Do your kids share a room?

[MickeyMomOfThree]

DD11 and DD8 have always shared a room. They never officially shared a bed though many times they would (and still sometimes do) fall asleep together. DD15 has her own room but plans on living at home when she goes to college for at least the first couple years so they won't have a chance at their own rooms for at least 4 years.

 

[mickeyboat]

DDs are Irish twins and are in the same grade in school (they are 9 & 10). They have their own rooms with twin beds, but prefer to sleep together in a double bed in the playroom. I don't know if I will ever get them back in their own rooms.

They do sometimes stay up past bedtime and play when it is time to sleep, but it works o.k. for the most part. However I don't think it would have worked well when they were small.

Good luck Sonya! I can't believe your babies are 3!

 

[kidzmom3]

I think you have to buy the separate beds. They need their own space. if they can't have their own room, at least they can have their own area. Make it a punishable offense to get off of your own bed to play after bed time. You can even put in the under mattress side rails.

 

[worm761]

Are you or your husband crafty? I love these beds but have no use for them.

http://ana-white.com/2010/06/furniture-plans-corner-hutch-for-twin.html


Actually, I love a lot of her stuff but I am not crafty. Maybe one day.

 

[The Mystery Machine]

OP, you can always start scouring Craigslist for used bedroom sets. That is what we are doing for my 14yodd.

She wants a complete set and we can't afford to buy her new so we are looking for used.

 

[LisaNJ25]

Are you or your husband crafty? I love these beds but have no use for them.

http://ana-white.com/2010/06/furniture-plans-corner-hutch-for-twin.html


Actually, I love a lot of her stuff but I am not crafty. Maybe one day.

what a great site.. makes me want to run out and buy some wood lol Thank you for sharing.

Op. 3 of my kids share one room. I have a trundle bed and a toddler bed. Looking to go to bunkbeds soon and than the trundle bed.

Most nights all 3 end up together in the one twin bed.

 

[kacaju]

A temporary solution:
How about putting them to bed separately, at least temporarily? Put one of them in your bed and the other in their room. Once they are both asleep, move the one from your bed to her room.

This

 

[aprilgail2]

Really? Unless he was told not to jump on the beds, my ds7 would just get yelled at. Her ds7 was jumping with his siblings, why should he be the one to get in trouble? Now, if I had told my ds not to jump on the beds, or he maliciously broke the beds on purpose, then there would be a harsher punishment.

Seriously!! I totally agree with you!

 

[furniture]

it was very nice as well educational post. this type of bed two beds are stacked over another. in this bed the children below six years of age should not sleep at top of the bed.

 

[mtemm]

mine do. my twins shared a room when they were born, but we moved a few months before they turned 2 and my younger son moved in with his older brother, while my younger son's twin sister got her own room. it was a MUCH better situation for all involved. the twins had very different sleep habits, the boys were much more similar. and when we moved them into their big kid beds when they turned 2, it wasn't such a big deal. my older son was a great sleeper already, so the younger one had a great model for good behavior.

good luck! just keep in mind this too shall pass.

 

[4greatboys]

My 2 older boys do not share a room but the 2 youngest do, they are 8 and
10. Sometimes at night they are chatty but most of the time I don't have an issue getting them to sleep. They do also sleep in the same bed.

 

[LuvOrlando]

I say get an air bed and let them take turns on it until you can afford a cheap twin for one of them.

I'm not against family beds, in fact I did it and was very happy with the situation UNTIL it was time to separate the kids at 4 & 5. What a nightmare... seriously the change was traumatic for everyone, including me, and I don't mean a few nights of trouble. I spent 6 months reading on the floor of my hallway so they could both go to sleep seeing me until they were comforted my hearing my TV on as an indicator they weren't alone. I wouldn't ever do it again, not because it's harmful but because at some point either you or one of the kids will want to change and the separation was an experience I would have rather lived without.. the tears, the upset, the disruption, uggh. Funny how the professional advocates of these behaviors never talk about an end game.

 

[Kat77]

I say get an air bed and let them take turns on it until you can afford a cheap twin for one of them.

We did this but used it like a naughty spot. Whoever was caught playing had to take their pillow and sleep on the air matress. We would move the child back to bed after they both fell asleep. They eventually learned to sleep without the bedtime parties.