bedroom locations

So we are about ready to move into our new house. But, the master bedroom is downstairs and the other bedrooms are all upstairs. Currently, I have both kids in the same room. Boy/girl twins 14 months old. For those of you who started with your kids in the same room when did you separate them and why? Should I put them in their own rooms now, or wait until later. Obviously since they are boy/girl we will have to at some point, but not sure when. Right now they seem to enjoy being in the room together, and they dont really wake the other one up that much. But even if they do, at least they are on the same schedule!! And my other question is for those of you with the master downstairs when did you allow your kids to be upstairs alone. We are thinking of taking one of the bedrooms upstairs for at least another couple of months, but we are not sure. My hubby insists that a good monitor is all we need and everything will be fine. But I am not so sure I am comfortable with the idea. We currently live in a ranch and I am not looking forward to navigating the stairs 4 times a day for naps and bedtime.

 

my girls still share a room & when the new baby comes, all three of them will share a room. we do have a 3 bedroom house (2 upstairs, 1 downstairs), but like you, i'm just not comfortable with the idea of having the kids a whole floor away yet.

 

I've had mine upstairs (in separate rooms) since they were 3 months old, master downstairs. In the early days I did sleep up there on a loveseat due to feedings in the night, etc. But since they were about 6 mos I've been downstairs. It's really not any different than being right next to them provided you do have monitors on. And the stairs are a pain to go up and down a 100 x's a day (their playroom's up there too) BUT it is GREAT exercise and on the plus side I don't have to workout at all to stay trim! :good: I've been doing it so long that I carry them up and down at the same time so I minimize trips and screaming (due to someone geting left downstairs/upstairs).

I don't know about the separation thing b/c I separated ours when we moved to this setup. I LOVE having them separate though b/c if one is sick or teething or just plain not napping/sleeping well, the other still gets good sleep and I can deal w/the troubled one without waking the other. Mine are SO different personality wise that this really is the best thing for them and me. I would think that if you were wanting to do it in the future it might be a good time because wouldn't they be more aware of the change the older they get? I'm sure some others have better input on this though.

GL whatever you decide!

 

My bedroom is downstairs and mine have been upstairs in the same bedroom since they were 6 months old. They are also boy/girl. I will likely leave them together until they ask to be apart. We have an extra bedroom beside of the one they are in, but I don't see a need to split them apart yet or to sleep that close to them. I just used a monitor once I moved them upstairs.

 

All of our bedrooms are upstairs but if I had a master bedroom on another floor, I don't think I'd be comfortable with moving down there just yet...but that's me. I do think if you had a monitor going, you'd be fine with them upstairs and you both downstairs...but I totally see what you mean about the steps!
My two (b/g twins) were separated into their own rooms at 6 months old. Their bedrooms are small, the nursery could not hold two cribs comfortably and the crib they were sharing was getting to small for the both of them, so that was why we separated them. They did fine with the transition and when they have to share a room (on vacation or at my Mom's house) they do pretty decent together.
Good luck with your decision and congratulations on the new home!

 

we separated ours at a few months before 3 when we moved to our new house...prior to that they learned to sleep through each other even through sick and teeth etc...

as for the master on a different floor if they're not climbing their cribs and you don't have to worry about them getting out of their room a good monitor is all you need - our old house we were on the same floor but were way down the hall and we just had the monitor from the time they were 3 mos old and out of our room...

 

I don't know about the separate floors, but as far as sleeping together mine are still in the same room but I separate them for naps which seems to help get more of a nap out of them. It depends on the house too, in this house I hear them no matter where I go and as a mom we have very good hearing when it comes to our kids. We will be moving next year and I have no idea what type of house we will end up with.

Good luck

Heather

 

We have a four bedroom house(one bedroom really small and that's the playroom). Two on the first floor, two on the second floor. "Technically" the master bedroom is the first floor. When we moved into this house four years ago, I wanted our bedroom upstairs. I said it would be easier to move furniture down than up(for when we had kids).

So for 18 months, we were across the hall from the boys. Which essentialy was three steps and you were in the other bedroom. We got pregnant with Annabella and I didn't want her on the first floor, and us on the second floor. We moved our bedroom downstairs and have all three kids upstairs. In the beginning I was leary, but I just didn't want any of my kids on the first floor alone(I have a crazy worry of a burglar getting to the kids first because their rooms were on the first floor). Annabella slept in our room for awhile. She was my last baby! So around 3/4 months I moved her upstairs. And I didn't want to leave her, so I slept in her room for a few more weeks(she was waking still).

But now, I am fine with it. If we had a third bedroom upstairs, we'd be upstairs with them. Just not a possibility. And my boys share a bedroom. Have from the start and will until they move out!