where to put the next baby?

[natts1]

hi
just wondering what you all thought- im hoping to get pregnant very soon, already have a 5yr old who i adore. we live in2 bed house and although we tried to move it hasnt worked out and we are stuck here for the next few years. we have lovely basment room which is done out as a playroom- the window is big enough to turn into a fire escape.
my 5 yr old keeps asking to move her bed into her playroom and change it into her bedroon- could this be an option for when the next baby comes along? or would i be better putting them together and still having playroom?
i know that its not really a problem yet- but as i had a bad pegnancy last time would love to have it sorted so i dont have that to worry about.

put them together and have a playroom would be my approach. I really like the idea of kids sharing a bedroom and a separate play area. I'd want to avoid any sense of ownership of the room that most practical for them to be in when you're cooking/doing other general stuff. You might also keep the option of an inflatable bed for visitors in the playroom?

thanks for ur advice- im more worried if we have a boy this time round, there'll be a big age difference, can i still out them together?

don't see why not at all? do you have room for a new baby in your room for a while, not necessarily until sleeping through, but while still tiny and feeding loads? if your dd sleeps soundly, she probably wouldn't notice any disruption - my 3.5yo ds2 doesn't wake up even after 10 mins of ds2 18mo demanding loudly and indignantly to be got up at 5ish. They've been in the same room for about 4 months and works really well.

I dream of a playroom, tbh. My boys' playroom is the sitting room, the room you walk straight into from the front door, so lots of drawbacks, not least the constant falling over toys by all of us.

It sounds a lovely room with scope to have lots of different thigns in different areas. And a new baby wouldn't really be invading it for ages, so it would still be your dd's domain. If it had a comfy chair in it, you could also feed/tend to the baby while your dd was playing happily, I guess. Would she be more proprietorial about having you in there if it was officially her room? No obvious answer but, in your position, I'd decide on the basis of how you think the room could best be used on a day-to-day basis.

the baby would be in with us for maybe the first 3 months- by then my dd will be 6/7. I'm just not sure about whether she'll be ok with 2 floors between us at that age?
as i say its not a major problem- just wanted peoples views.x