To share or not to share.......Kids and bedrooms

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I had planned to have my Dd's share a bedroom and then have the spare room as a play room come everything room IYKWIM.

Anyway Dd1 has decided that she doesn't want to share. It's a fiar enough request i suppose, especially as she has to put up with Dd2 climbing into her bed every night and beating her up .

So what do you reckon ??? and how do i decide who gets which size room ???

Right I shared for my entire childhood with my twin sister and we had the "big" room whilst our sister had the smaller (but still reasonably sized) room. We spent most of our childhood moving furniture so we could have our own "rooms". I would like the idea now (as a parent) of the kids sharing and having a "den" but I understand their own need for space too.. I would put the one with the bigger toys in the larger room and maybe even the wardrobe from the smaller room in there too..... good luck

There have been a few discussions on this subject previously. My two boys share a bedroom as I thought it would be sweet and leave the other room as a playroom or for guests. They both enjoy it as they tend to wake up together and then play without disturbing me. However, the downside is that neither will now sleep in a room on their own so whenever we go away to stay with friends or on holiday we have to consider that they are the ones that need the double if we are to get any peace. In hindsight it might have been a mistake as neither really has their own space and I think it will be several years before I can prise them apart.

well, when we moved dd1 and dd2 had seperate bedrooms. all toys and clothes are in dd1 room as her room is larger. however dd2 has now set up camp in dd1 room, and sleeps at the end of dd1 bed (dont worry, we will be buying her a small bed soon). they both sleep better. so now dd2 room is a 'spare', and as dh is looking at starting an Open university course in sept, i think it will possibly be used as a study too.

My kids each have their own room but often have a "sleep over" at each others. They throw the duvets on the floor and snuggle down together under a load of blankets .... they would hate to share though..

Whoever has the bigger room has to let the other one come in there to play? (Some of the time, anyway.)

If they can't agree you'll have to toss for it.

We tried both ways when our DDs were small (they're 3 years apart) - a shared sleeping room plus big play/everything room and then individual rooms. Separate rooms seemed to suit everybody better IIRC.