We're Having Boy/Girl Twins

Hello!

We will be welcoming our twins to our family in February (knock wood).
We have an almost 2 year old daughter too. I'm wondering how long
you kept your boy/girl twins sharing the same room? I'm thinking two
years from when they are born, my older daughter will move into the
larger room with her little sister. Am I dreaming, or does this sound
reasonable?

Any other advice about boy/girl twins would also be appreciated.

Thanks in advance for your comments!

Megan
Mommy to Julia, who will be 2 on Halloween and twins EDD 2/11/04

Meg wrote:

I'm wondering how long you kept your boy/girl twins sharing the same room?

Mine are just about to turn two and I have no plans to separate them. I
figure they'll let me know.

--
Brigitte aa #2145
edd #3 February 15, 2004
http://www.babiesonline.com/babies/j/joshuaandkaterina/

"Readers are plentiful; thinkers are rare."
~ Harriet Martineau

Meg wrote:

I'm wondering how long you kept your boy/girl twins sharing the same room?

Mine are just about to turn two and I have no plans to separate them. I
figure they'll let me know.

--
Brigitte aa #2145
edd #3 February 15, 2004
http://www.babiesonline.com/babies/j/joshuaandkaterina/

"Readers are plentiful; thinkers are rare."
~ Harriet Martineau

How exciting! We have b/g twins who shared a room until recently; we split
them up at age 4. They were just so into the sibling rivalry thing that we
figured they both needed a spot to get away from the other to cool off or
take a break. So Emily moved into her own room (previously the nursery) and
Edan shares his bedroom with his beloved 16 month old brother Matan. It's
worked very well so far. If Matan wakes up at night, it doesn't disturb
Edan, and vice versa. Good luck and keep everyone posted about the kids!

Gretchen ~ SAHM to Emily and Edan (3.1.99) and Matan (6.13.02)

How exciting! We have b/g twins who shared a room until recently; we split
them up at age 4. They were just so into the sibling rivalry thing that we
figured they both needed a spot to get away from the other to cool off or
take a break. So Emily moved into her own room (previously the nursery) and
Edan shares his bedroom with his beloved 16 month old brother Matan. It's
worked very well so far. If Matan wakes up at night, it doesn't disturb
Edan, and vice versa. Good luck and keep everyone posted about the kids!

Gretchen ~ SAHM to Emily and Edan (3.1.99) and Matan (6.13.02)

Megan writes:
We will be welcoming our twins to our family in February (knock wood).
We have an almost 2 year old daughter too. I'm wondering how long you
kept your boy/girl twins sharing the same room? I'm thinking two
years from when they are born, my older daughter will move into the
larger room with her little sister. Am I dreaming, or does this sound
reasonable?

Why would you split up the twins and put one with the older child? I
would think your older daughter will be more interested in having her
own space, and if you have two bedrooms, it would be better to keep the
twins together, at least in principle.

In practice, I think it depends on who has what sleeping habits, and
that's completely unpredictable at this point. One of the three will
probably need their own space, more than the other two, but it could be
any of the three.

David desJardins

Megan writes:
We will be welcoming our twins to our family in February (knock wood).
We have an almost 2 year old daughter too. I'm wondering how long you
kept your boy/girl twins sharing the same room? I'm thinking two
years from when they are born, my older daughter will move into the
larger room with her little sister. Am I dreaming, or does this sound
reasonable?

Why would you split up the twins and put one with the older child? I
would think your older daughter will be more interested in having her
own space, and if you have two bedrooms, it would be better to keep the
twins together, at least in principle.

In practice, I think it depends on who has what sleeping habits, and
that's completely unpredictable at this point. One of the three will
probably need their own space, more than the other two, but it could be
any of the three.

David desJardins

because one is a boy and one is a girl....at some point, they will have to
be split up....
Why would you split up the twins and put one with the older child? I
would think your older daughter will be more interested in having her
own space, and if you have two bedrooms, it would be better to keep the
twins together, at least in principle.

because one is a boy and one is a girl....at some point, they will have to
be split up....
Why would you split up the twins and put one with the older child? I
would think your older daughter will be more interested in having her
own space, and if you have two bedrooms, it would be better to keep the
twins together, at least in principle.

"thefackrells" writes:
because one is a boy and one is a girl....at some point, they will
have to be split up....

They are siblings, not boyfriend and girlfriend. Why would they "have
to be split up"? I really don't get it.

My 3yo boy/girl twins generally sleep in separate rooms now, but we do
hope to have them back in the same room in the future. (Not really due
to lack of space, just because we think it would be more comfortable for
everyone.) It never would have occurred to me that whether they are in
the same room or different rooms has anything to do with their gender.

David desJardins