anyone with b/g twins....

when do you plan on giving them separate rooms?

 

their cribs convert to toddler beds, so once they have outgrown those we will split them up - maybe when they are 2 or 3?

 

We are moving to a new house in August and I will separate them then. I hope it goes well!

 

Mine are currently seperated because they sleep very differently. As soon as my boy sleeps through the night, we'll put them together. However once we found a new house, we'll probably seperate them, so that will be around 1 year of age.

 

I separated mine at 7 months. We have 4 bedrooms in our house so all 3 kids have their own rooms. I like it because if one wakes up it doesn't wake the other one up. With Emilie there were times she would wake up in the middle of the night and just be awake. So we finally had to let her cry to get her back to sleep. It works well for us.

 

I was going to do it when they really start bugging each other or when they ask for it, whichever comes first.

Mona

 

same as PP....when they ask for it or if I feel they aren't sleeping well and would do better separatley.

 

We live in a 3 Bedroom house.....With 3 Kids Someone will always share a room OR at least share till the oldest moves out.

I figure when they are around 4 or 5 I will put Kyle in with Josh BUT I'm sure by that time Josh will NOT want to have a room mate.

I don't know what we'll do if that doesn't work

 

We have the extra room for them to be seperated but for now they share a nursery and they will for a while not sure when we will seperate them. sorry that isent much help

 

5 1/2 and still sharing here. It is the only room we have so as long as we live here they will have to cotinue to share.

 

If I had the extra room I would seperate mine now. But we do not, I told my DH I want a bigger house in 2 years so they will have their own rooms then.

 

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Originally posted by Cablegirl:
We live in a 3 Bedroom house.....With 3 Kids Someone will always share a room OR at least share till the oldest moves out.

I figure when they are around 4 or 5 I will put Kyle in with Josh BUT I'm sure by that time Josh will NOT want to have a room mate.

I don't know what we'll do if that doesn't work


Same situation here! I'd hate for Norah to be odd one out! My DSD will only visit so there goes my idea of a boys room and a girls room..

 

I thought I would have done it by now, but they are so happy together that I'll keep them together until it becomes a problem having them together. (If that makes sense) They are getting closer and closer and to separate them now would be a nightmare. If one goes upstairs or into feed seat they expect the other one to be there. They start calling the others' name. It's really cute, but it'll be sad if they have to be separated for some reason right now! I'm happy that they are getting so close

 

mine share a nursery......I plan on splitting them up when they go into toddler beds......But I love having them share until then.

 

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I was going to do it when they really start bugging each other or when they ask for it, whichever comes first.


Did anyone move one out for awhile and then put them back together? I didn't think we'd separate for several more years, but they seem to be waking each other a lot lately with teething and colds. We have an "extra" room that could be converted to a bedroom. We currently use it as an office, so making it a bedroom at this point would be somewhat inconvenient.

 

I hope we will be able to move to a 4 bedroom house next year and I would separate them then. Ideally, I would like to separate them at least by the time they are 3. I really want to be able to do a really girly girl room for Jenna (selfish!).

 

I'm glad you asked this as I'm wondering this myself. We only have 3 bedrooms and I really want to keep the 3rd as a guest room since we live in another state than all of our family and like to have them visit as often as possible. I hope to keep them together at least until 3-4.

PetiteFleur
Mom to:
Cole & Amelia
born 10/16/06

 

As the girl in a boy girl twin duo: I shared a room with my brother until we moved to boarding school (at 11 or 12) and then again when we moved back home from boarding school (at 15) until we were 19 and went to university.
We are 6 siblings and our parents have a small house, so we shared with our sister Katie who is just a year younger than us as well, then our next sister Ginny was born and we were too crammed in the 1 room, so they put the big kids (me and Mike) in one room and the little kids (K and G) in the other room.
Then our two little brothers came along in about a years time from each other and they stayed in my parents room til we went to boarding school. When we moved back, my mom wanted to have a girls room and a boys room, but agewise that did not work, because Mike was 15 but the rugrats were only 5 and 4 so the sleeping pattern was wrong.
Finally we decided to have Mike, Katie, me and Ginny in one room and the two mites in the other room.
When Mike, Katie and I moved out at 19 and 18 respectively Ginny had a room all for herself! She did not like it and now she is sleeping with the little boys and the extra room is my mom's room for when she writes and our room when we visit.
Sorry this got so long, CJ

 

I don't plan on separating them until they ask to be or are to unruly to be together. We have another bedroom to spare, but I like the idea of them together, and for now they seem to enjoy each others company!!

 

Maybe when they are done with toddler beds? I haven't decorated either bedroom yet. Their current room (will be DD when they are separated) is totally boring, but they only sleep in there so I don't *as* guilty. Maybe when they get separated they will be old enough to help pick out how they want their rooms to be done!

 

Mine are still happily sharing and will for quite some time.

 

Right now, mine are seperated by age. I have 3 bedrooms,so my plan is to put the girls together when the babies are old enough for toddler beds and put the boys together. HOWEVER, if the older two continue to be as close as they are now, that may change. Our sleeping arrangements are working well for us right now, so I don't want to mess it up

Crystal

 

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Originally posted by gatormommy:
I don't plan on separating them until they ask to be or are to unruly to be together. We have another bedroom to spare, but I like the idea of them together, and for now they seem to enjoy each others company!!


This is my plan as well. I don't have the extra room now, but we plan on moving soon with the hopes of having more bedrooms, but I'd like for them to share a room as long a possible, in other words, as long as they will tolerate it. They enjoy each other's company, and I think it helps them to sleep better knowing that they aren't all alone in the room at night. We had a hard enough time separating them into two cribs at 6 months, I'd hate to see what would happen if we put them in different rooms!

 

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Originally posted by Cablegirl:
We live in a 3 Bedroom house.....With 3 Kids Someone will always share a room OR at least share till the oldest moves out.

I figure when they are around 4 or 5 I will put Kyle in with Josh BUT I'm sure by that time Josh will NOT want to have a room mate.

I don't know what we'll do if that doesn't work


My situation as well!