and chests of drawers in there. We had thought that once we moved the clothes out, we'd be able to get a bunkbed in there too, but it's quite a lot smaller than the other room and I kind of feel it would be a bit unfair for two of them to have a large room and two to have a small one. Also, I'd hate to have any bickering about 'get out of my room' etc. things - I don't want the older two being a gang at all against the younger two (not that I can see that happening tbh.

Anyway.....I've been thinking it might work out better to have two bunkbeds and clothes storage in the big room, and a play room in the spare room. Has anyone else got this arrangment? Does it work?

I'm thinking it would make it easier/more fun for the younger two to move out of our room when they're older if they're going to share with their big sisters. My only reservation is the 'dormitory' aspect to it . Not that I really care what other people think of our slightly bonkers family arrangements, but just wondering if anyone else has a 'dormitory' and a playroom and does it work?

When I was younger, me and my sister shared a room and the other bedroom was our toy room. It didn't last that long though as we hardly played in there, instead, we got a bedroom each.

I don't think it would be a problem to put 2 in each room. Maybe put the two smaller ones in the smaller bedroom because they take up less space?

I think you are slightly nuts to consider four kids sleeping int he same room! I have four, and the three boys share one room and my dd has the box room. I can't even get the three to all go to sleep in the same room. Usually one goes to sleep in our bed and we shove him into his own bed when we go up. That way the other two are top and bottom bunk, can't interact too much and everyone does go to sleep.

I find it's easier to seperate them out a bit for playing too. Four constantly together playing leads to a fair bit of fighting and screaming. I think really it's better to have different spaces so that they can get away from each other a bit. Pushing four in together all of the time would be asking for trouble imo. Also, what about then the older two start to get homeworks, etc?

I'd give the older two the smaller room and the younger two the bigger room. As they get older they don't actually need quite so much space. dd has a tiny room, but it's big enough for her to have a desk, lots of shelves for all her bits and pieces, etc. She doesn't need room to play as such.

I have 4 in the same room. In 2 sets of bunkbeds. It works well for us. We don't have a spare room but they do have built in wardrobes in their room. Not much room for anything else though. The younger ones always found it reassuring that the older children were in the room with them.

I would say try it. It might work great for you. And you always have that extra room to fall back on at some point if one of the children needs her own room.

Maybe have the spare room as a dressing room. Keep their clothes in there and extra storage for toys.

If it doesn't work out you could always rethink.

How old are the children?

I have 4 dd's and we are planning on swapping rooms so that dd1 &dd2 share 1 big room, dd3 &dd4 have the other and we have the box room. We only need room for a bed whilst they need room for toys etc so it makes sense for us to have the smallest room.

I don't have 4 children but in my experience, a room upstairs for toys separate to their bedroom just doesn't get used, they want to be in their room. We gave up and combined.

i have 4dd's, currently the three older girls are in one room with bunkbeds and a midsleeper. once dd4 is old enough to go in a bed (she is only 4months atm) then dd3+4 will have the small room with bunkbeds, dh and i will move into the main bedroom which the girls have, and dd1+2 will move into the medium sized room.

We're 4 same sex in a 3 bed also

We have the diner as playroom downstairs (lucky to have a big kitchen that an take a large table) and upstairs is our room, ds2 / ds3, ds1 needs a separate room (SN) and ds4 will be in with us for the foreseeable. In truth he wuld have been anyway but its a safety issue to do with the 2 sn kids and a baby, hwever not sure where ds4 will sleep- I'm keen on converting playroom, dh on 3 in the bigger bedroom.

If you can get all 4 in one room, can you use the box room as their play room, so they are not tripping over each other's toys ... or as a dressing room for all of you (if it is big enough for all the wardrobes?

HSMM, that's what we want to do

Thanks for all the comments. We're HEing so home work isn't an issue. They have most of their toys downstairs, but go upstairs to do dressing up, play with their kitchen/shop etc. We need a room for all that big role-play stuff. They tend to play both upstairs and downstairs.

We are all, at the moment, very happy living, as it were, on top of eachother - our living space is large, and will be larger when we build our small extension in a few years. I've always seen bedrooms as just that - a place to sleep. The playroom would be less of a 'you must play in here room' and more of a 'here is where your big toys are kept' room!

We have 2 boys and 4 girls in a 3 bed house.We have the eldest boy in his own room,he has special needs.We have the other 5 in another room.2 sets of bunks,1 cot,2 wardrobes,1 chest of drawers.We find it's working fine.As long as you're all happy 4 girls in the 1 room sounds fine.

4 girls in a 3 bed here, we had 3 in the largest bedroom, DH & I in the middle room and one in the single room.

Also room rotation as to who gets the single!

It gets easier as they get older as the toys & stuff gets smaller IME

Only read OP but yes that is exactly what we have done and is working fine so far. DSs are 10yrs 7 yrs 3 yrs and 10 mths, bedtimes are different so smaller ones are asleep before big ones go to bed and ds1 reads in the little room before bed rather than in bed. In there we have a tv and will be setting up a computer and desk and the toys like lego etc that we don't want little ones getting their hands on!
They've only been in there together since ds4 went into his cot a couple of months ago but so far so good and I love going in there when they are all fast asleep and peaceful.

They do have the biggest room and we are in the middle sized one which is plenty big enough.

i got 4 kids and 3 bedroom 2 older ds share there 15 and 12 , dd6 has own room good size at that ,ds at 3 hasboxroom and as hes has sn needs and to big age gap could not share with older ds.

I have sofa bed dreams of own room