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Does he have activity stations? Like an easel for coloring, or a table for legos? I would get those! Or the fun carpet with roads and stuff on it for cars.

being a 2nd child (technically middle child) myself, i'd say give it to the 2nd (obviously i have middle child syndrome issues... haha) but really if it were me tho, i'd wait for the gender and then think about long term solutions. bc the 2nd will only be a baby for a year before they would need more room to play too. if it were a boy, i'd probably put the older in the bigger room and then eventually they would share the bigger room. if the second were a girl, then i'm not as sure. if the closet is bigger in the bigger room i'd probably put the girl in there. but i'd make it clear that they both can share the play areas in the bigger room as long as the other isn't sleeping..

@Adira: could you make the second half of Xander's room the playroom? Do things like a table and chairs, pop up tent, toy storage, etc...then you could make it clear that that part is for sharing.

@Adira: Congratulations!!!!!!!!!!!

Our LOs' rooms are pretty much the same size. If I had to choose I'd give the older LO the bigger room and put some of the bigger toys in there! That would help give more space in the main living area for baby swing, bouncer, etc. I've also found that it's nice to have things in DS' room to keep him occupied if I need him to play quietly while I put DD down for her morning nap.

@Adira: oh, M is still in the same room. I didn't want to add another change on top of everything. We don't plan to switch her till she's like a preteen. The biggest bedroom will be a guest room/office until then.

I vote for Zander getting the bigger room also.

@Adira: I missed the news too- congratulations!! Super excited for you!

For rooms, if it's a boy I'd definitely give the big room to Xander, only seems fair. If it's a girl that's trickier because girls do need more space when get older... I'm one of five kids and room preference definitely went in age order. So that seems right to me.

Would you ever plan on them sharing a room to have a guest room again?

Congrats! If you decide to move him, I really don't think it
will be an issue in terms of him adjusting. We moved our boys from the smaller bedroom that was closer to our bedroom to the larger bedroom when they were 12 months. I don't even think they noticed, haha! And I even swapped out some of their furniture when we moved them and the walls are painted a diff color.

Congrats! I'd move Xander to the bigger room. I always got the biggest room as the oldest. We plan to move R to the bigger room when I get pregnant again unless it's twins.

I am in the camp of sharing a room once LO is older if it is also a boy. You can turn the little one into a play room/reading room. And if you have a third ( ) you can move Xander back into that room if it's another boy, or give it to the girl! Either way, Xander ends up with the big room right now. Musical chairs, really!

@Adira: I missed your announcement! Congrats!!

I'd move X to the bigger room, only because I think the older child should have dibs on the bigger room (not that I'm biased as the oldest child or anything...)

When we moved I was pregnant and I gave the bigger room to my son even though my husband said if we had a girl I might regret it. Well we have a girl and I sometimes wonder if I ought to have given her the bigger room since girls tend to amass more stuff but my son was first and already a child when my baby was still in my womb so I wanted him to have the space instead of sitting on an empty room for almost a year and then some since baby slept in our room for almost 8 months. I might regret it later when they are both older but for now its fine.