https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Thu, 21 May 2026 16:52:19 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-age-is-ok-for-bunk-beds#post-2217152 Wed, 24 Jun 2015 11:21:04 +0000 Finfan 2217152@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was 5 when I got bunk beds. I had my own room but asked for them and got them anyway. We had a lot of sleepovers and I also liked to be able to sleep in whichever bed I felt like. </p> <p>I don't think I would go younger than 5. With my own LO, I think she'd have to be closer to 6-7 before I would feel comfortable. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-age-is-ok-for-bunk-beds#post-2216851 Wed, 24 Jun 2015 03:21:59 +0000 78h2o 2216851@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>When I was a kid, my cousins were in their room playing in the top bunk of their bunk beds. The younger one somehow fell out, fracturing his skull. He survived, but had to wear a helmet for months. I probably wouldn't do it until age 5-7. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-age-is-ok-for-bunk-beds#post-2216833 Wed, 24 Jun 2015 00:31:26 +0000 tysonja 2216833@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>thanks for all your replies!! I really appreciate them.</p> <p>my boys are pretty adventurous/fearless and I can see them potentially jumping or trying to get up and down too fast, so I've shelved the bunk idea for now :).</p> <p>there is technically room for two twins side by side, but it would be pretty darn tight. </p> <p>we'll either go with the kura (will go check it out in person), two small toddler beds (we already have one), or a twin bunk separated for now. we'll see after we move in this weekend! thankfully I don't have to really decide until the autumn.</p> <p>thank youuuuuu all! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-age-is-ok-for-bunk-beds#post-2216736 Tue, 23 Jun 2015 19:31:04 +0000 T.H.O.U. 2216736@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We went ahead and bought the bunk beds but kept them separate as twins for a while. Like what @Mrs. High Heels: did side by side. Could you do that for a while and then bunk later? </p> <p>We just bunked hers now that she's almost 4. She's sleeping on the bottom though. We let her go up to the top (using the ladder) but I worry about her standing and hitting her head on the ceiling fan. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-age-is-ok-for-bunk-beds#post-2216667 Tue, 23 Jun 2015 16:50:25 +0000 TrailRunner 2216667@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Can you do a trundle bed? Or would the room be too small for that? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-age-is-ok-for-bunk-beds#post-2216664 Tue, 23 Jun 2015 16:50:14 +0000 MamaBehr 2216664@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We are probably putting our boys in bunk beds next summer. My oldest will be 4 and a bit. This is the bunk bed we are considering </p> [attach=2569/15/nqf3bq.337x600.image.jpg] https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-age-is-ok-for-bunk-beds#post-2216625 Tue, 23 Jun 2015 16:16:51 +0000 shellio 2216625@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We put my DS year old in the top of a bunk bed anticipating room sharing. He had just barely turned 3. We put fence things all around the edge and he was fine. We got the Ikea Kura after reading about it here! But he is not much of a daredevil - I have a girlfriend whose boys are 3 years apart and both are a little wild, they were jumping off the top almost immediately when they got a bunk bed. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-age-is-ok-for-bunk-beds#post-2216619 Tue, 23 Jun 2015 16:09:45 +0000 birdofafeather 2216619@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was gonna say 5 but I would definitely take each kid into account! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-age-is-ok-for-bunk-beds#post-2216602 Tue, 23 Jun 2015 15:44:00 +0000 HLK208 2216602@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Our ped said 5...I fell out of mine while asleep when I was 6 though! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-age-is-ok-for-bunk-beds#post-2215937 Tue, 23 Jun 2015 06:47:52 +0000 regberadaisy 2215937@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think would be more afraid of accidents during general horseplay than falling off while sleeping. Especially with sharing a room; kids get crazier with other kids!</p> <p>But agree it depends on the child. I guess if your child is calm then it's not a concern. Mine is a tomboy! She just got 5 stitches this weekend from jumping in the couch. :crying: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-age-is-ok-for-bunk-beds#post-2215923 Tue, 23 Jun 2015 06:23:18 +0000 Foodnerd81 2215923@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I know my parents put my younger sister and me in bunk beds when the youngest was born, which would make us about 5.5 and 2.5. I don't recall ever having a problem with the top bunk, but I remember friends coming over and putting my little sister in the top bunk and she fell off (onto the bottom bed, they were L shaped). No one ever got hurt though. