Sleeping arrangements - What would you do?

GwylimT

I would get a sofa bed and have my daughter sleep in my room, that way she is getting a more appropriate bedtime and you are, this also makes it easier for her to have a drawer for her own belongings.

McKneff

If it is only once a week, why cant the 'males' sleep in one room and the 'females' in the other. So did will be with his son if he wakes up.


Seems the sensible solution to me

belfastgirl23

This happened a friend of mine. In the end she rigged up a daybed in the hallway with a curtain that could be pulled around it. The bed could be dressed as a sofa in the daytime. And yes it did leave the hallway cramped but it worked out ok for them - worth a thought in case you do have a decent sized hallway.

GobbledyGook

I would buy a sofabed for the lounge. You and OH use it the night she stays, she has your bed and has a drawer or little storage trolley for her belongings.

That way you all have somewhere to sleep, she has a place for her belongings, she can have a bed time and go to bed just like your son and you don't have to be confined to your bedroom silly early. It also gives her a place to go if she wants an early night or if, for example, you need to split her and DS up if they are having one of those days. All you need to do is get into the routine of being organised enough to have your pj's out of the room by her bedtime.

Bunk beds and sharing DS's room would be another option for them for the next few years.

How big is your DS's room? Is a curtain/shelving partition an option?

Blackpool_Saver

I came back to this thread to add my suggestion of how to be able to afford it, but after the rudeness shown towards me, I have decided not to bother, good luck OP

seven-day-weekend

Blackpool_Saver wrote: »

I think you adults should have the lounge and she sleeps in your room

Me too. Sofa Bed in the lounge for you two!

themull1

Does she have to sleep over if its so problematic? My husbands son doesn't sleep over because we don't have the room. I certainly wouldn't buy a larger house for a child to sleep over one night a week!!

Cissi

Blackpool_Saver wrote: »

I came back to this thread to add my suggestion of how to be able to afford it, but after the rudeness shown towards me, I have decided not to bother, good luck OP

??? Are we reading the same thread or have I missed something? The OP thanked you for your suggestion and then someone else pointed out that the OP had already explained that they can't afford a 3-bed place (which they had) - where is the rudeness? :huh:

choccybuttons

You could let her have the lounge at her bedtime then you and your partner spend the rest of the night in your bedroom. It would just mean that you won't have to wake her to move her into the sittingroom. Not ideal but perhaps better than moving her about.

The cupboard in the sittingroom is a good idea.

clairec79

You've mentioned about going to your room at her bedtime but what happens in the mornings if she's not the first awake and she's in the living room - you said your son is autistic and can have his moments - if he wakes up and can't go into the living room will that cause more problems?