I currently have two bedrooms for the kids. Three boys, ages 9,4, and soon to be 2. I also have 1 girl. The soon to be 2 year old is currently in my daughters bedroom due to nap situation. He is in a crib and since she is at school during the day, it works out really well for him to be in there. My 9 and 4 yo fight all the time. And we are planning on putting all three of the boys, eventually, into the same room. I am trying to figure out other options. I have even thought of having one of them stay in the room with my 6yo daughter, but have not decided if that is the best option.

Does anyone have any ideas they can share??

I don't see a problem with leaving the baby in with your daughter for now. As long as she doesn't mind. I'm not one that believes that kids have to have their own rooms, but I do feel strongly that each child should have some space that they feel is their own and they can be alone in. That will be the biggest challenge if you keep the four in just two rooms. The oldest boy is always going to be so much older than the two younger boys - there will always be lots of friction - they just aren't going to have the same interests until they are grown. Is there any other space at all that you can turn into a room for the oldest boy? A dining room that can have a door put on? Moving walls to make the existing two rooms into smaller three rooms? If you can come up with something eventually for the oldest boy - it will probably save years off your life and keep your hair from turning grey too quick! Good luck!

We were planning on putting my eldest downstairs eventually. We have a bedroom downstairs, but my niece is moving in with us to go to college. So, we are moving her in that room for at least two years. At that point we were talking about moving him down there. He is still young at this point and does not want to be that far away from us. But the age thing will be an issue as time continues...

Up until a year ago - I had all 3 of my boys in the same room - there is a 3 1/2 year difference in all their ages (right now they are 15, 11, and 8). It worked out fine and we did have the occasional mishap of an arguement, but it seemed fine. We did move into a bigger house and now my oldest DS has his own room...and I'll tell you...he's constantly asking if he could go into his younger brothers room to sleep...not alot - but it does happen. I think they have a stronger bond to one another from sharing a room...the younger ones can't even go to bed without the other one...it's cute!!

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We had a tiny 2 bedroom house before we bought this one. I have 1 boy and 1 girl and they shared a bedroom up until my son turned 11yrs old. My kids are 4yrs apart in age. Ds was 11 and dd was 7 when they finally got their own bedrooms. It worked out fine, if they needed privacy to change clothing we had a half bath right off their bedroom,so they just went in there to change clothing in private. We had bunk beds,only because space was pretty limited, i designated each side of the room to the kids. One side was girly things on the walls, the other was boy things.Even after we first moved into this house (we have 4 bedrooms now), they would sleep in the same room at night. They called it "camping" but i think they just didn't want to admit they couldn't sleep alone in their rooms,i think they were too scared to sleep alone, all they had ever known was sharing a room. They have definitely outgrown that now. It's a screaming match now if one steps foot into the other's "space"!! lol

My DH shared a room with his sister until he was 14. She is only 18 months younger than him. they lived in a 2 bedroom apartment and says he never thought anything about it. It was just how it was.

We had a small two bedroom townhome up until recently. My ds and dd shared a room and loved it. We had no problems at all. In fact, when we moved into our new house, they each have their own rooms and my son still cries sometimes because he misses her being in there with him. They are 3 years apart. She sleeps much better now but he wakes alot without having someone in there with him. I have found him asleep on her floor sometimes. It is so sweet...:love:

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