Bedroom setups.

I would do boys upstairs, you and baby downstairs.  If the boys are always loud chances are baby will learn to sleep through the noise.  Maybe the second upstairs room can be a playroom where the boys can play during baby's naps?  We live in a small ranch.  You can hear everything everywhere even if the person is just talking in a low voice - unless we have the white noise maker on in the bedroom and that provides an amazing barrier to sounds from other rooms.  It's quite fantastic.  We have this.  I thought I was crazy for spending that money, but it works so well that we have to have it set on a timer so that we can wake up in the morning!  DH was literally sleeping through his alarm because of the nice soothing white noise until I came up with the timer solution! Sam sleeps and naps great even though Charlie is always loud!  

Would any of you put the boys downstairs and just pray the baby monitor would do its job and alert to any roaming kiddos?

bree wrote: Would any of you put the boys downstairs and just pray the baby monitor would do its job and alert to any roaming kiddos?

Yup. that's exactly what I would do.

I'd put the boys upstairs if beds will fit, I agree with Mary Beth about the noise machine- we have the same one! Our house is very small and DD has learned to sleep through the noise with the machine on. DS sleeps upstairs alone.

wait and see is a good approach. I know we've changed our set up already from how we planned before DD was born.

I'd put the boys upstairs and the nursery downstairs, BUT I'd have the baby sleep in my room at night in a cradle or co sleeper (or in my bed is how it usually went).  Once the baby was old enough to sleep in their own room at night (around 9 months for me since that is when they would consistently wake once a night or less) I'd reevaluate and probably move the boys downstairs and baby into the upstairs room.  I think it would be nice to have baby's room on the main floor those first few months for naps and changing and stuff so you wouldn't be trekking up and down stairs all day.

But, that is obviously from a person who prefers to have baby in my room those first months at night.  If you don't, I'd say put baby upstairs next to you and boys downstairs with baby monitor.  At our old house the kids rooms were upstairs and ours was down and with a monitor I never had trouble hearing them get up.

Jamie, I thought of you when I learned about the floor plan today but I didn't have the energy to find my phone and text you. lol I knew Cullen was downstairs but was wondering how that works out now that he's in a big boy bed. Do you gate his door?