Sleeping arrangements for visiting family

[Anonymous]

My youngest child is a baby still in a crib, so no extra bed. We have 1 K, 1 Q, I double (futon), 3 twins (incl the trundle). Six adults, 4 kids.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Thanks again! I don't know why I didn't think of moving the children. We haven't had to do this before, our youngest is a baby so previously we had two spare rooms available for guests. I think I may share the futon and sleep with my middle child in the baby's room, let MIL have middle child's room, and give DH a couch. Since he doesn't seem to be stressed about this at all :eyeroll:

Or, just put air mattresses on your bedroom floor if you have room and give them the kids rooms. My son always gets evicted to an air mattress but he's fine with it.

You and DH stay in master. 2 of your kids on air mattress in your room. 40s couple in guest room. Aunt in kid 1 room. MIL in kid 2 room. Kid 3 in his/her bed with visiting child on trundle in his/her room.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’m mostly joking about putting my husband on a couch, though he does snore like a tractor. But I do think a double futon is tight for two adults. This is why I don’t really want to give that option to our guests who are a couple.

There is a wonderful invention called a CPAP. I refuse to let my husband sleep in our house without one.

I thought there was only one other couple - put them in the guest room, adults each get a kids room, kids in your room on air mattresses.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Thanks again! I don't know why I didn't think of moving the children. We haven't had to do this before, our youngest is a baby so previously we had two spare rooms available for guests. I think I may share the futon and sleep with my middle child in the baby's room, let MIL have middle child's room, and give DH a couch. Since he doesn't seem to be stressed about this at all :eyeroll:

Or, just put air mattresses on your bedroom floor if you have room and give them the kids rooms. My son always gets evicted to an air mattress but he's fine with it.

You and DH stay in master. 2 of your kids on air mattress in your room. 40s couple in guest room. Aunt in kid 1 room. MIL in kid 2 room. Kid 3 in his/her bed with visiting child on trundle in his/her room.

Yes this.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Thanks again! I don't know why I didn't think of moving the children. We haven't had to do this before, our youngest is a baby so previously we had two spare rooms available for guests. I think I may share the futon and sleep with my middle child in the baby's room, let MIL have middle child's room, and give DH a couch. Since he doesn't seem to be stressed about this at all :eyeroll:

Or, just put air mattresses on your bedroom floor if you have room and give them the kids rooms. My son always gets evicted to an air mattress but he's fine with it.

You and DH stay in master. 2 of your kids on air mattress in your room. 40s couple in guest room. Aunt in kid 1 room. MIL in kid 2 room. Kid 3 in his/her bed with visiting child on trundle in his/her room.

Yes this.

yup

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Thanks again! I don't know why I didn't think of moving the children. We haven't had to do this before, our youngest is a baby so previously we had two spare rooms available for guests. I think I may share the futon and sleep with my middle child in the baby's room, let MIL have middle child's room, and give DH a couch. Since he doesn't seem to be stressed about this at all :eyeroll:

Or, just put air mattresses on your bedroom floor if you have room and give them the kids rooms. My son always gets evicted to an air mattress but he's fine with it.

You and DH stay in master. 2 of your kids on air mattress in your room. 40s couple in guest room. Aunt in kid 1 room. MIL in kid 2 room. Kid 3 in his/her bed with visiting child on trundle in his/her room.

This. It's pretty obvious and simple. Your two kids will love it if you sell it as a special treat or sleep over. The couple gets the guest bedroom.

[Anonymous]

We always move the kids. It’s like a sleepover for them to go anywhreee else in the house and air mattresses are fine for them so free up all the beds you can!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Older woman and couple - get guest room and one kids room. Put all the kids together in one room in air mattresses. Mom can go in kids room. Kids can also sleep on air mattresses in parents rooms.

Yep.

Kids all in one room.

You don't put adults on air mattresses when kids are sleeping in real beds.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My youngest child is a baby still in a crib, so no extra bed. We have 1 K, 1 Q, I double (futon), 3 twins (incl the trundle). Six adults, 4 kids.

Parents in room with baby.

3 remaining kids in futon room, with all 3 in futon if they are little or oldest two on floor and younger in futon if they are too big to do 3 in the futon.

Trundle bed room gets MIL (trundle put away)

Other twin gers great aunt.

Couple in guest room.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Older woman and couple - get guest room and one kids room. Put all the kids together in one room in air mattresses. Mom can go in kids room. Kids can also sleep on air mattresses in parents rooms.

Yep.

Kids all in one room.

You don't put adults on air mattresses when kids are sleeping in real beds.

Ummm it's THEIR OWN BED that you're talking about. If it was a hotel room, I'd agree with you - stick the kids on trundles or airbeds and put the adults in beds. But I personally wouldn't kick my kids out of their own bed so that adults could stay in our house.

And some of you wonder how/why your kids grow up having no respect for you, when meanwhile you've demonstrated that you don't respect them... It's really great to show respect for the older generation when possible, but not when it comes at the expense of disrespecting the younger generation.

Personally, I'd get DH to tell his mother that her staying with us doesn't work this year since DH invited a bunch of other people around instead, and then get him to explain to the visiting party that you have one guest room with queen bed plus a couch in the living room to share among themselves however they feel it's appropriate. And if it doesn't work for them then you have great recommendations for nearby hotels. The visiting kid can stay on the airbed in whichever kid's room wants her there, and if nobody wants her there then I'd put her in the younger child's room (or she can sleep on the floor in the guest room if they want that). And also tell DH that he'd better not invite anyone around again without discussing it with you first.

[Anonymous]

Don't give up the master. You will need a space to get away.

Give the MIL the space she usually has. Move some kids together.

[Anonymous]

You in the master bedroom with crib/baby in your room.

Your other 2 kids with the visiting child in the baby's room on air mattresses.

70 year old woman in guest bedroom.

40 year old couple in room with twin and trundle. Put sleeping bag in room in case their child prefers to sleep on the floor in their room.

MIL takes the other kid room.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I wouldn't give uo my master br either. But if I did, it would only be because *I* was going to a hotel to get away from all these people!

This. I would be more annoyed by this many people in the house who are too cheap for a hotel

[Anonymous]

"Here's a list of motels in the area."

[Anonymous]

You can move the trundle bed or at least the mattress on the floor for one of the kids.