Would you sleep in the basement with your children sleeping on the main level?

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Brandi

We have a three bedrooms on the main floor, but they are all small. The master on that level is so small that we have only about a foot of space to walk around the bed. We have an unfinished basement that we are working on right now and are planning on putting a master down there as well. This room will be twice the size as the one on the main level. We figured that when we sell the house it will give the buyers a choice of sleeping in the small master on the main floor or the larger in the basement. We had planned on moving to the basement, however we are now second guessing ourselves. We have a baby and a toddler who will be about 1 year and 3 years when we finish the basement and their rooms will be on the main level. So again my question is would you sleep in the basement with your kids sleeping on the main floor? ***We live in a small town in rural Wisconsin where there has maybe been 1 murder in the past 50 years or so and are very few other crimes...if this would sway your answer.*** THANKS.

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I personally would not want too. My oldest is 6 and I still like to have her close to me at night. If the kids were older, maybe teens, I would but not with them so young. The choice is yours and you can always use a baby monitor. But even with a monitor I would not feel comfortable with that sleeping arrangement.

How old would you consider old enough to be on a seperate floor?

Jessica

We just bought a new house, and my son is 4. All me and my husband have for our room is a bed and dresser. My son has all kinds of stuff for his room. The house we got is a bungalow, and has 2 bedrooms on the main floor and the "master" upstairs. The 2 rooms on the main floor are kind of small compared to what were coming from, but the master is quite large. Do you think he would be old enough to be on a different floor than us? The only other thing we need a room for is a computer room, and it seems to make sense to not use the master for that...what do you think?

Oh also, stairs arent really an issue, hes as good with stairs as you could expect a 4 yr old to be.
ok i must not have been clear about the setup. The 2 bedroom are on the MAIN floor, like downstairs. The master is upstairs. He would be in the master, upstairs, me and hubby in bedroom downstairs and computer room downstairs. It seems rather wasteful to use an entire upstairs (the master is the entire upper floor) for just a computer desk and chair...i wont put him downstairs and us up, would have to be him up and us down. Hope that made it more clear!

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I think four is old enough to be one a seperate floor. Until you get used to it, you may want to use a baby monitor, just to make you feel better about being able to hear him. You should also make sure the stairs are lighted somehow (you can get those ones that stick to the wall and you just push on and off) so that if he needs you in the night he'll be able to see them.

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