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-age-is-ok-for-bunk-beds#post-2215921 Tue, 23 Jun 2015 06:22:06 +0000 Adira 2215921@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Pretty sure my brother was 4 when we had bunk beds and he was on top, so that's my vote! But totally agree with @Mrs. Tiger: that it depends on the kid. I think my oldest at 2 would love it, though I'd be afraid he'd fall out, haha. He's fearless though. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-age-is-ok-for-bunk-beds#post-2215915 Tue, 23 Jun 2015 06:15:02 +0000 looch 2215915@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Do you have the kind of bunks with actual stairs, not ladders? I might consider those. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-age-is-ok-for-bunk-beds#post-2215901 Tue, 23 Jun 2015 04:27:49 +0000 Mrs. Tiger 2215901@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think it depends on the kid. If your oldest isn't afraid of being up top and doesn't normally roll off the bed, go for it! I know my almost 4 yo would be too scared. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-age-is-ok-for-bunk-beds#post-2215898 Tue, 23 Jun 2015 03:21:48 +0000 Pumuckl 2215898@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was 4 and my sister 2 when our parents moved us to a bunkbed. It had rails so I couldn't fall out. We stayed in the same bed for 10 years :-) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-age-is-ok-for-bunk-beds#post-2215895 Tue, 23 Jun 2015 03:08:59 +0000 lamariniere 2215895@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Hmm, tough question. My son is almost 4.5 and he is very cautious. However, I don't think I would feel comfortable with a bunk bed for a few more years. Maybe 6? I would actually be more frightened of my younger LO (who is completely fearless) climbing up and falling/jumping off. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-age-is-ok-for-bunk-beds#post-2215891 Tue, 23 Jun 2015 01:00:52 +0000 sarac 2215891@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I would not put my almost 4 year old in one simply because I would worry about her falling out of it when climbing down at night, or when playing in it. For a more cautious child, or a bigger child who could handle the ladder easier, I would worry less. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-age-is-ok-for-bunk-beds#post-2215887 Tue, 23 Jun 2015 00:36:54 +0000 tysonja 2215887@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. High Heels: hey great idea! thanks!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-age-is-ok-for-bunk-beds#post-2215886 Tue, 23 Jun 2015 00:36:21 +0000 tysonja 2215886@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Rainbow Sprinkles: LOL basically the same :). #3 mid October, #1 will be a month or two shy of 3.5, and #2 will have just turned 2. ack!!! hope it all goes well with you :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-age-is-ok-for-bunk-beds#post-2215885 Tue, 23 Jun 2015 00:34:21 +0000 Mrs. High Heels 2215885@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I considered it for when my kids were 4 and 2, but we ultimately decided to do side by side twins. I think something more low to the ground like the IKEA Kura bed would work great for your boys! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-age-is-ok-for-bunk-beds#post-2215884 Tue, 23 Jun 2015 00:31:48 +0000 Rainbow Sprinkles 2215884@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@tysonja: #3 is arriving in september.</p> <p>We will have a 3.5 year old, an almost two year old, and a newborn! Yikes! What about you? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-age-is-ok-for-bunk-beds#post-2215882 Tue, 23 Jun 2015 00:29:59 +0000 tysonja 2215882@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Rainbow Sprinkles: thanks for your response! when is your #3 arriving? :) our kids are so similar in age! :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-age-is-ok-for-bunk-beds#post-2215881 Tue, 23 Jun 2015 00:27:28 +0000 Rainbow Sprinkles 2215881@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I would put the 3.5 year old on the top with a toddler type rail and the 2 year old on the bottom, also with a toddler type rail. It'll be great!</p> <p>We will probably get a bunkbed for our girls at 4/2.5. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-age-is-ok-for-bunk-beds#post-2215879 Tue, 23 Jun 2015 00:22:30 +0000 tysonja 2215879@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>hi everyone -- just wondering what age you would feel comfortable having your LO's share a bunk bed/have a LO on the top bunk?</p> <p>my boys are 16 months apart, and we were considering putting them in a bunk this fall, when LO3 is arriving, but talking to mom friends they've said the boys are too young. i'm still on the fence! I can accept if i'm totally nuts and should wait a few more years :). </p> <p>LO's will be 3.5 and 2. I'm not that worried about the actual sleeping/rolling off, but more just general safety. Their room is tiny, so it won't be a place with toys etc, although I imagine they would still play in there from time to time.</p> <p>ETA: I just checked and Health Canada recommends no top bunks for kids until 6 years old. </p>