BUNK BEDS: A Brief Guide For Parents

Once your children are grown-up and ready to share a room, a bunk bed is a smart option to free up extra space in their kids’ room and to save money, as it is cheaper to buy one bunk bed instead of two separate beds. However, if you are thinking about having a bunk bed for your youngsters, you might have questions or concerns before you make a decisive move. Take a bit of kid bed advice from us! The FurnitureCart answers today the most important questions parents might have on these kids’ beds:

• What is the right age for bunk beds?

• Are these beds safe to use by children of young age and how to make them even safer?

How old shall your kid be to fit the bunk bed?

In general, bunk beds are suitable for children aged 6 to 16. Although there is no universal age when children are ready to sleep in the top bunk, it’s better to wait until your child turns six at least.

Still, it depends. Even if your kid reached the age of six, they may not yet be ready. If they seem to be unsteady on stairs & ladders and make night trips to the toilet, it is better to wait before using an upper bed.

The bottom bed is good for kids of the age of 5-6, right when your child outgrows their toddler bed and is ready to move to a larger one.

Improving safety

For a parent, safety is a major concern. Bunk bed accidents might happen, especially when it comes to climbing up and down the ladder at night. That is the reason why we recommend it is better to wait until your kid is mature enough to confidently go up and down the steps of the bunk bed without assistance.

Still, there are a few tricks, that will help you keep your children safe, and enjoy their good night’s sleep:

1) It is better to locate the bunk bed in the corner of the kids’ room, for two walls to surround the bed;

2) If you are choosing safer options for climbing up opt for having a bunk bed with steps instead of a bunk bed with a ladder;

3) Think of having a night light for the upper bunk, it will help the upper dweller to have safer nightly trips to the bathroom;

4) Please check if the upper bunk is far enough from the ceiling to avoid the head bumps (please leave at least two feet between the top mattress and the ceiling);

5) If there are no safety rails, install them on the open sides of the top bunk (if the bed is not placed closer to the corner of the room, install the rails on both sides of the top bunk, if the bunk bed is in the corner, as we have recommended in the tip #1, you can have the rails only from the open side).

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