Anonymous
Post 10/04/2020 10:31     Subject: Kid's bedroom on same floor as you
We are in that situation now with us upstairs and kids downstairs. It’s annoying AF to walk downstairs in the middle of the night for wake ups. We lock the front door.
Anonymous
Post 10/04/2020 10:15     Subject: Re:Kid's bedroom on same floor as you
Our master bedroom is on the third floor, and both (elementary age) kids bedrooms are on the second. We’ve never had issues with this.
Anonymous
Post 10/04/2020 10:07     Subject: Kid's bedroom on same floor as you
Maybe if master is on first floor and others are on second floor. Never if extras are on a lower floor.
Anonymous
Post 10/04/2020 10:00     Subject: Kid's bedroom on same floor as you
Anonymous wrote:OP here. Thanks for the responses. Seems like people are split and it can work fine though clearly we were inclined to not be worried about it. We aren't going to get everything we want in a house so we want to have some things we can trade off.


Fair enough but I do think your realtor was right about the issue coming up as a resell factor. Eyes wide open.
Anonymous
Post 10/04/2020 09:59     Subject: Kid's bedroom on same floor as you
It would be a deal breaker for me not to have us all on the same floor. Sometimes we rent houses like this (beach etc) and it makes me uncomfortable.
Anonymous
Post 10/04/2020 09:24     Subject: Kid's bedroom on same floor as you
OP here. Thanks for the responses. Seems like people are split and it can work fine though clearly we were inclined to not be worried about it. We aren't going to get everything we want in a house so we want to have some things we can trade off.
Anonymous
Post 10/04/2020 09:07     Subject: Kid's bedroom on same floor as you
I really wanted this, but we could not find anything in our price range. Kids wound up sharing a room on the same level as us when we moved in (they were 5 and 2) and then we moved downstairs when they were 8 and 5. Has not been an issue, ever. So, I’d say not a dealbreaker for everyone as you’re seeing on this thread.
Anonymous
Post 10/04/2020 08:53     Subject: Kid's bedroom on same floor as you
Dealbreaker for me and always will be. My kids are 12 and 14 now.
Anonymous
Post 10/04/2020 08:50     Subject: Kid's bedroom on same floor as you
We don’t like it, but have heard that it’s okay as long as they are above you. But that’s a real problem in a fire.
Anonymous
Post 10/04/2020 08:49     Subject: Kid's bedroom on same floor as you
Doesn't matter after the baby stage. My 5 year old has been in her new big girl room upstairs since 3.5. Master and nursery are on the main and more bedrooms upstairs. Shes fine and happy, can come down at 6 am to snuggle just fine. We have really creaky stairs so i hear her 1st step down. After the first week its never come up that shes on a different floor. She loves the independence and has her own bathroom up there too and can use it without help.
Anonymous
Post 10/04/2020 08:44     Subject: Kid's bedroom on same floor as you
Anonymous wrote:Doesn't matter to me. When my kids were babies we co-slept until they could sleep through the night. Then they went down six stairs to the "bedroom floor" as they called it - the floor with three bedrooms.

Want me to blow your mind even more? We didn't have a baby monitor.


Split levels are not the same.
Anonymous
Post 10/04/2020 08:44     Subject: Re:Kid's bedroom on same floor as you
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I’d be ok with different floors if the kids were not on the main floor.


+1


This. we looked at a house where the master was upstairs and smaller rooms were downstairs and it was lovely, but not interested!
Anonymous
Post 10/04/2020 01:24     Subject: Kid's bedroom on same floor as you
Doesn't matter to me. When my kids were babies we co-slept until they could sleep through the night. Then they went down six stairs to the "bedroom floor" as they called it - the floor with three bedrooms.

Want me to blow your mind even more? We didn't have a baby monitor.
Anonymous
Post 10/04/2020 00:21     Subject: Kid's bedroom on same floor as you
Never mattered to me. Kids were in my room until 3 months and after that they sttn. If you’re worried about hearing a baby, you have a monitor. My oldest is 4 and would get me if something were wrong
Anonymous
Post 10/04/2020 00:17     Subject: Kid's bedroom on same floor as you
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:We have 2 kids under 5. I wouldn't even consider it at this age. For one thing, trudging up and down steps in the middle of the night to deal with an infant and a preschooler sounds horrible. But also, it would be a safety risk for me. What if theres a fire or something? Once they are both a bit older (like, youngest maybe around 7 or so), I think I would be ok with it.


+ 1

We bought our house last summer when kids were 2 and 4. Our oldest likes to come in our room around 5/6 am to snuggle before the alarm goes off and I don’t want anyone schlepping up and down stairs in the middle of the night. Seems like that would be especially tough during the newborn stage.

But even more so, I’m terrified of an emergency. I can’t even imagine the horror of a house fire with kids on a different level. A friend told me a story of a family whose children were killed when the parents in the main level master bedroom could not get to them. There’s also just the run of the mill reasons that could come up too like a toddler puking middle of the night.

I just sleep better with my kids easily accessible to me.