https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sun, 05 Apr 2026 18:01:18 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/1st-floor-master-bedroom#post-2680921 Mon, 16 Jan 2017 15:13:08 +0000 RonjaL7 2680921@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Thank you everyone. We do have a great video monitor. I think I'm not going to let it be a dealbreaker for me. If it bothers me I can stay in the guest bedroom for a year or two. When they are older I might appreciate the space. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/1st-floor-master-bedroom#post-2680918 Mon, 16 Jan 2017 15:11:58 +0000 RonjaL7 2680918@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@thepicklemonster: We are most likely done having kids. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/1st-floor-master-bedroom#post-2680119 Sat, 14 Jan 2017 16:33:48 +0000 Mrs. Lion 2680119@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We are building a house with a first floor master and all other bedrooms upstairs. It would be annoying with a baby thats up all night but otherwise it is better to us to be further away in the long run. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/1st-floor-master-bedroom#post-2680114 Sat, 14 Jan 2017 16:01:02 +0000 Beth24 2680114@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Our master is on the first floor but we've always used it as a guest room. We're in a large bedroom upstairs. For us it was more important to have a space for guests with their own bathroom since my inlaws live out of state and visit at least a few times a year. We'll stay upstairs until the kids are a bit older. It's so much easier for me to be on the same level as them right now </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/1st-floor-master-bedroom#post-2679987 Sat, 14 Jan 2017 00:30:25 +0000 thepicklemonster 2679987@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Are you done having kids? if not, would new baby sleep in your room? I wouldn't want to be on a diff floor from a newborn (and I'm not into room sharing) so that would be my issue. otherwise it's not ideal but would not be a dealbreaker for me. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/1st-floor-master-bedroom#post-2679930 Fri, 13 Jan 2017 20:08:56 +0000 Charm54 2679930@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It's a non issue for us. Dd1 was 2 when she moved to the other level and is completely fine. A good video monitor provides peace of mind. It was actually nice when we had dd2 (the nursery is on our floor) - she never woke dd1 up. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/1st-floor-master-bedroom#post-2679851 Fri, 13 Jan 2017 17:21:34 +0000 LuLu Mom 2679851@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We're building a ranch and one of my criteria was bedrooms on opposite sides for noise separation. I've never wanted a 2 story but if it was my "forever" home I'd for sure do master suite on first floor - 1) when I'm older I don't want to worry about stairs and 2) when I have teenagers I want them separated! My sisters and I had our 3 bedrooms upstairs + bathroom, no way my parents would have survived on the same floor as us! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/1st-floor-master-bedroom#post-2679849 Fri, 13 Jan 2017 17:15:48 +0000 hummusgirl 2679849@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Our master is downstairs and it's been fine. Our 4yo is upstairs. We keep the overhead light on overnight so he can come downstairs - we've never had any issues with it. Our 1yo is still in our room until he can reliably sleep through the night. We may move upstairs for a while once he's there, because I am a bit paranoid about fire and would just like to be closer to them. We want to stay in this house for a very long time so I think it'll be good once they're older, but it's fine now too. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/1st-floor-master-bedroom#post-2679845 Fri, 13 Jan 2017 17:11:53 +0000 Woolly Mammoth 2679845@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>When we were house hunting, having all the bedrooms on the same floor was on our must-have list. But we ended up buying a place with a main floor master and all three kid/guest bedrooms in the daylight basement. </p> <p>It's been completely fine. LO's room is the farthest possible room from ours and we can hear him just fine. He can also climb the stairs in the middle of the night all by himself (he's 3).</p> <p>We're expecting another one in April, but we're comfortable keeping her in our room for as long as necessary. When we had our first we lived in a one bedroom condo until he was 18 months. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/1st-floor-master-bedroom#post-2679813 Fri, 13 Jan 2017 16:19:13 +0000 shellio 2679813@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Even as kids approach school age, I like being on the same floor as them. My 3 and 5 year old are both good sleepers like yours but occasionally come to us in the middle of the night (bathroom, bad dream, whatever) and I don't like the idea of either of them going down the stairs in the dark. I think it would scare them, too (but my kids are scared of a lot of things). Also I've wondered a couple of times if my 5yo is sleepwalking and we have started closing the baby gate at the top of the stairs just in case. I know many people do perfectly fine on different levels but I don't think I would want this set up until all of my kids are at or approaching adolescence. I guess it depends on how long you plan to be in your current house. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/1st-floor-master-bedroom#post-2679706 Fri, 13 Jan 2017 14:23:09 +0000 Littlebit7 2679706@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My sister in law bought a house when she was pregnant with her first that had a master on the main. They ended up converting a rec room to a second master on the second floor to be close to the kids. She hated running up and down the stairs and not being able to hear her kids cry out (even as they got older). You kids are older though...so I'd say tough it out for a year or two in the guest room. (they turned a corner of their rec room into an attached bath, it shared a wall with another bathroom so no need to move plumbing). But I think in the long term, its great. Imagine if someone in your family broke an ankle: room downstairs! If elderly parents needed a place to stay: room downstairs! Imagine peace and quiet away from a crowd of raging tweens: room downstairs! