Comments on: A Tale of Four Beds and a Bed Rail

By: Gina

Gina — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 16:04:35 +0000

I need to transform my bunk bed into the double bed as shown in manual .

The only thing i do not understand is that when the 2 beds are attached side by side the middle still has the wooden part which is higer than the wooden slats . Is that not going to bother my daughter when she sleeps in the middle with that lump ?????

By: Chief Family Officer

Chief Family Officer — Fri, 17 Aug 2007 22:37:49 +0000

Stephanie – Thanks for the tip about the bed flipping over – do you happen to know what it’s called? That would be perfect for my toddler when he outgrows his current toddler bed.

And Mark’s right – you’re very lucky not to have a climber with that bed in your house!

By: Mark

Mark — Fri, 17 Aug 2007 17:37:23 +0000

Oh, and by the way — you don’t know how lucky you are that your daughter isn’t a climber. Brings a whole new element of “excitement” to life when your toddler has absolutely no fear of heights.

By: Mark

Mark — Fri, 17 Aug 2007 17:35:41 +0000

You inspired us to go with the mattress on the floor look for ages, but turns out it secretly drove my fiancee batty for him not to have a bed, so we suddenly acquired the bed that SHE had slept in as a toddler. He insists on calling the bed “Papa” because his grandfather made a special visit to bring it to him.

By: E Munda

E Munda — Fri, 17 Aug 2007 14:35:27 +0000

HA..twin bed on the floor! great minds think alike that’s what our two year old son is on right now. and with one on the way too, the bunkbed is our path as well. my son did go from co-sleeper (total backsaver) to between mom and dad on the bed to the floor. He climbes between us anytime he feels like it tho.

By: Stephanie

Stephanie — Fri, 17 Aug 2007 06:27:03 +0000

Sounds like what we went through with my son, except we did have a crib, and the changes were mostly his idea.

Started in the cradle, then when he was old enough he went to the crib. Day after his second birthday he started pulling on the side of his crib, clearly upset about it, and when I asked if he wanted it off, it was a definite yes.

Two months later my sister offers us her daughter's old toddler bed, so in it goes.

Two months later my son asks his Daddy for a big boy bed. Once again, very clear. Bought this one (from IKEA), and it should last for years. Starts out as a regular bed, but you can flip the whole thing over for a loft bed later on.

I would have cheerfully done the mattress on the floor thing, but my inlaws would have flipped. At one point they decided my daughter must be sleeping on a box spring because her bed only had one mattress. Took weeks to convince them that no, they did not need to buy her a mattress, she already had one. No, it was not a box spring. Really. We're positive. The mattress is supported by wood.

By: Chief Family Officer

Chief Family Officer — Fri, 17 Aug 2007 04:03:33 +0000

Thanks for making me LOL!

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Thu, 16 Aug 2007 16:16:46 +0000

I think what they mean is not to use it on the top bunk so you don’t depend on that holding a child so high up from taking a huge plunge down. I don’t think they really mean that it can’t be used on the bottom bunk.

By: thordora

thordora — Thu, 16 Aug 2007 14:54:06 +0000

We have to get a bunk bed eventually, but I doubt we'll score like that!

We never used the rails on either kid-just pillows on the floor in case. My oldest fell once, my youngest hasn't yet. We had to get a toddler bed due to space constraints though-my oldest has a captain's bed which takes up WAY too much room.