Bunk beds or singles on each side of the room

[Bunksornot]

Hello!

I have 2 boys, age 5 and 20 months.

Youngest cosleeps with me and wakes multiple times a night for boob, and eldest sleeps in their own room with dad beside them from after midnight.

They are going to have to share but I am unsure of the logistics exactly. DP suggested bunks and eldest is super keen for this. The mid sleeper bunks look great and would save space, but is it better they have a single each on either side of the room?

How was this set up for anyone else with a similar age gap?

Singles

Otherwise it'll just be arguments

Yes, singles. Both because of arguments, and because the little one will treat bunk beds as a climbing frame.

Singles .
A lot easier in the middle of the night to strip the bed after the poo/vomit/wee accident !

And if they are ill ..
Easier to climb into a single bed with them than up steps to top bunk ! 😁

A lot easier to put clean sheets on on full stop !

If the room is small then bunk beds to give them some floor space. If it’s big then singles.

I think it depends on the size of the room and whether they'll need to play in their room or have a playroom so bedroom is just for sleeping.

Thanks! All their toys will go in there too, no separate playroom apart from the lounge of course 😂

Bunks are hard to make. We had them fur a couple of years.

our twins liked them but they did use them as a climbing frame.

I vote bunk beds. We had some drawers under ours which raised the hight of the bottom bunk slightly and made it harder for youngest to climb up. You can get ones that can be separated into singles, just in case you are not keen.

We separated into singles when eldest was 10/11. After the youngest had a stint in the top bunk. We also tought both to use a sick bucket I don't remember any major sick incidents.

I vote for bunks that you can separate at times if needed eg when young. Fitted sheets and a ladder that's comfortable for whoever adult makes the bed.

i would do two singles but those beds that are raised with storage underneath. That way they boys get the “feel” of bunk beds if that’s exciting for them, but storage underneath the beds keeps the floor space available for play.

Can’t you get a retractable ladder one? 😂

Two cabin beds.

we have bunks for ours and it’s useful because they can’t see each other so less distractions. We went for bunks with a shelf so thy ca have a light and books on there shelves which we find useful.

We had bunks that could be used as two singles, then when they were old enough to share and sensibly have the bunks without the younger one coming to harm, we put them together into bunks with the middle bit. Bunks like these ones - they were v sturdy and lasted for ages, but were great single beds in the mean time. We kept the extra sections that you use to turn them into bunks flat packed till it was time. Pic, which will show up in a minute I hope, shows the bits you add in to turn them into bunks.

steens bunk beds

Depends how big the room is and how much space they need in there for toys. Mine had bunk beds. They were used to sleeping in bunk beds at my mums house. She used to take the ladder off to stop DS2 getting onto the top bunk. So
he used to climb up the frame like a monkey.

They didn't need toys in there as we had a playroom, but the room is really small so 2 singles would have been practically touching.

DS1 learned to do his own bedding very quickly! The sheet at least.

When they were little we wanted to put them in the same room and had single beds either side of the room

When ours shared we had bunks set up at a right angle. It meant that the top bunk could be lower, so easier access for adults, and adults could sit upright on the lower book. Once the youngest was old enough, the dc swapped around whenever they liked. Our rule was also that an ill child slept on the bottom bunk.

Bunk, not book. Though very useful for reading a book to them at bedtime.

We have 2 and 4 year olds, we bought bunks but they are currently set as 2 singles, they will be bunks when they're a bit older (too worried about safety at this age because they can be little stunt men ha

Definitely bunk beds that can be separated into singles. Mine are now teens but still switch the singles to bunks occasionally when they fancy a room changearound.

This was my first thought.

2 beds which are suitable in height with underneath space and storage.

it may be a high sleeper and mid sleeper until youngest is older but then you can upgrade.

If you can get high sleeper with wardrobe and desk built in they’ll last right through until they move out or you move to a bigger place!

When we got a mid rise bed for DS I found that story time wasn’t cosy anymore because I had to stand by the bed. It would have been impossible with bunk beds.

Thanks all.

I went for two separate beds. A floor style bee for the younger one but in single size, and a daybed style one for the 5 year old as that’s what he liked the look of!

We had bunks that were essentially a floor bed on the bottom and mid sleeper on the top. It worked really well from similar ages to yours.

I think separate beds is the way to go- mine briefly had bunk beds but I missed the bedtime snuggles with the one on the top bunk! They are only little for such a short time!