If you have 3 children do they all have their own room?

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Just that really, I’m expecting in September we have a 8&6 year old boy and girl, plan is for the older two to share for a year or two and then whichever sex the new child is they will then share further down the line.

coming up for a remortgage in October and we think we are just going to pull a bit of money out to pay off a few things so we are a bit more comfortable on mat leave.

anyway do yours all have their own room? Does it work for you? I always shared when I was little and I enjoyed sharing with my sister x

I feel like with the cost of living etc I really don’t want to have a big mortgage I’d rather have more freedom for holidays etc

If you can manage it separate bedrooms are best for most children with these age gaps, but if you can't manage it, it won't be the end of the world. You may need to use something like bookcase to use as a room divider in the future to try to allocate the space and keep a toddler out of an older child's stuff.

Well, I did say ignoring the pros & cons & I do recognise that plenty of people on this thread have said they liked sharing as kids / their children like it now.

But I still think there are big differences between an adult couple choosing to share a room & bed and children sharing a room. Do you really not see any?

If they have their own rooms but sometimes choose to share/ do a sleepover in each others’ rooms (mine sometimes did) that’s very different to having to share. Of course it’s not the end of the world if kids had to share- and of course historically it’s very normal. However with a minimum 6/7 year age gap like the OP will have, I think it’ll be tricky fairly soon. A 2 year old and a 8/9 year old are at completely different stages and different bedtime routines.

And certainly by age 10 many children want to be able to spend some down time just chilling in their room which will be very tricky in the evening if the toddler is in bed by 7 or so.