Ooops! I think I haven't been around much lately!
I think it's the summer... or maybe the beautiful clouds we have been seeing lately in the sky... maybe it's just that I'm over tired most of the time. I'm not sure, but I haven't been around much lately. I'm trying to spend more time with my little one before the baby arrives. I've read that you need to pay special attention to the one that is already here so she doesn't feel like the new brother just came to take away everything from her.
I've been thinking a lot too about what are we going to do with the space. We have 3 rooms (one of them is my studio) and we were 3 (mom and dad in one room, little girl in the other). Now we're going to be 4 (a boy and a girl) and they're going to need their own space soon. It would be so much easier if the baby was a girl but he is a boy and they're going to be 4 1/2 years of difference. They will need their own space. Any ideas that don't involve building an extra room? Do you think it will work if they have to share the room?
I've been thinking a lot too about what are we going to do with the space. We have 3 rooms (one of them is my studio) and we were 3 (mom and dad in one room, little girl in the other). Now we're going to be 4 (a boy and a girl) and they're going to need their own space soon. It would be so much easier if the baby was a girl but he is a boy and they're going to be 4 1/2 years of difference. They will need their own space. Any ideas that don't involve building an extra room? Do you think it will work if they have to share the room?
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Micki x
Good luck with the new baby. I have the same age gap between my two...of course mine are all grown up now a son, 25 and a daughter 20. Spend as much time with you little one as you can now, then when the new baby is born make sure you include her by letting her help you look after the baby. Another good idea, especially since you have a daughter now, is to buy her, her own "baby" just before her new little brother is born. That way when you are busy changing nappies, bathing baby etc. she can change and bath her baby too. Also I found that if I spent "special time" with my first born when the new baby was asleep, he didn't feel like he had "lost" so much of me. We would read a special book or bake cookies or craft. Good luck...and thanks for creating such a wonderful stamp set!
we have the same situation. we have two bedrooms... my husband and i in one and my kids in another. we ended up having a girl, then a boy three years later. they have shared a room for 11 years now and we are finally at the point, since they are now 11 and 8, where we have to put on an addition to add an extra bedroom. they have loved sharing a room. in fact, when my daughter had her girlfriends sleep over a few days ago they all slept in the living room on the floor. my son was upset becaaue he was going to be by himself! my kids talk together every night after prayers and i turn the light out. like i said though, now that they are heading to their pre-teen years it's time to get them their own rooms. i think you have quite a bit of time before you have to worry about it. that's just my opinion!
i hope you are enjoying your pregnancy! take care!!!!
xo, patty :-)
My daughter is 21 and my son is 17. When Liam was born he stayed with my husband and I for the first 6 months, then we moved him and his crib in with his sister, Megan. He was sleeping better then. When he was two, we got bunk beds, my husband made a little railing for the bottom bunk where Liam slept and Megan slept on the top bunk. It works out great. I think they lasted together for about 3 Years. Then I had to move to the basement area with my sewing/craft/computer room.
How exciting that your family is growing. It will give you inspiration to paint and create more. Just remember to always spend time with those little ones and don't let the art take over your head. I did that sometimes and wish I had spent a little more time with my little ones.
PS: I love Charlie and Lola's room!
my niece & nephew share a room she's 6 he's 3 and they have bunk beds with their own matching theme of their liking! you'll be fine.
This takes may way back to when me and my brother shared bunk beds because we lived in a little studio all 5 of us including Mom & Dad ! LOL