Yes or no to bunk beds versus truckle beds (single beds with slide out ones underneath) for a four yr old please! Just cannot decide..

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experienced mums please help.

down side to bunk beds is when they are ill also I think 4 years old is too young to go on the top and unless you hide the ladders they tend to go up there during the day and play, and sometimes fall off!

if you have a truckle bed, is it for occasional use or is it a feasible option to have someone sleep on it as their own bed?

sorkycake - its for sleepovers, and when my mother comes!

does it not take a proper mattress then?
just wondered if i had another boy before we extend the house could he not sleep on a truckle bed?

I been looking into this, because I have three boys who need to share a room. So I need bunk and trunkle. Some trunkles do take normal mattresses, some come with a foam thing.

haev truckely ones

very veyr very good
are a good couble bed sub too for adults

my boys haev "sleep overs "with ehac other on em too

ours wer marks and spencer
fab matresses

toagether is a 6 ft coubvle

and you cna slide out and sleep on it( if oyur h is snorign) wihtout popping legs up

they dont make it any more

If you've got room to pull out the truckle then that's what I'd go for. Reason is we've got a midsleeper with tent underneath. (DS had it for 6 birthday, officially considered its not safe till age 6)

Advantages:
Provides storage and play space below
Its fun to play under and on

Disadvantages:
The fun gets out of hand
Horrid climbing out of bed in the dark after nightmares or needing a wee
Difficult to change the sheets, as its in a corner (has to be)
Not handy for me to sit on at story-time, or climb up for a cuddle

If you've got room to pull out the truckle then that's what I'd go for. Reason is we've got a midsleeper with tent underneath. (DS had it for 6 birthday, officially considered its not safe till age 6)

Advantages:
Provides storage and play space below
Its fun to play under and on

Disadvantages:
The fun gets out of hand
Horrid climbing out of bed in the dark after nightmares or needing a wee
Difficult to change the sheets, as its in a corner (has to be)
Not handy for me to sit on at story-time, or climb up for a cuddle

And another bonus of truckle. If DC is a bit poorly, you can pop onto it and sleep beside them.
You could always sleep on the bottom of bunks, but do you really want a vomiting child above you?

fab advice thanks. truckle it is

this is nice
www.thechildrensfurniturecompany.com/product_info.php?products_id=66

and this
www.aspaceuk.com/products/bedroom_ranges/kahlinka1/index.html

Just one problem I found with truckles is that the top bed is higher than most normal singles, and my DD fell off hers a couple of times because she couldn't get down safely when she was small.

But she grew and the beds (M&S) are still in use. Even my parents find the mattresses comfy.

ye si think you advised me catille
really comfya dn heruge

Mine have enjoyed bunk beds a lot, they have been OK in the top bunks from 4. It's an indoor climbing frame/den/tent/cave.