Bunk beds for a 2&4 year old.

[Mybabysmylife1]

Hello. Just wondering on views for bunk beds for a 2&4 year old? I'm just putting my kids into a bedroom together due to not having a extra bedroom so there having to share 2 year old is a boy and 4 year old is girl, was trying to make more space for toys etc. Instead of buying 2 single beds I'm was thinking bunk beds but my son is abit of a terror, climbing jumping etc.. what is peoples views? Anyone had the same? Thankyou

Interested in responses as I have símilar age kids and a tiny house so bunk beds would be ideal but all my googling suggests it's not advised before 6 years old.

They're too young really. There are lots of other brilliant storage and space saving ideas for children's bedrooms.

Top bunk isn't suitable for children under the age of 6. I'd say that bottom bunk is suitable from age 4. We had kids in the bunk bed from ages 4 & 6 and even so it was a worry (thankfully no accidents). 2 & 4 is way too young.

@Mylittlepony374 when you say it’s not advised before 6 years old, could you put a 6 year old on the top and a 2 year old on the bottom? Is the risk to the 2 year old if they climb up? My older one really wants bunk beds!

Ours went in to bunk beds at 2 and 4 because we needed the cot back for number 3. They were a couple of months shy of their 3rd and 5th birthdays.

I'm sure it's not recommended before age 5 but our 4 yr old was pretty sensible and we didn't have much choice. A Facebook posts pops up every year from the day we got the bunk beds. It's says 'Just caught 2 yr old trying to launch herself from the top bunk and 4 yr old is 'a bit nervous' of the ladder'. 10 yrs later and that still sums up their personalities.

It did work for us but very much depends on the nature of the children and how you will police who is allowed on the top bunk.

Thanks everyone , I have looked into other options , I just haven't got that kind of money for the other options as there very expensive , I'm having second thoughts now as my daughter has always been a brilliant sleep and always had a brill routine but since this lockdown something has changed in her she won't go to sleep she doesn't listen to anything me or her father say. So I was worried she may be up and down the ladders everytime and my sons (2) he's in a brill routine sleep by 7.10pm and stay asleep.

Complete side note but clearly I need my eyes testing, I read the title as 'bunk beds for a 284 year old' and was like whoa there, I reckon they're a bit past that!

@Lou573 yep, exactly, kids will see it as an indoors climbing frame and you will either have to lock the bedroom or stay there 24/7 supervising.

I’ve been thinking same for 3 and 5 year old. Decided against it because I think they’ll climb it and fall off. Not when sleeping but when playing in the room. And I like them to be able to play when I’m not in there. They’re currently sharing a double bed.

I've decided against it and ordered a normal single for them too much of a worry they will have to make do with space and move the beds to make more space for toys when playing etc.

I currently have single beds for my nearly 4 and 6 year old. I would like to switch for a bunk but I am waiting until I feel I can trust the youngest and he’s not there yet. They share a room at the moment and tend to mess about after lights out (climb into each other’s beds etc) so I wouldn’t feel comfortable leaving them to go to sleep.

We did it.

No problems with the eldest falling out of bed.
Cleaning sick up from the top bunk while trying not to wake the bottom is interesting.
A couple of times we had banged heads on ceiling and bottom bunk and the odd smacked face on the ladder.

But they loved them and actually they kept sharing for longer as the light on next to the top bunk didn't disturb the lower one sleeping.

We have the Ikea kura bed which has a hack to turn it into bunk beds. It's a mid sleeper so not as high. We put DD in it when she was 2 but she was a sensible two. She's now 8 and have never had a problem. DS 2 sleeps underneath these days xx

@SecretOfChange

Top bunk isn't suitable for children under the age of 6. I'd say that bottom bunk is suitable from age 4. We had kids in the bunk bed from ages 4 & 6 and even so it was a worry (thankfully no accidents). 2 & 4 is way too young.

I wouldn’t put my almost 7 year old in a top bunk. He’s up and down like a yo yo to the toilet, getting a drink of water, coming downstairs for a chat

My cousin fell out of the top bunk ages about 5 possibly 6 and broke his leg.

I would personally explore other options

@Mybabysmylife1

I've decided against it and ordered a normal single for them too much of a worry they will have to make do with space and move the beds to make more space for toys when playing etc.

Sorry didn’t see your update

I know 4 and 2 year olds in bunk beds

I will be having 4 and 2 year old in bunk bends too as we only have small 2 bed house

there are many hazards with bunk beds, eg entrapment. not suitable for younger children.

Leave your 2 year old in the cot with the side off and get your 4 year old a junior bed. They'll have loads more room.

Mine slept in continental cots with one side off until school age as had 3 sharing.

@RandomMess hey , i couldn't go back to a cot he's been in a single bed since he was 18 months old. He has the side off the cot at 15months old but he climbed a lot so I changed him he's been fine since. I've decided against it and got a different bed for him

We bought bunks at those ages but used them as separate beds for the first few years. The younger one went in what would have been the top bunk - as it had a higher side. Saved money on buying single beds and then bunks to make better use of the space when they were older . They were slightly different heights as single beds so looked a little bit wrong but worked brilliantly

You can get low ones where the bottom bed is pretty much on the floor and the top one at waist height. Safer and much easier to manage than changing sheets 6' from the floor.

You could try an L shaped bunk where just the end of one bed is covered. They can be a lot lower because the child's head and body won't have anything over it (probably their whole body if it is a normal single bed and they're only 2). And they take up less space than 2 separate beds, not just because one is partially over the other but also that the extra space under one need van have a chest of drawers. Eg sleepdoctordeewhy.com.au/products/graham-bunk-bed