Is it okay for my kids to sleep in the same bed?

Question

My little girl is 7 and my little boy is 3 and they have the most amazing relationship they are best friends and they get along great I can't remember the last time that they got in a spat. Even when I am at the store and I get my little girl something she will remind me that we need to get her brother something too and vise versa. But what bothers me is that they want to sleep in the same bed together I know that they are brother and sister but is that okay? (and when my daughter goes to school my son asks about a hundred times a day if it is time to pick his sister up yet) Any parents with any advice?

Answer 1

I slept with my older brother until he hit puberty.  It is perfectly fine as long as it is their choice.

Answer 2

my sister and i still sleep in the same bed when she comes to visit me and I am 21 and she is 16.  its normal for them to want to be close.  but by the time she turns 10 i would separate them.

Answer 3

Me and my little sister were like that we did everything together because either our parents or older siblings wouldn't give us much attention so we just did our own things, I never made friends that well so i always see my little sis as my best friend and i still do. Maybe your children don't get 'as' much attention and bonded and doing their own thing ?

Answer 4

It's perfectly normal. My little brother and I slept in the same bed since he was 3 and i 7 until he was 6 and I 10.

Answer 5

Yes its ok.. most kids fight etc!!IF they are close ..its a wonderful thing.

Answer 6

Thats great that they have such a close relationship like that .. Hopefully it will stay like that when they are teenagers =] Sleeping in the same bed is really up to you.. Why don't you allow them to do it only one night a week .. Make some rules and stick to them, allow them to pick a night since its summer time and no school .. Have fun

Answer 7

It is just fine and normal.  There will come a time when your daughter will "want" her privacy, but until then it isn't doing any harm.

My Daughter is 11 and my son 6 and they do this occasionally--My daughter is starting to hit that "I want to sleep alone" time.  Just know when the time comes, to sit down and explain to your son that his "sister" needs some private time alone.

Answer 8

They need their own beds--could be in the same room or bunk beds.

Answer 9

yes it's perfectly fine, this can probably continue for a few more years.  My daughter is 12 and her brother is 9 and they sleep together at weekends (during the week they talk too much).  Sometimes they share a bed but other times he sleeps in a sleeping bag on the floor - I have no worries whatsoever

Answer 10

at that age - no big deal

let them enjoy their childhood and their sibling love for each other

Answer 11

Actually by the age of 6 girls and boys have to be seperated.  It is actually a law in most states.