Siblings sharing bedrooms

[Nik's Mom]

I only shared a room with my sister for maybe a year. My kids had their own room until my Mom moved in. They now share a room. We will be moving to a bigger home in a few months. They kids still want to share a room. I guess when they start to get on each other's nerves, they go into their own rooms.

 

[ImarriedGrumpy]

My brother and I shared a room until I was 5 1/2 and he was 4. My parents gave us each our own rooms then, and our sister was born a few months later and she had her own room. My db and I were a little upset at having our own rooms for a while - we were always best buds. Even as teens we used to hang out in each others' rooms and talk for hours.

We live in a 2 bedroom home (very typical for our neighborhood), so if we ever had a 2nd child our kids would have to share. Lots of families in our area are like this, and I've seen some very creative ways of dividing up the rooms if it's a brother and sister who need to share to make sure there's appropriate privacy. The resulting bedrooms are tiny, but it works.

 

[Tink&SquirtsMom]

I shared with my sister (we're 16 months apart) a few years while growing up. Mostly when we were moving and renting for a year before deciding where to buy or again when we were renting while my parents were building a house.

My 2 boys share a room, dd has her own. Yougest ds has lived in 1 room hut that was shared with 9 people, and an orphanage with 6 kids to a bedroom. He gets lonely with "just" ds in his room. Older ds loves sharing his room with his brother. He wanted a little brother for years and its only been 7 months of having him home with us, so hes not sick of his brother following him around yet! He used to sneak into our room or dd's at night because he hated being in a room by himself.

I would like the kids to have their own rooms when they are older. Our plan is to pay off this house quickly so that when they are in junior high and high school we can rent out this house and rent or buy ourselves a bigger house and get them their own rooms. Then as kids start moving out we can move back here. We love this house. I think it will be too small for 3 teens, but I don't want to buy a bigger house just for 4 years and then be stuck with it (and the higher mortgage, property insurance, etc) when we are empty nesters.

 

[chirurgeon]

I shared a room with my sister and a bed with my Mom after my parents split up and we moved in with my grandparents. I got my own room when I was 18 or 19 after our minature poodle kicked me out of our bed. She was a mean little thing. If I rolled over the wrong way she would try and attack me through the covers. I moved into the finished part of our basement.

Kim

 

[believe]

I didn't even have my own bed till I was in fifth grade, when both sisters finally moved out. I slept where-ever there was a space. Both DDs have their own room, but if another child was to come along they would have to share.

 

[disykat]

I shared with my sister, my brother had his own. The house was actually built with a master, one larger bedroom and one smaller. That's just the way it was, and although we occasionally wished for our own rooms, we didn't resent it. My brother's room remained his room when he went to college and that did bother us a bit to have that empty room while we shared, but I see where my parents were coming from.

My boys shared until it became clear they weren't a good "fit" because I have one who is obsessively tidy and one who is decidedly not tidy. Since we have two rooms they had the option - if we didn't, I'd expect them to share. If we'd had a third child, I would have expected them to share.

 

[MoniqueU]

I am an only child so I never shared. My girls shared when they were about 2 and 3 at my other house, just a nightmare. My oldest daughter accidentally knocked the dresser over and the tv fell and almost hit my youngest one. Scared the daylights out of me. I could of had the option at that house to have a 5th bedroom but instead picked having a retreat instead. Big mistake. We ended up buying a house that was the same model around the corner because it had more upgrades and a beautiful pool with real rocks as a jump and a pebble tech bottom. This house had the extra bedroom thing instead of the retreat. What a blessing. I can't imagine my 2 girls sharing a room now. One is a night owl big time and would annoy the heck out of the other daughter. My son has pretty much always had his own room.

 

[JVL1018]

I shared a room with my 2 brothers until I was 5, then my parents added on a 4th bedroom(Gram lived with us, so she had the 3rd bedroom) and I got my own.
My brothers shared until the older one moved out.

My kids shared for a year until we moved just before DS turned one and now they have their own.

 

[justhat]

My kids optionally share a room. Well, optional on the part of my daughter anyway, as my son is too young to really have any input.

Our plan was for them each to have their own rooms, but my daughter was a terrible sleeper from birth and the best we got was having her in her toddler bed in our room. She slept all night in it so I was happy. Then one day when she was 2.5yo she told us she wanted to sleep in her brother's room and that was that. He was always a great sleeper so we worried a little at first, that having a roommate might bother him, but he was fine.

