Ever since we were expecting Wryder, we wanted to attempt to have the kids share a room – based solely on the layout of our house if nothing else. We have two bedrooms upstairs, which are ours and Sawyer’s, and two downstairs, which are a guest room/craft room and a guest room/play room. We really wanted to have all of us on the same floor for convenience and safety’s sake, so sharing a room just made sense.
About two months before Wryder was due, Wrex and I moved downstairs. I was making WAY too many middle-of-the-night trips downstairs to use the bathroom. My deep sleep cycles were non-existent and I felt like a zombie most of the day, so moving down to where the bathroom was, just made sense.
Wryder soon came along and he has slept in our room since he was born. It makes his middle of the night milk cravings a lot more bearable than trudging upstairs and (potentially) waking sister with all the crying.
Now that winter is upon us, we’ve been attempting to get our house (inside and out) winterized before fall is whisked away and the snow sets in. In the process, Wrex had the grand idea of everyone living on the main floor for winter. Our house was built in the 19-teens, so it’s old and quirky totally vintage which means there is no forced heat upstairs, just electric, radiant heat. He did the math and he thinks we can save $700 – $1000 this winter alone! So, you guessed it, moving everyone downstairs just made sense.
Our two cuties are officially sharing a room and loving every minute of it! Sawyer is anyways. She was so excited about sleeping with brother that she couldn’t sleep during her first naptime stay, but we understood! We were excited, too! Wryder’s pretty easy going so we’ll just say he doesn’t mind, either.
He wakes up between four and five every morning ravenous but has yet to wake her with his crying. She wakes up around seven and now has our permission to get out of bed (if she is certain that it’s light outside) and come get us in our room. It’s been fun to watch her be excited about gaining more freedom and responsibility because she’s proved so trustworthy about not getting out of bed when that was the rule.
The layout feels a little square to me, but I keeping reminding myself of the temporariness (which is actually a real word, by the way)…and of the money we hope to pocket. Plus, it’s really nice having both of them down here with us, and it’s been REALLY nice getting Wryder into his own room, but still on the same floor. Here’s to hoping we really do notice a big savings in our electric bill…because saving money just makes cents. <— See what I did there? Oh, Lord help me…a short night plus a long day makes for a cheesy momma. 😉
I absolutely love and look forward to your blogs! We live in an old 1920’s redone farmhouse and we live on the main floor. The upstairs has two bedrooms, a landing, and a bathroom and gets hot in the summer and chilly in the winter but we have space heaters for winter and portable air conditioners for summer when the girls and their families come to visit. Works great for everyone! we wish you well with your new arrangement.
Awwww….thanks, Jean! That blesses me! YES! We do the same thing! I just wish our upstairs had a bathroom – that would be wonderful!