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who should have the bigger room? silly debate between my husband and i
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Anonymous
As the youngest of 3, I agree with this completely. Flip a coin or alternate every couple years. |
Anonymous
| I'm the youngest kid in my family, but I think you should give the bigger room to the oldest. |
Anonymous
Hah. Do you have older siblings? I had an older brother and he picked on me and my sister RELENTLESSLY. If anything, we needed a nice retreat from him. |
Anonymous
| older gets the bigger room, repayment for "breaking in" the parents for the younger one. |
Anonymous
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What is this alternate every couple of years thing? That sounds like a horrible solution. For the first 5 or 6x the parents are doing the bulk of switching the bedrooms, things get misplaced, moody pre-teen children want to know where their favorite X item went, it's an enormous pain in the neck.
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Anonymous
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Start the baby off in the small room. Or else the big room if the nursery as it currently stands has more "stuff" in it (e.g., rocking chair + changing table + dresser) compared with what your son has.
We have a little girl coming in December. She's getting the smaller room because (a) it's closer to the master and (b) she's just a baby -- she'd do just fine in a laundry basket for the first few months. 
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Anonymous
Now, now. That's unfair. Didn't you read PP? Girls need more room so they can have enough room to store their ovens, ironing boards, refrigerators, etc, etc... Otherwise, how will they practice their domestic skills for later in life. Boys need to be encouraged to get out of their rooms and into the real world. Girls need to learn that their place is in the house. Otherwise, surely they'll live a life of frustration and spinsterhood. |
Anonymous
I was the youngest and got the bigger room. Not sure why, but I think it was the best rule 
Will your son notice the room is a different size? If so, you may want to give him the room, because the baby will grow up and just accept the room she has (until she is a preteen and is all drama). |
Anonymous
| Do you need the extra room for a changing table + glider + crib + floor mat + whatever for the baby? If so, then I think it makes sense to use the bigger room for the nursery. Otherwise, give the bigger room to DS and then they might switch if it's necessary when they get older. he'll use it more now than the baby will |
Anonymous
| I also came from a family of 2 girls and a boy and have to agree with OP that my sister and I spent far more time in our rooms than my brother who was always outside and never liked to be couped up inside. plus, girls have more sleep overs than boys. |
Anonymous
So, your teeny, tiny experience can be extrapolated to millions? Cool. Why study science and math? Who needs studies? |
Anonymous
| Now I know why the idiotic women on House Hunters are grabbing all of the closet space... |
Anonymous
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I think you're all putting too much thought into it before they're in the house. There is so much more to a room than size. One bedroom will inevitably be the coldest in the house, or the brightest in the house, or too close/too far to mom and dad. I would put the baby in the room closest to yours regardless of size and when the kids are older you will have a feel for what might suit them best in a room. Chances are their toddler decor will not carry them through their teens anyhow. FWIW, my older brother had a teeny tiny bedroom. He could have switched but he loved that room because it was colder than the others and faced the street. Then, when they're older if they both want the same room then you can flip a coin.
FWIW, I was the youngest and had the largest room. None of my siblings (2 brothers and a sister) cared to switch. |