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[quote=Anonymous]OP, wrapping up what has been written by PPs:

Twins - will this be it or will you have a third child?  If the former, twins can share a room for some time and you will have the third BR to use as play room/guest room.  Even b/g twins can share a room till they are 5 or 6 without too many complaints.  I know same sex twins who have shared till they are ten.  (This is coming from someone who shared a room, even through college).

Layout:  is this a one or two story house?  If the latter, then what is the first floor layout?  Also agree here with many PPs that wee ones cannot be alone in a room until they are considerably older.  So you will not be able to leave them in basement while you are elsewhere in house.  FWIW, we did not have a finished basement until our youngest was five.  If we had, then I probably would've had the basement as their "toy" room and kept minimal goods in the family room.  I still would've needed to be n the basement with them for play.

Time:  long nights, short years.  Infancy and toddlerdom will seem like forever.  But one day you will realize it all happened so quickly, that that is the shortest phase of their life.  If you are relatively tidy and able to keep perspective, then you may want to go with the smaller home.  If you find that your goods spontaneously germinate, then you may need to go with larger house to keep a little more barriers between your stuff.

Good luck to you and the birth of your twins![/quote]

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