Hellobee Boards Topic: Does your older child have a larger room than your younger child?

Hellobee Boards Topic: Does your older child have a larger room than your younger child? https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Mon, 13 Apr 2026 12:57:19 +0000 Alba4 on "Does your older child have a larger room than your younger child?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-older-child-have-a-larger-room-than-your-younger-child#post-2545609 Tue, 10 May 2016 16:05:07 +0000 Alba4 2545609@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Yes, our older son's room is larger. We might consider having them share in the future so we can get an office/guest room back. Truth Bombs on "Does your older child have a larger room than your younger child?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-older-child-have-a-larger-room-than-your-younger-child#post-2545494 Tue, 10 May 2016 15:02:34 +0000 Truth Bombs 2545494@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Room size is pretty much identical. Our older child has a larger closet though. We put her in there when we moved into our house because it had the larger closet. And then my son got the other room when he came along. I wouldn't move kids around for the sake of the older kid getting a bigger room. That seems like unnecessary work. Corduroy on "Does your older child have a larger room than your younger child?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-older-child-have-a-larger-room-than-your-younger-child#post-2545479 Tue, 10 May 2016 14:57:45 +0000 Corduroy 2545479@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Our baby has the biggest room. Our master is next and LO1's room is smallest. Her closet is teeny tiny so we may need to switch it up as she gets older. Or maybe not. jedeve on "Does your older child have a larger room than your younger child?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-older-child-have-a-larger-room-than-your-younger-child#post-2545435 Tue, 10 May 2016 14:36:14 +0000 jedeve 2545435@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I would leave her! As a second child I had smaller everything. Unless there is like a ten year age gap, I don't think it matters! yin on "Does your older child have a larger room than your younger child?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-older-child-have-a-larger-room-than-your-younger-child#post-2545421 Tue, 10 May 2016 14:28:53 +0000 yin 2545421@https://boards.hellobee.com/ LO2 has the bigger room, but LO1 doesn't mind. He is comfortable in his space and would rather stay in his room than move into a bigger one. Plus it's right across from our room. HazelEyes on "Does your older child have a larger room than your younger child?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-older-child-have-a-larger-room-than-your-younger-child#post-2545410 Tue, 10 May 2016 14:14:11 +0000 HazelEyes 2545410@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Now he does. We moved little man to the bigger room so it could be a big boy room and we could keep the nursery a nursery for #2. snowjewelz on "Does your older child have a larger room than your younger child?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-older-child-have-a-larger-room-than-your-younger-child#post-2545398 Tue, 10 May 2016 14:06:54 +0000 snowjewelz 2545398@https://boards.hellobee.com/ One kid will have a much smaller room for sure. For this reason I'm considering having the kids share a room up till a certain point. LAZB on "Does your older child have a larger room than your younger child?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-older-child-have-a-larger-room-than-your-younger-child#post-2545371 Tue, 10 May 2016 13:50:08 +0000 LAZB 2545371@https://boards.hellobee.com/ We are dealing with the same exact situation. DD will only be 20 months when DS is born, and we had her room painted and decorated for her, so I hate to move her, but DH thinks she should have the bigger room. I'm inclined to just leave her, but we haven't decided yet. Adira on "Does your older child have a larger room than your younger child?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-older-child-have-a-larger-room-than-your-younger-child#post-2545360 Tue, 10 May 2016 13:46:34 +0000 Adira 2545360@https://boards.hellobee.com/ We moved Xander (our oldest) into the larger bedroom before #2 arrived. The smaller bedroom was already a neutral color, so we didn't have to repaint it, but we painted the larger bedroom before we moved Xander into it. We moved him when I was about 28 weeks pregnant, so he was totally used to his new room before the baby arrived. lamariniere on "Does your older child have a larger room than your younger child?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-older-child-have-a-larger-room-than-your-younger-child#post-2545359 Tue, 10 May 2016 13:46:16 +0000 lamariniere 2545359@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I think their rooms are about the same size but DS's is more of a square with 2 windows and DD's is a long skinny rectangle with only 1 window. I probably wouldn't bother switching rooms, especially since your DD's room is already decorated. Mamaof2 on "Does your older child have a larger room than your younger child?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-older-child-have-a-larger-room-than-your-younger-child#post-2545355 Tue, 10 May 2016 13:45:07 +0000 Mamaof2 2545355@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Nope, when I found out #2 was a girl I told DH we were moving DS to the smaller room. I wanted the room with the bigger closet for my DD - We moved DS to the smaller room at the same time as he got a new bed so he didn't care about the move. DD has sooo many things in her closet and so happy she has the bigger one! catomd00 on "Does your older child have a larger room than your younger child?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-older-child-have-a-larger-room-than-your-younger-child#post-2545352 Tue, 10 May 2016 13:44:23 +0000 catomd00 2545352@https://boards.hellobee.com/ We set DD1's nursery up in the smallest bedroom (office size). We weren't planning to still be here by the time DD2 arrives, but we are for now. I haven't set up a nursery for DD2 yet, but if it comes to that point and we are still here, she will get the bigger room. We are hoping to be out of here in the next 6 months, though so it hopefully won't come to that! avivoca on "Does your older child have a larger room than your younger child?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-older-child-have-a-larger-room-than-your-younger-child#post-2545348 Tue, 10 May 2016 13:42:31 +0000 avivoca 2545348@https://boards.hellobee.com/ We live in a 3BR house and the two secondary rooms are roughly the same sq. footage. H's current room is a bit of an odd shape though, so we will probably move her to the one with the more square layout since her bed will be bigger. sunny on "Does your older child have a larger room than your younger child?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-older-child-have-a-larger-room-than-your-younger-child#post-2545344 Tue, 10 May 2016 13:41:15 +0000 sunny 2545344@https://boards.hellobee.com/ We have a 4 bedroom house. The smallest room is our office and DD has the second smallest room. DH doesn't think it's a big deal that DS (kid #2) gets the last room which is a little larger. Closets are roughly the same size, though the larger room has a slightly larger closet. What do you think? Should we move DD into the larger room? We would have to (want to) repaint her room into a neutral color for DS (it's currently pink). On the other hand, I don't want her thinking we are kicking her out of her room!