I bought my childhood home from my mother. My father bought this house and died when I was 13. He was a police officer killed in the line of duty. My dad literally died for us to have this house. So my mother said since I was the 1st to have children &+ get married I get the house.
Clearly it wasn't just handed to me, I bought it. Now my room is the same pink girly room as when I was a kid like time froze. Nobody has lived in this house since I was 19 (I'm 24 now).
The house is origanally 2 bedrooms but we finished the attic as a big bedroom that growing up my 2 sisters shared. My concern is putting a 5 years old autistic son of mine alone in a bedroom w| steep steps. This baby will have my childhood room so I'm thinking turning the master which was my parents room into mason ( my son)"s room but that would leave me and my honey with an attic room . I wish we could be on the same level but its not working out like that :/
How would you guys do this? Adults in attic and kids downstairs w| baby moniters or turn master bedroom into 2 smaller bedrooms? I don't really have the money to be doing home renovations but if I have to I have to. Even if I just sheetrock a temp wall til I can afford to do a real layout revamp. This house was built in 1920 so it's like a little gingerbread home. Perfect starter home. But too scared to find what 100 year old suprises I'll find from knocking down walls to add a bedroom or an addition to the house -_-
Id honesty, really start out with baby in the attic rokm... But my kids don't sleep in their own rooms till they are too big for a bassinet.
I would say for the time being put your son in your childhood bedroom and put your new baby in the Master Bedroom with you. I will be a lot easier to have the new baby in your room at least for the first year since you will constantly have to get up to feed and change diapers, it's even ok to keep the new baby for two years, and then allow the kids to share a bedroom until you feel comfortable either putting one of them in the attic or having them both downstairs and your bedroom in the attic. Trust me we had a separate nursery setup for all our kids and we ended up setting bassinets in our bedroom to make it a shorter distance.
i think i would keep the baby with you for now, in the master. maybe put a bed and dresser in the rooms and have your kids share when they are bigger, and place all the toys/games/computers etc up in the attic room? once theyre old enough to be by themselves (like not getting out of bed and coming into yours at night, etc) move your room up to the attic room. i wouldnt put up a temp wall unless absolutely necessary.
we have a 4 br split-level house, but 3br are on the main floor and 1 is downstairs. we just moved my 2yr old into a room with my 4yr old and they love sharing a room. they think the bunk bed is the coolest thing. we put the baby stuff in the other bedroom, and our room is the same but with a pack and play ready for the first few weeks until the night feedings get regulated. (i wish i still had my cosleepeer but we sold it after we bought the house.) the downstairs bedroom is an office right now, and maybe when my oldest is bigger he will move down into that room, but for now he likes sharing.
it may sound strange, but ask your son what he thinks? he may be able to give you a better idea where he stands with everything and what he expects/ would be comfortable with
Ryan and Troy are going to be Big Brothers! Baby Boy Myers ... coming this summer!!!
The only issue is putting my son in my childhood room is that is has a hotpink chandeller lmao i dont have the money or time to change it out that's why babygirl would have pink room lol
I'm not broke we make enough but i dont want to splurge on house work when it's not needed
Quoting aidenmomplus4:I would say for the time being put your son in your childhood bedroom and put your new baby in the Master Bedroom with you. I will be a lot easier to have the new baby in your room at least for the first year since you will constantly have to get up to feed and change diapers, it's even ok to keep the new baby for two years, and then allow the kids to share a bedroom until you feel comfortable either putting one of them in the attic or having them both downstairs and your bedroom in the attic. Trust me we had a separate nursery setup for all our kids and we ended up setting bassinets in our bedroom to make it a shorter distance.
Was your gender feeling right?
- Jersey_class
on May. 7, 2012 at 12:25 AM