Fraternal Boy/Girl Twins: When did you separate them in terms of bedrooms?

Tracey - posted on 12/30/2009

I have b/g twins who will be 7 in 8 weeks time and they still sleep in the same room. They can be apart from each other during the day but refuse to be seperated at night. I am just going to let it be. They will do it when they r ready.

Patricia - posted on 10/30/2009

my b/g twins are 5yo and still sleeping in same room,mostly out of lack of space,have 6 kids,2 teenage girls each have their own room ,two boys in the middle share a room and twins share a room!

Melinda - posted on 08/07/2009

hi i have boy girl twins we seperated them two weeks before their second birthday, as she was waking him up all of the time, we decorated her room with little butterflies up the walls and on the ceiling, as she was moving out of the shared room, she was so excited and we think he enjoyed the peace and quiet, we explained to her for a couple of weeks beforehand that she would be moving out, it all went quite smoothly she used to run to bed.

Barbara - posted on 08/06/2009

We split ours when they were nearly 3 years old. Now they don't wake up as much as they used to. You will know when it's the best time to separate your twins.

Malia - posted on 08/05/2009

Our b/g twins got seperate bedrooms at 4 and a half. They are now 8 and very rarely still like to have sleep overs in the family room in their seperate sleeping bags.

Penny - posted on 08/05/2009

We separated ours when they got to the point that they were keeping each other awake talking...about 18 months. I had boy/girl twins, by the way. Until they were in the teenager stage, they still slept together though on occasion.

Amy - posted on 08/05/2009

Whatever works best for you. When my two were younger, my daughter slept better when my son was nearby. But we didn't officially give them separate rooms untill about 4. Because one of their rooms becomes the guest room when family comes over, the have to share at times. Now they are fine both ways, sleeping in spearate rooms or together

Chrisandra - posted on 08/05/2009

My b/g twins are 3 and still share a room. As of now we live in a two bed apt, so that's just how it is. We are expecting another boy at the end of the year so we have to move. Not sure what the set up will be when we do. I think we'll keep the twins together until he sleeps through the night then put the 2 boys in a room. But if the twins balk, I'll keep them together until kindergarten. Make sure you look up your local laws. Some states require that children of different sexes have separate rooms by a certain age-usually 5 yrs.

Lynne - posted on 08/04/2009

My boy/girl twins will be 7 in September and we have just separated their rooms. My daughter is very neat and takes good care of her toys, her brother couldn't care less about his toys or hers! We couldn't stand the arguments anymore! Judging from the other replies, I guess it's all a matter of what works for you!

Valerie - posted on 08/04/2009

Lily and Patrick are almost 2 years old. They are sharing a room for now because there is only two bedrooms on the main floor and the rest are in the basement and I am not ready to move them downstairs. We are planning to move to a larger house next year and they will be getting their own rooms. I would say no later than 5 years old as privacy becomes an issue.

Don't be surprised though, if they occasionally want to have sleepovers in each others rooms.

Donna - posted on 08/04/2009

My twins were put into separate rooms at 17 months old. We moved into a larger house that allowed them to have their own room. It worked out great! It's much easier to deal with them at nap time and bed time when they don't have the distraction of the other one. Mine also have different sleeping patterns. My daughter likes to sleep late and my son is an early riser. So when my son gets up, he doesn't wake up his sleeping sister.

Laura - posted on 08/03/2009

My boy/girl twins are almost 3yrs and still share a room although we no choice at this moment when we move and hopefully soon they will have a choice and we have talked to them about it and they want to be together. We also have a 4 month old boy and eventually I would like the boys to share a room but I will not force my twins to separate. I was forced to separate them at the hospital and they stopped eating and all they would do is sleep. We believe they have a special twin bond and we are going to let them decide when they are ready.

Heather - posted on 08/03/2009

I seperated them when they were almost 3.

Heather - posted on 08/03/2009

I have boy/girl twins. We put them into toddler beds @ 15 months due to the fact they were "hopping" back and forth between cribs (the cribs were side by side). They shared a room until about 1 month before they started Kindergarten last year. We felt it was the perfect time to split them because they were starting school. It worked really well.

Jessica - posted on 08/02/2009

My twins will be six shortly 8/29, and I still have not separated them. I use the other bedroom for their clothes and less popular toys. I ask them every year on their birthday if they want to their own rooms and they have said no thus far. We will see what happens at the end of the month, however I would be willing to wager they will choose to stay together.

Jennifer - posted on 08/01/2009

Mine are almost 17 months and they still share a room. We are planning on well actually we have no choice of keeping them together until they get to the point where they no longer want to bathe together wich I figure will be around school age. They have trained themselves to sleep through each others noises. They are very good sleepers, we have been blessed. I think you have to do what feels right to you. We only have to bedrooms on our main level and I don't believe in being that far away from the kids. I think my babes would miss each other too much if we did t now anyways.

Lori - posted on 07/31/2009

We separated ours at 2yrs when they were keeping each other awake also. they were also in toddler beds and able to get out of bed and disturb the other child.

Gudrun - posted on 07/31/2009

We separated ours at 16 months and put them into twin-sized beds at the same time (wanting to use a crib for the new baby that was expected a few months later rather than buy a third crib). The primary reason we separated them was because they were keeping each other awake at nap time.