Becky
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Room Sharing
Posted: 11-06-07 11:21am
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did any of you girls share a room with a
sibling when you were younger? do any of
your kids share a room?
my house is pretty small but it is a 3
bedroomed. at the moment the spare room is
a junk room. when the new baby is a few
months old and ready for the big cot we
are going to move our stuff into the spare
room (get rid of the junk) and the new
baby will be in his/her own nursery.
then when s/he is a bit older we are
intending on him/her sharing with the
child of the same sex (i.e layla or logan)
this is because i don't think it's fair
for opposite sex to share like layla and
logan are at the moment when they start to
get older. it's fine at the moment but i
think it'll be better to have children of
the same sex sharing.
i just wondered if you or your child share
a room and what your experience were/are
of it
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mc4ever02
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Posted: 11-06-07 11:23am
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I think in Florida children of the same
sex can share a room until one of them is
3. Then they have to be in seperate rooms.
Don't qoute me on that though...
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tiamccoy819
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Posted: 11-06-07 11:25am
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I shared a room with my sister untill I
was prolly 12 or 13. Honestly the only
thing I really hated was sharing a bed
with her. She likes to rub peoples ears
and face when she is going to sleep and I
coudlnt stand it. I remeber one time I put
a blanket down the middle of our bed and
told her that she couldnt cross it.lol
I also hated the fact that she would
always steal my clothes considering she is
bigger then me. But I dont see anything
wrong with kids sharing a room when they
are young.
It might get more annoying to them when
they get in their teenage years, becuase
all teenagers want privacy, and not their
little brothers or sisters running in and
out of their room.
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tiamccoy819
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Posted: 11-06-07 11:37am
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| mc4ever02
wrote: | I think in Florida children
of the same sex can share a room until one
of them is 3. Then they have to be in
seperate rooms.
Don't qoute me on that
though... |
They really have laws on that kind of
stuff...wow. I grew up sharing a room and
showering with my siblings my whole
life...thats jsut how i was raised
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sick_mama17
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Posted: 11-06-07 11:41am
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Your plan sounds good but Im torn because
I aslo think the oldest child should get
their own room first. I shared a room with
2 of my sisters until I was 9. By that
time I was so happy to finally have my own
room!
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The Mrs
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Posted: 11-06-07 11:43am
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My husband's brother shared a room with
his older sister when they were younger,
but he probably moved out before the age
of 2. Then my husband and his brother
shared bunk beds until he moved out for
college! He hated it, but not for any
reason other than the fact that he had to
have bunk beds.
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Emma2
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Posted: 11-06-07 12:00pm
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I shared with my sister . We were 3 kids
and of course my bro got his own room. I
got used to sharing , I shared up until i
was 19 when my sister got married.....
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musikmaker
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Posted: 11-06-07 12:04pm
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I shared with my sister until she moved
out when she got married. In fact, I never
had my own room until I was 17. There were
5 kids in our family so it was almost
impossible for us all to have our own
room.
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Bridget
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Posted: 11-06-07 12:07pm
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finn and the new baby will be sharing a
room. we live in a very small condo with
only 2 bedrooms, and i see us here for at
least another 2-3 years.
we're hoping to move in a few years and
we'd be looking for a 4-bedroom home. so
then they'd get their own rooms, but we're
planning on 4-6 kids so eventually some
would be sharing.
now i don't know since we're not there
yet, but i'd think it would be fine for
opposite sex siblings to share up until
like 7-8 years old.
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browngirl
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Posted: 11-06-07 12:08pm
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I shared a room with my sister til she
moved out of the house. She is two years
older than me so we were both well into
our teenage years by the time she moved
out. I loved sharing a room with her
because it gave us more time together and
in the end it brought us closer (at least
til I moved 17,000 miles away from her).
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Posted: 11-06-07 12:11pm
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I shared a room with my sister until I was
17 & moved out. My sister & I
didn't get along at all growing up though
so we were constantly at each others
throats. When we have baby #2, they'll be
sharing a room. I don't see any problem
with opposite sex's sharing rooms until
they are around 7-9 years old.
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yellow ribbon
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Posted: 11-06-07 13:14pm
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macy n liam cant share a room, the fight n
refuse to sleep. when liam was still in a
crib shed toss stuff in the crib. however
roan and liam will prb share when they are
older. like bridget i was a bunch of kids
so eventually well have to figure
something out or get a 8 bdrm home lol
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Becky
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Posted: 11-06-07 13:27pm
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| sick_mama17
wrote: | | Your plan sounds good but Im
torn because I aslo think the oldest child
should get their own room first. I shared
a room with 2 of my sisters until I was 9.
By that time I was so happy to finally
have my own
room! |
if i have a boy, layla (the oldest will
have her own room anyway soit'll all work
out)
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Becky
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Posted: 11-06-07 13:48pm
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thanks girls. you have reassured me 
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Ingi
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Posted: 11-06-07 13:54pm
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I shared a room with my brother when I was
young. Nothing is wrong with sharing.
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oh_mommy
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Posted: 11-06-07 13:59pm
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i have never shared a room EVER.. so i
have no advice and the fact i only have
one child.
However my mom shared a room with 3 of her
sisters and she said she hated it, was
crowded and hated it even more when they
put the baby in the room too (the
youngest) because she would still get up
in the night at wake them all up..
I dont beilieve the oldest should have
their own room... (maybe thats because im
the youngest) but i think if you were to
give the oldest their own room the younger
ones may think you favor the oldest one.
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Dannzibelle
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Posted: 11-06-07 14:44pm
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I shared with my sister from 3 months
until i was 12 when she moved out. I loved
it, i got on really well with my sister so
there was no problem. The only thing that
ever came up was that because i obviously
went to bed before her (i'm 4 years
younger) that she had to make sure she was
quiet
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