No real advice except to say that we just moved to bunk beds fairly recently and I had the exact same concern as you did. So far everything has been great. I have to keep an eye on Owen during the day because they LOVE to go up to the top bunk and play. We kept on them for the first week about never standing on the top bunk - always have to be sitting on your bottom. Owen is clumsy and fearless so it's a bad combo. So far, so good. Gavin is a total rule follower so he reminds Owen when I'm not there to do so.
We haven't had any problems. Night time I was worried that Owen would try to climb up or that Gavin would have problems when he came down in the middle of the night (bathroom or drink or whatever) but so far so good.
Good luck! Hope everything goes well. Can't believe you're already getting settled with the new move! So happy for you guys.
a few months ago i assembled bunk beds in clara/cate's room.
obviously cate is not yet in a bed yet, but it was cecile's old bunks and part of how i am setting up the room for the girls.
i can say that it is a novelty - clara got over the excitement after about a week and these days only uses the bottom. she doesnt even play up there. but i had to be up there when she was up there and also whenever friend visits i keep nearby to listen of they get rowdy or too silent - both signs of bring up to no good and worth seeing if they are climbing.
i am not sure what to do for a 3yo... but will be watching this space for any advice for when cate is older.
oh- one thought to stop climbing if that is an issue... i know in ikeas they have this clear piece of plastic they attach to the ladder with plastic ties so that kids cant climb the stairs to the bunkbed. if i had climbing issues, i would probably create something like that to put up during the day to stop them from climbing.
Our kids are in bunk beds and have been for a year now. Charlie is on top and Jo below. She has never ever climbed up. I think she was too little when we put her in them to consider it and now it hasn't occured to her. I'm sure it would be different if we moved them in now.
She's not a get into things kind if gal (she's good at getting into trouble in other ways kind of kid, like hitting and spitting and shaking her booty at people).
That said, they don't play in their room.
Good luck! My kids love being in the same room. Even when we had extra rooms this summer, they insisted on sleeping in the same room.
Our kids are in bunk beds and have been for a year now. Charlie is on top and Jo below. She has never ever climbed up. I think she was too little when we put her in them to consider it and now it hasn't occured to her. I'm sure it would be different if we moved them in now.
She's not a get into things kind if gal (she's good at getting into trouble in other ways kind of kid, like hitting and spitting and shaking her booty at people).
That said, they don't play in their room.
Good luck! My kids love being in the same room. Even when we had extra rooms this summer, they insisted on sleeping in the same room.
Wow, I can't believe she has never climbed up. The boys have had theirs for about two months and they play on the top bunk all.the.time. They play in their bedroom a lot too.
Ours are in bunk beds and have been for a couple of months now. Honestly, they don't go on each others bed at all. We told them their bed was their space- if they needed alone time they go to their bed, that the others bed was off limits. Day one we talked about no jumping around. No issues at all. Tristen hasn't even tried to climb up because it is Koda's space.
We put one of the bed guards on the lower bunk because I was afraid Tristen would fall out. It actually worked perfect, between that and the ladder, there is only a small area for Tristen to get in and out of so it is less tempting for Koda.
I will say making beds is a pain in the arse. (so I just don't most days. :bag)
Our kids are in bunk beds and have been for a year now. Charlie is on top and Jo below. She has never ever climbed up. I think she was too little when we put her in them to consider it and now it hasn't occured to her. I'm sure it would be different if we moved them in now.
She's not a get into things kind if gal (she's good at getting into trouble in other ways kind of kid, like hitting and spitting and shaking her booty at people).
That said, they don't play in their room.
Good luck! My kids love being in the same room. Even when we had extra rooms this summer, they insisted on sleeping in the same room.
good to see this. we are considering bunk beds and moving jake and kate in together to give DH his office back.
