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5year old scared to sleep in top bunk

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goosey123 · 29/05/2013 22:03

anyone got any tips? we're obviously not forcing her, but really want her out of bottom bunk so can get 3 year old out of cot.... she is scared she will fall out. wondering about getting additional bed guard to help her feel more secure.

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Nevercan · 29/05/2013 22:12

How about one of those tents you can click over a bunk bed which will make her feel like she is sleeping in a den

MumofMinx · 29/05/2013 22:14

I didn't realise top bunks were recommended for children that age. It's quite a long way to fall. Could you get one of the beds that pull out from the main bed?

DiscoDonkey · 29/05/2013 22:16

Just put the mattress on the floor for now.

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StitchAteMySleep · 29/05/2013 22:22

Think advice is age six for top bunk, but sure many have done earlier.

I would buy a tent clip on and make it a fun den for now, somewhere to play so she can get used to the height and get a trundle bed. Once she gets used to it you can move her up and the trundle bed can be used for sleep overs.

mercibucket · 29/05/2013 22:50

have both of them sleep on the bottom bunk?

3littlefrogs · 29/05/2013 22:55

I agree with discodonkey. Put the mattress on the floor. I wouldn't put a five year old in a top bunk anyway, even if she wasn't scared.

Can you put the mattress on the floor at right angles to the bottom bunk (making an L shape)? She won't be tall enough to need the whole length of it, so the "foot" end could go under the bed IYSWIM.

Thesebootsweremadeforwalking · 29/05/2013 22:57

I've got to be honest, I'd still be scared of sleeping on a top bunk now

AnyFucker · 29/05/2013 22:58

She is too young for the top bunk, that is why she is scared

lougle · 29/05/2013 23:00

She should be 6 for the top bunk, so she's helping you to be sensible

3littlefrogs · 29/05/2013 23:02

Do they share a room at the moment?

DS2 was in a tiny bedroom. When he was 2 I moved all the furniture out, put a mattress on the floor and a stairgate across the (open) door.

He slept quite happily like that until he was old enough to go into a proper bed.

He and his brother went into bunk beds at 4 and 7.

DomesticCEO · 29/05/2013 23:04

My 3 yr old sleeps in a top bunk!!!

It has v high sides and there is no way he could fall out!

He takes it in turns with his 4 yr old brother .

alienbanana · 29/05/2013 23:05

Interesting.. I have the same problem at the moment and just thought DS would get there eventually .. I knowlots of 5yo's who sleep in the top bunk or a high sleeper ..

Good to know though. I won't push it :)

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goosey123 · 30/05/2013 09:49

thanks for replies. yes she's young for it, but tiny house issues... anyway good to hear feedback, I will think through alternatives and I won't push it. no way she will get mattress on floor, its a box room...

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