Room set up for 3rd baby

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Hi, not sure if this is best on pregnancy or larger family section.

we are nearly 12 weeks pregnant with our 3rd. It was a very unexpected pregnancy (on the pill) but none the less, very very much wanted.

i know it’s still early days, but we’re thinking of our options for nursery/room set up once (hopefully) baby is here early next year.

we have 2 DC, both boys, and this baby is a girl. Boys are 6 and 2, but 6 year old is an early riser and 2 year old loves his sleep!!

we are lucky to live in a 4 bed house, all decent size rooms, but as me and DH both wfh, one is currently being used as a study.

I think our options are:

1. give baby the 4th bedroom and we build a garden room, which will cost around £15k. An expense we ideally want to avoid, but cheaper than moving etc.

2. the boys share, but given age gap and the sleep differences, I don’t think this is my preference

3. 2 year old and baby girl share for a while (she will obviously be in with us for first 5/6 months) until they are old enough to need own rooms. Again, this may depend on how baby girl sleeps!

any other suggestions/comments I may not have considered? I know there are lots of solutions, but I just want to work through them!

thanks

We’ve just had our third and turned office into nursery and put desk in the living room. This will only work because kids will be in childcare when I am working!

@Applesandpears23 aww congratulations on your baby, how are you doing?

unfortunately this won’t work for us, as we have an open planned area and I will be home with baby and DH has a lot of important calls etc.

Garden room, no question!

@aeso yes, I think this is the best option, it’s just a shame they cost so much for such a small space!

Option 3.

@GrumpyPanda i am also toying with this idea, but I guess we could put baby girl in her own room and make a desk in one of the boys rooms so DH can work when they are at nursery/school. Just not ideal.

We tried to put my youngest in with her sister at 7 months, it was an absolute disaster. She was up for hours every night and disturbed the toddler. We ended up bringing her back in with us and saved for a a loft conversion. She had her own room at 14 months- it couldn’t have come quick enough!
ultimately it just depends on how well they sleep. 🤞🏻

@UsernamePain hmm ok, this is my worry. Can I ask, if you don’t mind, how much was your loft conversion? X

I only have 2 bedroom so my baby boy will be going in with his 3 year old sister for a good few years before we can afford to move

he’s only 2 months old so it won’t be an issue till we move him out in a years time

@Fupoffyagrasshole aww congratulations on your baby boy. I guess we should probably want to see how the sleep, I may be worrying over nothing!

DH wfh the office is now a nursery and his desk is downstairs in the living room.

It's far cheaper to put up a stud Wall.
It will be difficult but DH has headphones etc and we are pretty much living in the kitchen now.
It's only for 9 months then everyone will be back at work and school and nursery.

@spudnik1 thank you for the suggestion. We wouldn’t be able to put up a stud wall due to the layout of our downstairs.

we could convert the back part of the garage, but we do sometimes put the car in there so not sure that’s wise over a garden room

yeah just keep your options open to see how it goes trying different things

I’m dreading them in the same room to be honest waking each other up etc

but 3 year old says she can’t wait to have him in her room 🤣

@Fupoffyagrasshole haha I can imagine it must be so exciting for them! My 2YO goes to sleep so well so I really don’t want to muck that up. Plus I’d love to give baby her own nursery, just have to figure it all out x

I am having a similar issue. 3rd baby on the way we have standard 3 bedroom house one being a box room , although it is bigger than a standard box room.

I want to do a loft conversion but partner says with a new baby it’s such a large expense. He wants me to put the 2 boys together age 12&13 and the box as a nursery. My 12 year old has special needs and has medication for bed time which makes him sleep, the 13 year old stays up late. The 12 year old is also going to struggle with me having another “baby” and I don’t want him feeling pushed out by throwing him out of his room.

Our garage was converted into a toy room/ computer room which leads into the garden. I am going to have to set up the baby’s drawers and wardrobe in there to hang and put away clothes whilst saving for the loft. Not ideal. X

Fully finished with carpets, bathroom, furniture etc it was £70,000.
it was something we wanted to do at some point, just ended up being a few years earlier than planned!

Desk in your bedroom?

Pretty well thank you. It definitely gets easier and less stressful with each baby. My eldest causes us all the drama as we are still learning each new stage with her. Good luck with your new arrival!

We only have 3 upstairs rooms and 2 kids, that’s what we do. DD has the larger room which has a desk, and my DH works in her room.

Watching with interest! I have 2 boys who will be just turning 4, and 18 months, when new one is due next March. Have a 3 bed house. The toddler has his own room, baby is currently in my bed (he's 9 months old at the minute).
My dilemma is what to do with the 9 month old, I feel like 18 months is young for him to go in his own room (his big brother co slept with me until he was nearly 3).
Do I keep my younger boy in my room when new baby is born, newborn will be in next to me cot for 6 months then il probably move him into my bed at 6 months old like I did with the other 2, and move DS2 into the other bedroom at that point by which time he will be 2 and ready for a single bed.
Partner usually sleeps on the couch- he works shifts and likes to fall asleep watching TV.