It's time to set up Kayla's big bed. She can safely climb off, and has been co-sleeping for ages now, so I'd like to start putting her in her own bed again.
We actually bought bunk beds that can be used as separate beds. But I was thinking, watching Tallon on the play equipment at the park the other day, I reckon he could sleep in the top bunk already! He doesn't fall out of bed at night and doesn't move much through the night.. unlike Kayla who flips and turns and ends up at the bottom of the bed etc hehe. The instructions on the beds say not to use the top bunk until they're 5, but that'd be them covering their butts for kids falling off the top bunk hehe.
So realistically, what age would you use a bunk bed? It would make much better use of their small room to use it already. Altho, can't say I'm looking forward to making the bed all the way up there LOL.
We put Matilda in the top bunk at 4 yrs old. In fact it was a birthday pressie for her. I was a bit nervous because of the guidelines but she's good now.
I think that Yasin could safely sleep on the top bunk now that he's 4 but I won't set it up yet because I know that him and Imran will play on it and Imran has no idea of danger.
Tallon's pretty good with danger. We have a dangerous retaining wall outside and he's been really good with it, knows not to play near it etc, and has always been really good if you tell him something is dangerous.
he also doesn't play in his room. We have all the toys and books and things out in the family room out the back.
argh.. i dunno. Would just be nice not to have to squish two separate beds in the room. hehe.
Aah Mel - excellent. That's what I needed to know.. that I wouldn't be the only one to put a younger kid up there! haha.
We'd have to have a training day or something hehe so that when he's half asleep he still knows to get to the ladder to get down. In case he comes in to us through the night or something.
hmm.. I'll have a chat with DH about it.. see what he says.
Has anyone had their kids share a bed, one at each end? That was on my list of possibilities for a while there, but DD possibly moves around too much for that.
What age did you put your child in a top bunk?
Reply With Quote
He climbs up there fine enough though.
Bookmarks