OK.. is there a knack to....

[AnyDream]

My DD has a cabin bed, when I was heavily pg I would send her up there to tuck the sheets over the 2 furthest-away corners, then I would pull it towards myself and do the final two corners.

Definitely agree if you are having a bunk bed then have a foam or thinner latex mattress on top for ease of wrangling!

[Oorki Galoorki]

do the hardest corner first cos the your not also kneeling on a tight sheet.
then work the way to the easiest on for access.
we only use a fitted bottom sheet and a flat cot sheet thrown over the middle part and a quilt

[sunshine_sieben]

The trick: don't use a top sheet! Do the fitted sheet the way you do right now, then just fold the blanket, or doona or even just the sheet (if it's too hot for a blanket) in half and lay it on top sideways. This is how beds are made in Europe. I HATE tucked in sheets with hospital corners. They make me feel trapped.

Saša

[Cricket]

Here's how I do it: Get DH to pull the bed away from the wall, he stands on one side and I stand on the other, and we make the bed together. Then, he pushes the bed back.
Actually, if I have to do it myself, then I start with the corner I have to get on the bed for, and pull the sheet back along with me to do the parts I can reach from the floor, if you know what I mean. Then you don't have to try to pull the sheet tight when you're sitting on it. Top sheet is more tricky. For that one, I lay the sheet down so that it's where it needs to be, then I climb onto the foot board of the bottom bunk, stand up, and reach over the foot board of the top bunk, lift the mattress, and tuck the top sheet in. It's a bit of a challenge, (can't wait to try it at 9 months pg!) but it works for me.

[bon]

We have this issue too...mostly I just pull the blanket up and straighten it a bit and fluff the pillow a bit...DS doesn't have a top sheet, and has fitted one on the mattress. So I don't actually 'make' the bed, I just neaten it a bit lol. When the sheets need to be changed I get DH to pull the mattress down onto the floor, then I change the sheets and quilt cover/pillowcase and it all gets put back up top.