Boy/Girl in same room

How long can you keep a boy/girl in one room?

When we bought our house, I was pregnant with Juliette. We bought a 2 bedroom house with a full finished basement-for my FIL. 1) I only wanted one though my DH wanted three... 2) If we were going for 2, we would plan to move before then.

The house itself has 7 rooms, but it is very strange because we do have a thrid bedroom, only accessible from the staircase in Juliette's room. This sucks bc it is the entire length of the house and it has a full bath up there. So we are trying to decide what to do.

If this one is a girl-we have no problem. We can put the two in one room and continue using the upstairs as a playroom.

If it's a boy, we may stick Juliette upstairs and have to have her trek through the babies room to get there, but atleast she will have some privacy.
THen I was thinking about it, when I lived in Brooklyn, we had railroad rooms and we had no problem walking through someone elses room to get to my room.

Our last choice is to give Juliette our room, take the upstairs and walk through the babies room.

We have been looking to move but the interest rates are alot higher than what we are currently paying. I keep kicking myself bc we bought a two bedroom! And I want to kick the architect that designed it!

Thoughts?

Re: Boy/Girl in same room

My DH shared a bedroom with his older sister throughout grade school (she was in 5th grade when she got her own room). You've got years before you need to worry about this- by then, you'll likely have enough equity built into your home to either sell for a larger profit, or remodel.

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We ONLY have two rooms, so we dont have any other options. We cant afford to move right now. I already have the room all set up for a boy and a girl. Hey, they'll be closer growing up. We are going to start getting our house ready to sell next spring and are hoping to move within 3-5 years...

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I shared a room with my brother until I was in grade 6 and he was grade 5

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I think it's fine until they are in say middle school. Even then, if you don't have a choice, you really don't have a choice.

My townhouse is 2 bedrooms and a loft. My sister lives with me so she sleeps in the downstairs bedroom. I sleep in the master upstairs, and my son sleeps in the loft. The loft area is huge though so I put the crib in the alcove at the other end of it. DS has large castle blocks that sort of separate the space. He's excited about sharing his "room" with his baby sister...well at least for now!

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Thank you all!!! We talked about moving but it KILLS me to have to go to a higher interest rate! It's not worth it...