Mixed sex room sharing

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Please tell me your experiences of opposite sex siblings sharing a bedroom.

Will potentially be happening in our house next year. DS will be 5, DD will be 2 (2.5 year age gap). Don’t know how many years we could get away with it.

They are both excellent sleepers and I can’t imagine they’d disturb each other (they shared a room on holiday and slept through each others commotion).

If it’s necessity then you don’t have a choice. I’d say year 5 at the eldest so when your ds is 9.

The overcrowding guidance is age 10.

My three share a room out of choice (g 7yrs, b 5yrs, g 3yrs). It was originally the girls sharing but then my son got lonely in his room by himself. They are all happy sharing together but when my eldest girl wants her own space away from her brother we will re evaluate the situation, whether that be my oldest in her own room while the younger two share, or splitting the rooms into boy and girl

That’s cute. What is the bed situation, bunk beds?

I’d say 10 as an absolute maximum, wherever possible. They need their privacy at that age.

Age 9 or 10.

They all have their own beds, they are in IKEA extendable beds. The younger two have them in the smallest configuration and the oldest has it in the middle configuration, so none of them are full length at the moment. They keep most of their toys downstairs at the moment so that saves space in the room

My mum and uncle shared a room until my mum got married. She was 21 and he was 17. The reason being, that within a month of them moving into their house where they each had a bedroom, the grandparents moved into their house with them. This was the 1960s/ early 70s. I can’t imagine that now but equally I think there are ways of partitioning a room to make a private space for each child if needs be. If you can’t afford to upsize then you have to make do.

DS and DD shared perfectly happily until she turned 9 and wanted her own space. They preferred sharing - less scary at night.

Till age 10 is fine

My two (5 DD and 3 DS - 2 1/2 year age gap) share. They have done since DS was old enough to move out of our room his cot and they love it. Both excellent sleepers fortunately, and between each other and the night lights there's no fear of the dark.

Eventually we hope to buy a bigger house so they can each have their own room, but it won't be for a few years yet.

Thank you everyone for your comments, it sounds like it works for a lot of people so that’s good to know!
In a few years we will have another bedroom one way or another so they shouldn’t need to share once they get older and need more privacy.