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3 year old and 10 month old in bunk beds?

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someonesmum7 · 29/03/2026 17:05

We live in a 2 bed and currently our baby is 6 months and in our 3 year olds old cotbed it’s beside my side of the bed up against the wall and I have to climb into bed at the bottom.

DD will be 3 next month and by time we are thinking of doing this DS will be 10-11 months.

DD currently in a single house bed, she had a 4x4 kallax unit, chest of drawers and wardrobe. We can get rid of chest of drawers but need kallax for toy/spare bedsheets etc storage, no room in any other part of the house. Realistically we cannot fit 2 single beds in unless one is pushed under the window which I don’t like.

The only thing we can think of is getting a very low bunk, the one with a floor bed on the bottom for DS and the thick 2 or 3 stairs up to the bed on top (some of these even open up for extra storage). DD doesn’t ever get out of bed she just shouts for one of us however I know this could change. We will add additional safety rail to top to make it higher and also one to the bottom to stop baby rolling out.

Bed will also not be anywhere near the window.

Again, I’m not talking about the high bunk beds with ladders. I’ll attach photos of what we are thinking. Yay or nay?

TIA

3 year old and 10 month old in bunk beds?
3 year old and 10 month old in bunk beds?
3 year old and 10 month old in bunk beds?
3 year old and 10 month old in bunk beds?
OP posts:
ObjectiveTent · 29/03/2026 17:14

Have you looked at bunk cots?

newornotnew · 29/03/2026 17:13

Years too young for a raised bed or bunk beds.

PinkFrogss · 29/03/2026 17:13

What was the original plan for them both - has this changed and if so is there any way you can get back to the original plan?

Otherwise I think you just need to keep for in your bedroom. Its inconvenient but not unsafe.

someonesmum7 · 29/03/2026 17:13

Thanks everyone, we will scrap that idea for now then. DS will just have to stay in with us for a couple of years at least.

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someonesmum7 · 29/03/2026 17:12

Thank you, DH is good at building stuff because of his job and thinks he could build a safety rail with a locked gate on it so DS physically couldn’t get out.

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YomAsalYomBasal · 29/03/2026 17:11

The guidance is that 6 is the minimum age to be on the top bunk, and I’d agree with that. Even the most sensible small children move about a lot and do silly things!

someonesmum7 · 29/03/2026 17:11

There is no room, it’s huge and DS is long and already in 12 month clothes at 6 months old. I don’t mean I’d give him a duvet or pillow or anything until at least 12 months, he’d still be in his sleeping bag.

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Toodaloos · 29/03/2026 17:10

Sorry 10 month old vs the steps is not going to end well. It’s not high but the temptation is there for them. Even a 2ft fall off the top bed can be nasty if they’re unlucky. I have friends whose kids have broken collar bones falling off the sofa and they were much older than 10 months old.

Octavia64 · 29/03/2026 17:09

10 months is way too young.

PinkFrogss · 29/03/2026 17:08

10 months is too young to be in a bed, I wouldn’t even be considering it. Can you not keep DD in a bed and move the cot into her room?