Hi! I am thinking of splitting things up this summer for mine and my SAgers' sanity. Here is my thought:
I have several toddlers (about to turn PS age) and I have 5 kids that are either SA or will be in the fall. Currently my dc space is mostly in the basement, so I was thinking of putting the older kids down there. I have a room in my main level that I could make into another playroom for the smaller kids. It is right off the kitchen so we would have most of the level to use.
My reasoning behind this stems from the fact that I have a toddler who I affectionately (to myself only!) call Mr. Destructo. He is such a sweetheart but has no control with toys, taking toys, breaking,throwing, etc... I just know that this will cause a lot of conflict with my older kids once school is out. So I thought I could move all of the big toys (legos, etc) to one area downstairs and have all the younger kids toys up. Of course we would all be together a lot of the day, this is just for free play time.
Where I live, the dck age PS and up only need to be able to be seen OR heard. I would put the gate at the top of the stairs so I would be able to hear them. The playroom we would use is in close proximity to the top of the stairs... The big kids have played down here before while I make lunch or snack, and they do really well for the most part. I would obviously be upstairs with the littles.
The big kids would not have to go down, they would have the option to stay upstairs with me, obviously. But I have a feeling they are going to want to have free play without being bothered by the little ones.![Smile](https://chat.daycare.com/core/images/smilies/smile.png)
Any thoughts? Good idea, bad idea?
I have several toddlers (about to turn PS age) and I have 5 kids that are either SA or will be in the fall. Currently my dc space is mostly in the basement, so I was thinking of putting the older kids down there. I have a room in my main level that I could make into another playroom for the smaller kids. It is right off the kitchen so we would have most of the level to use.
My reasoning behind this stems from the fact that I have a toddler who I affectionately (to myself only!) call Mr. Destructo. He is such a sweetheart but has no control with toys, taking toys, breaking,throwing, etc... I just know that this will cause a lot of conflict with my older kids once school is out. So I thought I could move all of the big toys (legos, etc) to one area downstairs and have all the younger kids toys up. Of course we would all be together a lot of the day, this is just for free play time.
Where I live, the dck age PS and up only need to be able to be seen OR heard. I would put the gate at the top of the stairs so I would be able to hear them. The playroom we would use is in close proximity to the top of the stairs... The big kids have played down here before while I make lunch or snack, and they do really well for the most part. I would obviously be upstairs with the littles.
The big kids would not have to go down, they would have the option to stay upstairs with me, obviously. But I have a feeling they are going to want to have free play without being bothered by the little ones.
![Smile](https://chat.daycare.com/core/images/smilies/smile.png)
Any thoughts? Good idea, bad idea?
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