Hellobee Boards Topic: Did the older child always have the bigger room?

Hellobee Boards Topic: Did the older child always have the bigger room? https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Thu, 30 Jul 2026 03:14:09 +0000 Mrs. Pickle on "Did the older child always have the bigger room?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-the-older-child-always-have-the-bigger-room#post-411807 Fri, 23 Nov 2012 17:11:39 +0000 Mrs. Pickle 411807@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I had the biggest room at my dad's house until they turned it into a den and had me share with my sister. I still get upset when I think about that. They moved my things out of my room while I was at my mom's for the weekend. At my mom's I had the smaller room because my two younger brothers shared the larger room. Sugar.Biscuit on "Did the older child always have the bigger room?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-the-older-child-always-have-the-bigger-room#post-411785 Fri, 23 Nov 2012 17:01:03 +0000 Sugar.Biscuit 411785@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I've always had the biggest room in the house. Although in 1st house I grew up in my bedroom was the living room. You had to walk though the porch & my bedroom (living room) to get to the rest of the house. We used the dinning room as the living room during that time. My brother had an actual bedroom just off my room so ever time he wanted to go to his room he had to walk though my room... He is 11 years older than me so by the time I got old enough to want privacy he had gone off to college. I took over his room the next day! Later we moved in to my grandparents old house & I got grandpa's office which was huge and had its own bathroom & a door to the outside. Mom swore I would sneak out at night but I never did, well maybe for a smoke but that was all. T-Mom on "Did the older child always have the bigger room?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-the-older-child-always-have-the-bigger-room#post-411764 Fri, 23 Nov 2012 16:22:52 +0000 T-Mom 411764@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I think my brother's room and mine were equally sized but DD is oldest and has the larger room compared to DS. Come to think of it, why does the oldest get to choose first? I get why Dd has the biggest room since she arrived in this world first and we just put her there but if we move, seems unfair that she should choose first since shes oldest. I'm an oldest so I wouldn't have complained but having 2 kids now I am more aware of these sibling justice issues! banana on "Did the older child always have the bigger room?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-the-older-child-always-have-the-bigger-room#post-411631 Fri, 23 Nov 2012 13:51:31 +0000 banana 411631@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I'm the oldest so I always got the big room. woohoo! My son will get the bigger room too. Right now, both rooms are the same size so it doesn't matter. HLK208 on "Did the older child always have the bigger room?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-the-older-child-always-have-the-bigger-room#post-411618 Fri, 23 Nov 2012 13:37:15 +0000 HLK208 411618@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Haha! That's funny. I always had to share a room with the second youngest while the older two had their own bedrooms. If we get the house that we want, DS will have the bigger bedroom. prettylizy on "Did the older child always have the bigger room?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-the-older-child-always-have-the-bigger-room#post-411612 Fri, 23 Nov 2012 13:34:09 +0000 prettylizy 411612@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Both rooms were the same size growing up, so we didn't really notice or care. When I was 10 or 11, my parents had centrail air and a forced air gas furnace installed and since it was a retrofit, the duct ran through the closet in my bedroom. At first I was miffed because it ate up my closet space, but I ended up with the best room in the house, warmest in the winter, coldest in the summer. LO #2 will have the smaller room when s/he comes along. chopsuey on "Did the older child always have the bigger room?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-the-older-child-always-have-the-bigger-room#post-411609 Fri, 23 Nov 2012 13:31:52 +0000 chopsuey 411609@https://boards.hellobee.com/ My big sister had her own room and my other sister and I shared the bigger room. When big sis went to college I got her old room. shopaholic on "Did the older child always have the bigger room?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-the-older-child-always-have-the-bigger-room#post-411608 Fri, 23 Nov 2012 13:29:49 +0000 shopaholic 411608@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I was the eldest and slept in every room at some point. When my two, much younger sibs came along, I had a smaller room & they shared a bigger room. Later, my parents added on another bigger room, which was mine. But middle sister had a smaller room than little bro. Personally if we had a boy & a girl, I'd just put the girl in the bigger room. Girls just have so much more stuff! DHs room was tiny in comparison to his younger sister's. Andrea on "Did the older child always have the bigger room?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-the-older-child-always-have-the-bigger-room#post-411563 Fri, 23 Nov 2012 13:05:02 +0000 Andrea 411563@https://boards.hellobee.com/ DD1 is going to have a bigger room than DD2. Smurfette on "Did the older child always have the bigger room?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-the-older-child-always-have-the-bigger-room#post-411543 Fri, 23 Nov 2012 12:50:47 +0000 Smurfette 411543@https://boards.hellobee.com/ My sister always got to pick her room first since she is the oldest. Then me and then my brother, poor guy always got the leftovers. MamaMoose on "Did the older child always have the bigger room?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-the-older-child-always-have-the-bigger-room#post-411536 Fri, 23 Nov 2012 12:45:56 +0000 MamaMoose 411536@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I actually had a bigger room than my brother even though I was younger. Shortly after we moved in my parents built a whole new master suite. So there were now two upstairs bedrooms that had attached baths (plus a hall bath). The other room with the attached bath became the guest suite and then my parents put me in the larger of the other two rooms because it was closer to the master and I was still a baby. Once he got to high school my brother moved into the big room with the attached bath... but he had to go back to the small room any time we had overnight guests. PurplePumps on "Did the older child always have the bigger room?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-the-older-child-always-have-the-bigger-room#post-411532 Fri, 23 Nov 2012 12:42:33 +0000 PurplePumps 411532@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I was the oldest and got first pick like your brother. I think the rooms were the same size, but one had a huge walk in closet, so I went for that one. .twist. on "Did the older child always have the bigger room?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-the-older-child-always-have-the-bigger-room#post-411525 Fri, 23 Nov 2012 12:38:42 +0000 .twist. 411525@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Our boys currently share a room. The other room is going to be the nursery (once I get pregnant, currently an office). We're running out of space and as the boys get older they enjoy sharing a room less and less! We are planning on developing our basement and adding a 4th room so that one of them can have that! mrsmenow on "Did the older child always have the bigger room?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-the-older-child-always-have-the-bigger-room#post-411518 Fri, 23 Nov 2012 12:35:28 +0000 mrsmenow 411518@https://boards.hellobee.com/ We did the sam ething when we bought our house and DD picked the bigger room from the get go. Now 2 of the kids will have to share once #3 comes. For now we have said the two girls will go in the big room together. If it is another girl our oldest has the choice to share the big room or go in the little room by herself. If it is a boy things will stay they way they are. autumnlove on "Did the older child always have the bigger room?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-the-older-child-always-have-the-bigger-room#post-411515 Fri, 23 Nov 2012 12:33:02 +0000 autumnlove 411515@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I was 2 and my brother was 5 when we moved into our house. My parents asked my brother to pick a bedroom and he picked the smallest room that had the biggest window...lol. My parents tried to make him take the larger room but he was in love with the window so I ended up with a bigger room. This bliss only lasted for 3 years...he finally realized he was older and wanted my room!