Who gets their own room?

[TinyPop14]

Currently living in a 2 bedroom flat with Dp, Dd 5 and Ds 9months. We will be moving to a 3 bedroom house in the next few weeks as 18 weeks pregnant with 3rd Dc and desperately need more space. There are 2 double bedrooms, and a box room that will fit a single bed and not much more. We have decided not to find out the sex of the baby. I had thought if baby was a boy then they both boys share the big room and Dd has the small box room and if baby is a girl then both girls share the big room. But now I'm questioning it and thinking, should Dd have the small box room even if the baby is a girl as she will be 6 by the time the baby is born? We cannot afford a 4 bedroom house at the moment so will be staying in this house for the foreseeable future and I'm thinking Dd will want her privacy in the next few years and may not want to share. Is it best to have the two dc who are the same sex sharing regardless off age gap or should the two youngest share even if they are the opposite sex, since there will be only 14 months between them?

If you're not finding out the sex, then surely you only have one choice, little ones in together. Or you could move them after you find out in June, but this means not being able to let DD help choose the decor as you won't know which one she'll be in until then.

Youngest two together! They can share a room for at least 5 or 6 years, by which time tou will hopefully be able to find some more space?

Yep littles in together. Sex not relevant at this age.

Ex and I had a similar dilemma, dsd was 8 when dd was born, we had the dilemma of did dd have her own room as the box as she was there all the time and dsd and dss shared or dss had his own room and it be empty most of the time and the girls shared.

The girls share, they are the best of mates despite the age gap and as an older teenager dss needs his own space.

I agree with the above, the little ones share and dd gets her own room, puberty will hit soon and ultimately the new baby will be in with you for at least 6 months.

In our house Ds was born when dd was 7 and other Ds was 10. When baby was old enough we moved him in with Ds. Dd spends more time in her room than the boys now. It wouldn't have worked if Ds was sharing with her. So I'd go with same sex sharing a room.

Thanks for your replies. I think Dd will have her own room regardless of the sex of the baby. A small part of me is hoping the baby is a boy just to make things easier. I can't see finances changing enough to allow us to afford a 4 bedroom house. May need to knock walls down and do some rearranging in a few years time if the baby is a girl.

Though I'll no doubt change my mind constantly until baby arrives.