2006-10-17 09:56:47 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Other - Pregnancy & Parenting
if we have another baby, then it would be a 2 year old girl and a 7 year old girl
Otherwise, I could put my 4 year old boy with my 2 year old girl.
2006-10-17 10:22:11 · update #1
IM 13 with a brother who's 10. Here's what I think. The good things are that sometimes the kid gets lonely and can't sleep. A sibling in the room might help that. An alternative to that is to get him or her a small pet, like a hamster or a gerbil (gerbils may work better because they are not nocturnal.) The bad thing is that they WILL talk and sometimes play for a while before going to bed and are cranky the next morning.
Hope this helps!
2006-10-17 10:01:43 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 1⤋
My son (5) and daughter (3) share a room and have since the youngest was 18 months. I find that they both sleep better, they do talk and sing before going to sleep, but the occasions when they keep each other up or fight are so few and far between that I would have to say that it is less than 5 times a year! I will allow my children to share a room until they ask for something different. We have the space that each of them could have their own room, they prefer to share.
2006-10-17 21:05:57 · answer #2 · answered by PLDFK 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think putting the youngest kids together is fine, even if it's for the next three years. Little kids don't need alot of personal space or privacy, and gender won't matter till they're older. Your next baby will be close enough in age to share a room with either by the time they are three or four, and if it's a girl, they youngests will always be able to room together!
2006-10-17 18:10:50 · answer #3 · answered by Emily O 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
My younger brother an I shared a room, my parents only had a 2 bedroom house. We moved when I was about 8 and we had seperate rooms. It was never a problem sharing a room, we got along fine. Guess it would have been weird if we were older..... but for young kids it's fine.
2006-10-17 17:07:32 · answer #4 · answered by eeeeeeeeclipse 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I shared a bedroom with my sister until I was 12, when our brother went into the Navy and I got his old room. I was afraid of the dark when I was little and it helped to know that my older sister was there with me. It drove her nuts because she was a neat freak and I was messy, but it all turned out good in the end. Today we are the best of friends.
2006-10-17 17:12:02 · answer #5 · answered by Ryan's mom 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It depends on their age really.
Younger children tend to want to be with someone as they sleep. The good thing about it is that a child sharing the bedroom with another would have no problems sleeping since, with someone else in the room, there is a sense of security and he or she won't feel alone. However, the bad side to it is that, the children may grow to be too dependent on each other to the point that they too won't have the confidence to deal with other related stuff as they grow.
well, just a thought. =)
2006-10-17 17:02:22 · answer #6 · answered by blaqnwytefelyn 1 · 2⤊ 1⤋
I wouldn't put the girl in with the boy. I shared a room with my sister until I was in high school, not a big deal if you don't have the space to give them individual rooms.
2006-10-17 17:28:39 · answer #7 · answered by emmadropit 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The only bad thing about sharing a room is if one child has sleeping problems, it could disturb the other child. In the course of my childhood I shared a room with my twin brother, my sister who is 7 years older and my other sister who is 9 years older. If you don't have the room to put them into their own rooms there is nothing wrong with having them share. They might fight more, but they will probably end up closer in the long run.
2006-10-17 16:59:37 · answer #8 · answered by S. O. 4 · 3⤊ 2⤋
Depends on age and gender....some good things are that they are forced to work as a team and learn to share and be social....some bad things are that they may fight if you are not involved enough in their quality time habits ... ...its what you as a parent make it for them... ...when i use to share my room, my dad gave me and my sister games like whoever cleans their part of the room fastest got to pick the movie to watch for the night... ...and if we would fight, he would talk against it and take something from us .. ... you gotta be involved in whatever decision you make... ...at a certain age, kids need their privacy and then you'll have whole new question to be answered...good luck...
2006-10-17 17:03:39 · answer #9 · answered by Carmen 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's okay for boys and girls to share a room up until one of them is 5. Other than that, boys with boys, girls with girls.
2006-10-17 17:04:01 · answer #10 · answered by betterlife_travel 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