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[quote=Anonymous]We have one child and are expecting our second, and we're trying to figure out what the best bedroom configuration is.  Our house has three bedrooms upstairs, so this seems like a no-brainer, but the sizes are really different.

None of the bedrooms is technically a "master," and none has a private bathroom aside from the one in the hallway.  DH and I sleep have the largest bedroom with the best layout.  There's another large-ish bedroom but with an awkward layout, and we currently use this as an office/crafts/storage room.  DS#1 sleeps in the smallest bedroom, which is cozy but really small.

Is it a big issue if the size of DS#1's bedroom and DS#2's bedrooms is vastly different?  We are thinking we'll move DS#1 into the office room and turn his old room into the baby's room.  This will be great when DS#2 is a baby because it's a little closer to our bedroom door and is a cozy little room.  But DS#1 will end up with a really big room, and as DS#2 gets bigger, I feel like this might become an issue.  We could have them share the larger room and use the smaller one as a shared playroom or office space for everyone, but it seems like it'd be better for them to have separate rooms, since they will be almost 4 years apart.  (But maybe I'm wrong about this -- should I be thinking more seriously about having them share, and if so, starting at what age?)

We'll probably have the baby in our room for at least the first 3 months, but I think it might be good to make the room change before the baby comes so that DS#1 doesn't feel like the baby is "stealing" his room or anything.  Does that seem like a good idea?  How do you handle bedrooms?[/quote]

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