DS and DD sharing a bed

[crisi]

Mine are seven and eight and have sleepovers at home. (My son gets afraid of the dark and his sister still lets him crawl in bed with her.)

I remember a trip I took with a male "just friend" in my twenties. We shared a king bed cause that was what was at the hotel. No hanky panky.

I imagine in a few years, we will have to move to (and are planning on moving to) a two bedroom and we won't use the pull out any longer. But for now, they share the bed.

 

[KelNottAt]

My kids shared the sleeper in our BWV 1br last month. They're 12 & 14. Nobody complained. It's probably the last time, but we'll play it by ear.

When we're in a regular hotel room, I'm with DD and DH is with DS. But that's just because DH and I aren't comfortable in a double (and sometimes queen) bed.

 

[Scraper]

No worries the kids will let you know when. Our DS now 15 would rather sleep outside then with his 12 year old sister. But it was good while it lasted.

 

[Mom B]

I agree that it doesn't hurt a thing to have them share a bed, at least until 12 yrs or so. In one of our earlier Disney trips (pre-DVC) our kids were approximately 18, 16, 8, and 6. DS 8 and DD 6 shared a bed, Mom and Dad shared a bed, and although there WAS a pullout couch (this was a "junior suite" at WL back in the day) both DD18 and DS16 slept on the floor in the living room. None of my kids ever minded sleeping on the floor and since they were used to camping on the "cold hard ground" it wasn't a big deal, even with no air mattress. They probably would have slept on hot coals to be in Disney anyway...

 

[Judique]

Hmm, this is odd I say... My kids are 8 & 11 & they, on occasion give us a bit of trouble when sharing the pullout... one kicks the other, the other takes the blankets, so on & so forth.... on those occasions, one of them sleeps on the couch cushions! It's more an issue of sibling rivalry...

However, I will say, when we have to share a room with two doubles, I sleep with one of the children & DH sleeps with one of the children, because God knows DH & I don't want to sleep on a double bed together ROFLMBO...

Lol..this sounds like our family when the kids were younger! To the OP -whatever works for you. Don't worry about sister or Mom's ideas.....what's normal for their family doesn't make what's working for you wrong.

 

[pearlieq]

It's funny, I never even thought of this as a potential "issue" until I read something about it on the DIS.

When we took our godkids a couple of years ago they were 14 and 17 and they shared a queen in both of our hotel rooms. It never even occured to me that it would possibly be inappropriate. For heaven's sake they're brother and sister and there were 4 of us in the room! What on Earth was there to be concerned about? They didn't really seem concerned about it either. When we moved to the Poly one of them could have taken the daybed, I guess, but it never really occured to anyone.

I guess everyone has to do what they're comfortable with. If we ever went again I would probably get a 2 bedroom, but mostly for the extra space and bathroom.

 

[rocketriter]

It's strange what people will think is an issue. I mean, you can find something "funny" about DH and DS sleeping together, too, if you've got the sort of mind that looks for trouble when there isn't any. Just tell your in-laws to get their noses out of your hotel bedroom.

 

[Luigi's Girl]

MY kids are 2 1/2 years apart and had shared a bed from the ages of 4 and 6 until DS was 12 and DD was 10. No complaints except that DD had to sleep with a serial gas passer!

 

[colleen costello]

Americans are so WEIRD about the sleeping issue... Do people think that folks in third world countries have these supposed issues? In many places in the world the whole family sleeps in a heap! My Grandma, who is 86 now, has reminded me a few times that when she was young, everyone in the family slept together... "We were poor," she said, "and it wasn't like kids all had their own bedrooms then."

Kids are good at letting you know when they think something is embarassing... My two took baths together until my daughter started to say "No way I want to be in the tub with my little brother making fun of my body..." Now they wouldn't dream of bathing together... But a few years ago they were OK with it.

 

[MinnieGi]

Our kids are 6 & 2 and share the pull-out sofa. They love sleeping together and we hope it stays that way for quite a few years. They actually cuddle up against one another. It is sooooo cute. After we got home from our trip they have asked for "sleep-overs" in our guest bedroom together. We hope this arrangement until DD hits her puberty years and then we understand she will not want DS to share a bed. At that point we know the two bedroom is in our future.

 

[mom2rb]

I'm trying to remember when my brother and I quit sharing a bed. I think it was the first time he brought a girlfriend with him. That year I slept with her and he slept on the floor. So until were 15 and 17 that was how we spent every family vacation.