Brother and sister sharing

[Twizbe]

We are about to finish a major renovation of our house. We've extended to give more living space and 4 double bedrooms.

We moved out while the work was happening and DC have shared a room. DS is 4 and DD is 2.

They are super close and both have expressed that they will miss the other when they go back into their own rooms.

Would it be nuts to have them continue to share a room for a bit? The other bedroom could become an upstairs playroom for them. They do have a small playroom downstairs but it's very small.

They won't have to, or want to share forever but at the moment they are enjoying it.
WWYD?

Put them together.
One will always wander if you dont.

Not at all. They are both so young I can't see it being a problem, as long bedtimes are about the same time or they both go down quietly without disturbing the other if bedtimes are different.

You have the space when they are older to move them onto their own rooms so I really can't see any problem with it!

Of course they can share. We moved from a house where dd and ds shared to one where they had their own rooms. Dd still slept on the bottom bunk for ages. (We kept their own rooms only because it allowed them each to choose decoration and gave them space for their own toys and tonally when friends come over. Even now they often bunk in together.

Let them share :) my eldest (boy) and middle (girl) shared a bedroom for 4 years purely because they wanted to when they were younger.

Don't know why you feel the need to ask this on here. Do what makes you and your children happy. If they want to share, let them.

@Hallyup5

Don't know why you feel the need to ask this on here. Do what makes you and your children happy. If they want to share, let them.

Pardon me for asking

DS has been asking for bunk beds for ages so could perhaps go that route but I think DD is a bit too fearless for that lol.

I'll float the idea with them and see what they say.

Glad it's not a totally crazy idea given that part of the point of the renovation was to give them both a decent sized bedroom lol.

We moved DS (5) and DD (4) into separate rooms a couple of months ago after sharing since DD was 6 months. It lasted about 5 days before DD decamped to DS's room and her room became a sylvanian-Lego world!

You can get those bunk bed to turn into two single bed for flexibility if they decide to sleep at separate bedroom.

My two (DS 8 and DD 5) have been sharing a room since DD was old enough to move out of our bedroom. They love it, and are very sad at the thought of being parted in the next few years.

They will probably want their own rooms eventually so your renovation won’t go to waste.

I shared with my (older) brother until he decided he wanted his own space. I think it’s nice for kids to share for company when they are little and plan to have my kids in the same room but my partner doesn’t understand why we’d have them in together when we have the space.

They will make good use of the extra room soon enough.

I would not entertain the idea of a bunk bed for a 2 year old, though.

Stick them in together :) they'll enjoy it. Bunk beds not recommended for under 6s though (though I'm sure sensible kids could cope younger), but I read something like ~85% of bunk bed injuries turning up at a&e are under 6s. It put me off! We've got singles that can be stacked later on when they're older.

@RainingBatsAndFrogs

They will make good use of the extra room soon enough.

I would not entertain the idea of a bunk bed for a 2 year old, though.

Yeah, we wouldn't go bunk beds because the 2 year old is totally fearless. She'd be up that ladder in no time.

My DS1 and DD1 shared a room until DS1 was about 7. They preferred being together and having a bedroom and a playroom did make things easier for a while with bedtimes.

Funnily enough, I shared with my older brother until he was about a similar age and we did have bunkbeds even when tiny, as was the style then where I was -- and I vaguely recall crazy shenanigans because I was definitely the fearless one, though more around me squeezing under and behind it and then not coming back out. I always make sure the kids' bed have a lot of clear underspace just in case

We have three DC (two boys and a girl) and four bedrooms. At one point they were all sharing (their choice) and we had two spare bedrooms!

Of course, great to share at that age