siblings sharing rooms

[pokemaz]

I kept my babies in my room until they were at least a year old, then would have them share a room with the next oldest sibling.

Right now I have a 5 y/o daughter and a 2 y/o son sharing a room, but I will be moving my son to a room of his own and putting my 6 month old daughter in the room with my 5 y/o daughter pretty soon.

I don't see any moral or ethical issues with siblings co-habitating as long as the privacy is available when needed.

[Phx0808]

I would wait several years. It will disrupt the sleeping pattern of the four-year old. I encourage you to find something else. IMHO, as a social worker.

[Storm61115]

well it might be dangerous for the baby to sleep in the same room as the 4yr old coz he might get curious when the baby cries and hurt him accidently.

[trsaze72]

I don't see a problem with them sharing a room, if you do it from the beginning and make the older one understand the new arrangements, they will be fine. Usually it helps because it makes the older one feel like a big kid, by helping. I have 3 kids and all three have shared rooms off and on, but my 2 daughters who are 18 and 15 love their baby brother who is 7, have always chosen which one of them would share their room with him. So I believe it just depends on how you want to raise them and no one else, because you are the only one in your house and nobody else.

[johnson_evanna]

welll i really cant answer that question ...i dnt know what itz like to share a room ....

[ebonirodgers]

my girls share a room and it is difficult sometimes... but a 4 br house now a days is outrageous to rent... gonna look into buying...LOWERED PRICES AND FORECLOSURES

[animikokala]

Considering the age difference, you should not put the baby in the same room as your 4 year old until the baby can sleep through the night.  It actually struck me as rather selfish that'd you'd consider disturbing your 4 year old's sleep every night, just because you don't want to have the baby in your room. (Until I saw the explanation on a later post.) 

My older sister and I shared a room from the time I was born, till the time she moved out at age 18, but we were only a year apart, so we were both babies together too!  We also shared a room with the oldest of our younger brothers from the time he was about a year old, till he was about 5.  We were 8/9 years older than him, and I'd always wake up whenever he cried.  Most nights my dad would get to him first, but some nights I would, and I'd soothe him back to sleep.  We're 12/13 years older than the next sibling, so we never shared a room with him, nor either of our two other (even younger; I'm 17 years older than 1 and 19 years older than the other) brothers.