January 18th, 2010 | 
Author: I need a little help.
Zman, who is 10 (11 next month) is currently sharing a room with the almost 2 year old Tatertot.
This arrangement worked extremely well until this past November when the Tatertot was upgraded to a twin bed due to The Great Crib Escape of 2009.
Since the upgrade, Tatertot has adjusted well.
Maybe a little too well.
He loves his new freedom so much that it doesn’t stop him from exploring his surroundings, even if some of the shiny cool looking things aren’t his.
Yes.
He likes to get into his big brother’s stuff.
He pulls clothes out of the drawers.
Finds whatever he can to stand on to get at Zman’s books, wrestling cards or anything else on top the dresser that catches his eye.
And, if he happens to get up before Zman, you can usually find him turning the lights on and crawling into bed with his brother saying “Hi!”
Now, the boy’s are in the Master Bedroom of our home.
So yes, they have the biggest space in the house.
It’s decorated in Packer colors, complete with Lambeau Field on the ceiling.
That’s how it was when we moved in and since we rent, we can’t change it.
Today, we think we have come up with the perfect solution to our problem.
Zman and the Drama Queen would like to share a bedroom (what is currently the boys room) and give the Tatertot his own space to in all honesty, destroy.
Here is where I need help.
Is it okay for an almost 11 year old boy and his 9.5 year old sister to share a bedroom? For the most part the only thing they ever do in their bedroom is sleep.
My thought is as long as they aren’t getting dressed or changing in front of each other everything should be okay. They like to hang out together in there occasionally as it is now just to play on their DS’s or just to escape the Tatertot.
Tell me, what are your thoughts?
Do you think this situation would be okay?
(Now, this would only be happening until we move—which we are hoping is this Fall—into a bigger home.)
Help!!
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I hit you back on twitter, but to sum up: Maybe
lol, depends on whether or not the puberty monster has begun to rear it’s ugly head or not.
Can Tatertot manipulate those safety latches for drawers?
What about hanging a high set of shelves that TT can’t reach? Or getting Zman an el cheapo lockbox for those super important items? Just thinking out loud here.
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Anne Reply:
January 18th, 2010 at 6:15 PM
Yeah, I’ve tried latches on drawers but he easily rips those off and we’re not allowed to install any shelves or hang things with anything other than picture nails (very strict landlord).
The puberty monster hasn’t arrived in our house yet so that part doesn’t really scare me.
Thanks for the advice!
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I know your are not supposed to hang things on the walls other than picture nails but could you rig something up as a sort of curtain to give them a sort of wall between them? Just an idea, good luck! If you need help making something let me know. I just had another idea, what about a privecy screen, we could make one of those and then you wouldnt need to hang anything and it could be moved whenever needed.
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I personally see no problem with letting the two older children share a room for the time being. Especially if they don’t have a problem with it. My oldest daughter and her younger brother shared a room for two years and we didn’t see anything wrong with the situation. They are, after all, siblings. This is just what has to be when you don’t have enough rooms for each person to have their own room. I understand, I have four kids in a three bedroom house and no one’s offered to upgrade it for me.
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