When I started my parenting journey, I was adamantly opposed to kids sharing bedrooms. That changed rather quickly as it become obvious that our children were going to outnumber our bedrooms. And bedroom-sharing is still pretty common, so people generally don't look at you like you're crazy. But we've ventured into brand-new territory this year - bed-sharing. Elle's crib canopy broke in January so we knew it was time to take it down and move her into a big girl bed. We'd planned, originally, on buying a small twin bed to add to the room, but looking at Cecily in her huge full bed (we have full size bunk beds - Allegra's on the top bunk), it just seemed silly to cram another bed in there and take away the generous floor space they have to play dolls and Build-A-Bears. So, Cecily and Elinor bed-share. I don't know how long it will last, but it's pretty darn cute right now. They have very particular sides of the bed and there's an invisible but clear dividing that the other girl's blankets and toys must not cross. I hope this works out well for a few years, because they are just so sweet!
I had to include this picture because it makes me smile. In Sunday School one day Cecily made a puppet (paper on a popsicle stick) of David and decided that she LOVED him. She took care of him for several days, and this particular night she wanted him to sleep by her, so she tipped over her hamper, but him on the bed that goes in her dollhouse, layed him under the blanket and put her shoe on top of the blanket to make sure he didn't fall out. It's little things like these that I want to remember a decade from now...
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That invisible line makes all the difference! :) We talked with our girls about bed sharing because of our lack of space, but neither of the older girls wanted to share with the younger girl. They thought she'd be too rowdy, giggly, and take the covers. So...triple bunks.
Our girls each have their own beds but often choose to share instead of sleeping alone :)
Meghan, I've seen triple bunks before - they are pretty neat but my husband is definitely not handy with woodworking. If we ever got a summer cabin somewhere, though, we're going to just have to do it - how perfectly cozy!
Jennifer, That's what made me think it would be okay in the first place. My boys each have their own bunk in their rooms, but half of the time they end up sleeping in the same bed anyways. So, this time, we've just cut out all pretenses of being a "normal-sized" family LOL.
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