So now we use my daughter's old bedroom as a playroom, which actually works much better than if they were each in their own rooms. Of course, last night they woke each other up around 3am for 2.5 hours so if that starts to become routine we'll have to re-evaluate things!

 

[mumom95]

Did you and one (or more) of your siblings have to share a bedroom growing up? How about your children now, do they have to share?

I only have one sibling, so we each had our own room. I don't currently have any children, but the dogs have their own room.

I have one sister, we are 8 years apart and always had our own room. My DS8 and DD6 are 18 months apart, and have their own rooms, but my son has bunk beds and my daughter usually sleeps on the bottom bunk. They like sleeping in the same room.

 

[HelenePA]

right now its a free for all where the kids sleep, we are in the process of redoing bedrooms and they are a mess, so basically what ever bed they crawl into for the night is fine with me, there are 2 sets of bunkbeds, one in the "girls" room, one in my son's. Next year we'll be adding on to have another bedroom.

 

[Plantlady]

I did not share a room growing up.

My three boys all share a room. (11, 8, 6)

We are planning on building a house, and part of our goal, is for them to have their own room.. but, honestly, I think they'll miss sharing, since that's all they know. They are very close, and best friends.

 

[luv2nascar]

I'm and only so no sharing. DH was one of three but they had five bedrooms so no sharing.

We have two girls and they have their own rooms but sleep together. Their choice go figure.

 

[tinaluis]

I didn't even have a room of my own. I slept on the couch and I had a small dresser in the corner of the closet.

My 3 DDs share a huge master bedroom and DH and I have the smaller bedroom off to the side and the baby bunks with us. We have an extra bedroom on the main level of our house, but it doesn't belong to any one person. We all kind of hang out there in the morning when getting ready for school and work.

 

[kldmom2000]

My brother and I had our own rooms growing up.

My 2 girls have their own rooms BUT sleep in bunk beds in my older DD"s room. My 5 yr old DD has always had MUCH difficulty sleeping alone in her room so about 2.5 yrs ago, they started sleeping in my now 7 yr old's room on the Aerobed since her twin bed was not big enough. We then went out and bought bunk beds @ BJ's and they've been in them for 2 yrs

 

[Tinijocaro]

Did you and one (or more) of your siblings have to share a bedroom growing up? How about your children now, do they have to share?

I only have one sibling, so we each had our own room. I don't currently have any children, but the dogs have their own room.

My children don't HAVE to share, they GET to share. I have such wonderful memories of sharing a room with my sister. We didn't always get along, but I remember late night talks, cuddles if we were scared, hanging out together upstairs in our room. My boys share a room too, I catch them spending time together after I've put them to bed and it makes me glad that they are sharing a room. My boys are 8 and 12, and my girls are 6 and 10. I may feel differently when they are all teens, but my sis and I survived it.

 

[binny]

I was the only girl so I never had to share but my brothers always did.

My girls share ( they are 8 and 9 ) but it is their choice. There are more than enough rooms in this house but they like to share a room.

 

[juligrl]

My girls each have their own bedroom and I prefer it that way - I have some issues!

Growing up, I had my own bedroom. My mother lovingly painted a Bambi mural on the 4 walls of my childhood bedroom (aka "the Bambi room") before I was born. When my sister was born nearly 4 years after me she got her own bedroom it was yellow and had a rainbow painted across one wall (aka "the rainbow room"). Something like 2 years later my parents got the brilliant idea that we would like a playroom so they moved my sister over to the Bambi room since I had a double bed and turned the rainbow room into a playroom. Why they didn't just use the spare room (our guest bedroom that got used once every decade) into the playroom, I'll never understand.

By 8 I'd had enough of sharing my room and we truly didn't need the playroom so I said "I want my own room." I wanted my own room, the Bambi room, back to myself and DSis could have her own room. Before I knew what had happened though I found myself relocated to the rainbow room and my sister retaining my room. Being an obedient child, for a few more years anyhow, I never did fight my parents over this, but I still contend that my mom helped my sister steal my Bambi room!

 

[aprilgail2]

My daughter is an only chld so she gets to have her own room. I never shared as a child and I cherished my personal space so I would never make my child share a bedroom unless there were not enough rooms in the house and no other choice. Right now I have 3 spare bedrooms but I don't plan on any more kids so she is safe!

 

[fltwinmom]

My twins share a room. They will continue to do so until they learn how to clean it properly!!