Siblings sharing a room

[prangy]

We have two DC. A DS who is 3.5 and a DD who is 10m. Both sleep through well 7.30-6/7ish. Unless they're poorly and then there's obvs broken sleep. We live in a 3 bed so ideally need the third smaller bedroom as an office due to space and now WFH. Is this age appropriate? It won't be forever but definitely for the next 4 years I'd imagine. Any tips on doing this transition? Any positive stories about this? Or negative! TIA

I'm not sure what you mean by "is this age appropriate" ?

Are you questioning whether 2 siblings can share a room ?

I don’t see why not. They can share rooms until puberty starts or when they start annoying each other.

Huh? Of course it’s appropriate, they’re babies.

I would be really careful about this, for no other reason than (if they're in cots) the older child could put things in the cot with younger one and create a hazard or climb in with younger one which wouldn't be safe. I would only do it if the whole room was baby proofed which would mean literally nothing the older one could get hold of to put in with younger one and on the proviso that the older one is fully able to comprehend that they can't get in with younger sibling.

Ds5 and dd3 share and have done since dd was 13 months (we chose to move over dh weeks holiday incase there was more sleepless nights) it's only now that it's starting to be a bit problematic due to dd needing to go to bed earlier than ds so we've separated the bedtime again. Ds now feels like he has the privilege of staying up a bit later on the understanding he is fairly quiet when he goes into bed.

I’ve got a DS and DD with a 2.5 year age gap. They’ve shared since DD was about 15 months (in with us til then) and DS was 3.5. No issues whatsoever and both actuallu seem to sleep better now they are together. I put DD down first and read DS his stories in our bed then he goes in and DD is usually asleep. He listens to audiobooks before sleep and it doesn’t disturb DD at all.

we have a 4 bed so they could have their own rooms but I like having a study plus guest room and they are sweet in theee together

I have DD8 andDS6 who share in fact they share a bed most nights

I mean, is it age appropriate. Is it appropriate for their age. What are you thinking?

Thank you for your input! Sounds like you've had a good experience!

MN makes me laugh, in council housing you would only be entitled to 2 beds. Thousands of kids theses ages are expected to share until 10 (different sex) 16 (same sex)

I'm thinking this is a confusing question.

I understand the words, but can't see what the dilemma is.

I'm also confused because it's extremely common for children to share a room at these ages. Of course it's fine.

The post about locking the 3yo in a jail in case they get in the cot with the 1yo also bonkers what do you think is going to happen??

I'm about to put 11mo and 3.11 in together. I just can't decide whether to bite the bullet and do it ASAP or whether to wait as long as possible. I don't mind having DS3 in our room at all but I know DH prefers to have the room to ourselves.

When my other kid stay she's 12 she sleeps in same room as my 16 month old. As long as not causing sleep issues I would go with it.

My 16 month old loves it looks for her in the morning, I do have a chair and chest so my lo can't see her when she's asleep but that's cause my lo is a nosey little one. Out of sight out of mind theory there.