Would you let your children share a room if they didn't need to and from what age?

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We're moving house this summer. DS will be just 2 and DD will be 7 months. Both of them sleep through the night. We will have enough space for them each to have their own room but I am wondering if it wouldn't be better for them to share. Reasons are i) it might be nice for them and ii) we would have a spare room for guests and for me to escape to if DH starts snoring too badly. But are they too young to share and this is a bad idea? Would love to hear your thoughts and experiences.

I have DS (just 2) and DD (10 months) and I often think it would be nice for them to share.

They don't at the mo, but wake each other up anyway and I'd like them to share too. Mine don't at the moment.. but that's because we have 6 bedrooms and the smaller two are designated the 'babies' rooms and neither room would accomodate both kids easily.

I'd go for it. Especially if it meant you could have a spare room.

Mine have just started sharing at 17 months and 3 years. They don't have to but we wanted to be able to reclaim the spare room and have space for my craft things etc. Dd hasn't slept well at all until now hence not sharing earlier. I don't think they are too young, I know plenty of people who have had dcs sharing earlier. A friend has just put her 4 month old in with his 2.6 year old brother.

I put dd down then have a couple more books with ds and he goes to bed 20 mins or so after dd. Sometimes she is pretty dozy by then and they just both go to sleep, sometimes they chat away for a while but they only messed around with getting out of bed, playing and so on the first couple of nights.

I remember mostly enjoying sharing a room with my sister until we were quite a bit older and wanted a little more privacy.

My sister's four share rooms 2x2 - they're each about 2 years apart - and it works fine for them. I think they like the company at this age (4,6,8,10 now, but have been sharing for a while)

Thanks for the responses everyone; this is really encouraging. DH is less in favour so I may show him these responses to try and persuade him!

Mine share even though they don't have to. They are 5 and 2. It works well as if they aren't ready for sleep they will play quietly together and then climb into bed when ready. It's so lovely to hear them chatting away. They started sharing when my youngest was 17months and there were no problems - no waking each other up or stopping the other from sleeping.