Alrighty..so we’ve come to it, our second child will be ready for a bed by this summer, I swear, it feels like I just had her about a month ago, lol. We have a 3 bedroom 2.5 bath house. Its roomy enough for us, but not enough for the accumulation of toys and clothes our two girls have collected. (we have an 8 year old, as well as her soon to be 2 year old sister) we are planning on going through the toys and getting rid of at least half (I think it will end up being more like a fourth? but we’re trying to be optimistic here.) anyway..we have two options here. One..keep the 2 year old in her own room, and buy a dora bedroom in a box toddler set. or option b….our 8 year old has a bunkbed..that can come apart and act as two twin size beds..and they are antique..so they are actually as high up off the floor as a toddler bed is..along with rails on the side. so we could possibly take the bunk apart, and place the beds side by side in one room for the girls to share while moving all they’re toys into the baby’s room and making it into a playroom. Our 8 year old is okay with sharing a room with her sister..because she knows I mostly keep the baby downstairs with me..so in the days when she has a friend over, she knows for the most part the baby won’t be up there to interfere..but in all acutality? she doesn’t fuss when the baby does interfere or try to include herself in with her sisters playmates….so I’m putting it out there to see what other parents would do…let each child keep they’re own room and buy the toddler a toddler set…or let them share a room and make a play room?
wanted to add…the staying awake isn’t a problem..both girls could sleep through and earthquake..in fact they have once already..and our toddler as slept through the night since we brought her home. so thats not actually a problem. as for the sleepovers..my 8 year old does not have those..and in the off chance she ever does..we have no problem letting the baby camp out with us for that night. We also have no problem moving them back to they’re own rooms in say two years from now when our oldest is getting to her teen ages..if we don’t move by then and get a bigger house of course. but I appreciate everyones opinion and love seeing and hearing what other parents in our situation have done. So thanks!