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/1st-floor-master-bedroom#post-2679698 Fri, 13 Jan 2017 14:19:47 +0000 emilye519 2679698@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Our master is downstairs and lo (who is 2) is upstairs and we've had no problems. We use a monitor and will continue to do so. I'm actually glad our room isn't super close to hers when lo2 arrives so hopefully they won't be waking each other up! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/1st-floor-master-bedroom#post-2679636 Fri, 13 Jan 2017 13:30:50 +0000 codeitall 2679636@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It fortunately isn't common, but I always try to think of the worst case scenario: a child with the stomach flu coming to find you in the middle of the night. What will they throw up on and are you ok cleaning it in the middle of the night? And if someone is in a hurry between there in the dark, what is the likelihood of injury?</p> <p>My parents had their room across the hall and not sharing any walls, but a very short trip for you or the kids. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/1st-floor-master-bedroom#post-2679549 Fri, 13 Jan 2017 11:53:31 +0000 Meowkers 2679549@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We've been house hunting for a while and that sort of layout is a deal breaker for me. I want all the bedrooms on the same floor and on the same side of the house. Maybe if I had teenagers it would be ok but with a young child it's a nope for me. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/1st-floor-master-bedroom#post-2679530 Fri, 13 Jan 2017 11:36:15 +0000 snowbaby 2679530@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Our house has the master on the first floor with all the other bedrooms, including LO's, upstairs. LO is 18 months, has been sleeping in her room upstairs since 4 months, and it has not been a problem at all. In fact, it has been really convenient for noise separation. However, the layout has definitely caused me some anxiety, particularly because the upstairs rooms are basically in a separate wing of the house (without a monitor, we really would not be able to hear LO from the master). We are actively searching for a new home, and one of my criteria is for the master and LO's rooms to be on the same floor. LO is still in a crib, and we can quickly get to her if she needs us, but as soon as she is able to get out of bed on her own, I want her to be able to come find us without having to navigate a set of stairs and walk across the entire house. That's important to me. I remember as a kid being able to walk across the hallway into my parents' room if I had a nightmare or felt sick, and I want LO to have that comfort as well. If we aren't able to move, I'm not sure what we'll do, but I'd consider moving our room upstairs into one of the guest rooms. (Fast-forwarding to the older child/teen years, though, this will be an ideal setup!)</p> <p>If the upstairs rooms in our house weren't in a separate wing, though, and were instead within hollering distance of the master on the main floor, I would be much less concerned. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/1st-floor-master-bedroom#post-2679517 Fri, 13 Jan 2017 11:25:35 +0000 looch 2679517@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>If I were to buy a home with that set up, what I would do while I had small children is to make that first floor master the playroom.<br /> I'd sleep on the same level as the kids until they were all old enough to be able to evacuate in the case of a fire and I couldn't reach them. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/1st-floor-master-bedroom#post-2679458 Fri, 13 Jan 2017 10:26:11 +0000 rattles 2679458@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It's the norm here for the master to be on the first floor. (I think of the 25+ houses we saw, only one wasn't that setup.) We moved into this house when mine were 4 months and 27 months, and it hasn't been an issue at all. I hadn't owned a monitor before (we lived in one and two bedroom condos prior), so we did have to get one of those. Otherwise, no big deal, and it'll be nice for them to have their own space, and vice versa, when they're older. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/1st-floor-master-bedroom#post-2679454 Fri, 13 Jan 2017 10:17:33 +0000 wrkbrk 2679454@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@RonjaL7: We're building a house right now with a first floor master suite! Can't wait! That said we room share with our one year old for the time being so I'm not too much help. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/1st-floor-master-bedroom#post-2679453 Fri, 13 Jan 2017 10:17:13 +0000 Mrs. Pickle 2679453@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It's common here. It's considered a negative if the master is on the second floor or same side of the house as the other bedrooms. It wouldn't be a big deal to me. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/1st-floor-master-bedroom#post-2679451 Fri, 13 Jan 2017 10:16:42 +0000 cat620 2679451@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't have a downstairs master bedroom, and I've never had one since having kids, so I can't comment on what it's like. But I can say that I love being on the same level as my kids. Mine sleep through the night, but they will occasionally wake up if they aren't feeling well or they hear a noise or something else. It's much more convenient for me to check on them when we are on the same floor. I also feel like it's safer in case they get out of bed at night. I will most likely hear them, and they can easily get to my room if they need me. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/1st-floor-master-bedroom#post-2679445 Fri, 13 Jan 2017 10:10:10 +0000 Anagram 2679445@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I know people who have a 1st floor master and their kids are upstairs and they are fine with it. But for me personally, I would want to be on the same floor at night until my kids are older. I know my husband is similar to me.</p> <p>However, I think in the long run, a 1st floor master can be a great thing. When kids are older, it will be nice to be on your own floor, and it might be nice if you ever have an aging parent stay with you, etc. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/1st-floor-master-bedroom#post-2679443 Fri, 13 Jan 2017 10:08:19 +0000 RonjaL7 2679443@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm looking at a house with a first floor master bedroom. My kids are 8 months and 22 months. They both sleep well from 6:30/7pm until 6:30ish am in their own cribs in separate rooms. </p> <p>I've considered if we got this house sleeping in an upstairs guest bedroom for a year or two. What do you think? Anyone have a first floor master with young kids... what are the goods/bads? </p>