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sharing a bedroom

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hatter · 14/04/2004 14:22

dds (nearly 4 and nearly 2) share a room and have done for about a year. On the whole they seem to like it and I don't think either of them would like going to sleep on their own - but DD2 seems to permenently have a terrible cough and she will often wake dd1 up early in the morning. The problem is that DD2 gets really p'd off with her -she will shout at her and get all upset. I can understand it in a way but my concern is are we potentially damaging their relationship. I can't help thinking about couples where one (usually the bloke) snores and how harmful it can be, how resentment can build up over something that is essentially no-one's fault. Am I worrying over nothing? We've got the space to put them in seperate rooms (it would mean sacrificing a study), but we had hoped that sharing would be good for them.

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hatter · 14/04/2004 14:23

that's meant to say that it's dd1 who gets annoyed

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Dixie · 16/04/2004 23:58

why not ask them? (Don't mean to sound so blunt)

my two sons orginally had own rooms but had to move them in together for a while when my brother came to stay for a month so they now share a room(1 aged 4 the other almost 2) & i was concerned about recent wakings disturbing them & wondered if i should move them back now my brother vacated the other room so I asked DS1 " do u like X sleeping in your room with you" he said "OH YES MUMMY IT'S JUST BRILLIANT"
So i asked "but he's room is all empty now he could go back?" he replied "NO I WANT HIM TO STAY HERE"
so my concerns went away...just a thought

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