To share rooms or not

[intrepidgiraffe]

I am currently pregnant with my third. My other two will be 5 and 2y 8m when baby arrives. They currently have their own rooms although are keen to share as they both want bunk beds.

Does anyone have experience of children this age sharing?

We have enough space for them not to need to share, but I'm wondering if bedtimes (when done by one person when the baby arrives) would be easier (although maybe the opposite?) if they were in the same room?

On the topic of bunk beds, I don't recommend them for children too young to make their own beds (based on me having to change the sheets on a top bunk this week!).

Keep them in their own rooms if, as you say, you have the rooms. Before you know it the 5 yr old will be wanting to take friends to their room to play.

My kids are 2yrs 10mths & 4yrs 8mths and they share. We have space for them to have a room each but currently use the 3rd room as an office/spare room as both DH and I WFH. Bedtimes are easy as 1 parent can see to both. We're lucky I that they don't wake each other. We're looking at building a garden room to work from so will likely move them into their own rooms later this year but only if they want to. For now they're happy sharing.

Thanks all - very helpful and food for thought

I personally don't see the big deal in doing bed time in 2 separate rooms.

This is probably a bit odd. But I have flexibility my 2 youngest used to share a room. My oldest son then moved out. Ds asked of he can have his own room so I said yes. But I left his bed in the shared room. So sometimes they share the room. Sometimes they have their own rooms . I know that's probably not the norm though.

You could just see how it gos with sharing and change it of its not working.