Comments on: A long-winded tale of two bunk beds

By: Is my baby ready for a toddler bed?

Is my baby ready for a toddler bed? — Thu, 16 May 2013 19:07:49 +0000

[...] Kids Bunk Beds; Standing Up in The [...]

By: Whitney Moss

Whitney Moss — Mon, 18 Feb 2013 19:46:43 +0000

Rachel and Heather, I’m really not sure if it was the weight combined with the heaviest kid jolting it intentionally for a good time – or the fact that it had been disassembled and reassembled. I still trust IKEA construction. But I respect the warning printed on the bed that dictates two or less bodies on top at a time.

A guy who helped me dispose of the broken bed pieces told me that he was one of six kids and their bunks collapsed a good handful of times over the years.

By: Rachel

Rachel — Mon, 18 Feb 2013 19:09:55 +0000

Oh yeah: ditto to Heather’s question.

By: Rachel

Rachel — Mon, 18 Feb 2013 19:01:57 +0000

Ugh, sorry to hear about this and relieved for you that no on was injured when the bed cracked. I will admit: I am going to take this info to heart when we’re in the market for a bunk bed.

By: Veena@littledinos

Veena@littledinos — Mon, 18 Feb 2013 09:01:53 +0000

Thanks for sharing your experience with us.

By: Heather Flett

Heather Flett — Sun, 17 Feb 2013 15:20:26 +0000

I’m curious if you feel like the lesson was about IKEA being made of crap materials, the dangers of hand-me-downing, too many monkeys in one bed or nothing at all.

By: Anastasia @ eco-babyz

Anastasia @ eco-babyz — Sun, 17 Feb 2013 07:07:20 +0000

Oh wow, quite the adventure! We’re going for that IKEA loft[ish] bed because the kids’ bedroom is tiny and we really want something that will not make the room seem even smaller. Right now they are on mattresses on the floor and we want to wait until they are a little older (they’re 4 and 1) to get the loft because they get enough bruises as is, even without beds! I can’t stand hard furniture, lol. I think I actually end up being the one with bruises all over from hitting furniture

By: LT

LT — Sun, 17 Feb 2013 00:22:43 +0000

I’m currently looking at a plain pine bunk bed from ikea (not the one pictured) and its around $150, I think. Did you happen to look at it when you were searching? It seems ridiculously cheap? I’d love the single over double that you showed. Gah

By: Jen

Jen — Sat, 16 Feb 2013 04:15:43 +0000

Here you are thinking you’re this cool mom because all the kids are having an awesome time and “crack” — oh man. So glad no one was hurt. Your adrenaline must have been pumping for a while there.
I am getting a loft bed for my oldest. She cannot stand sharing a room with her sister because her sister bothers her when she reads…
We will be moving the baby in with my newly 6 year old soon.

By: Whitney Moss

Whitney Moss — Sat, 16 Feb 2013 03:28:47 +0000

@Kristal, I started putting them both to bed at 7.30 when they were around 2 and 4.5, I think. I wish I could remember. When the little one napped, it worked well. Now they’re both at 8 pm. My daughter would probably benefit from a 7.30 bedtime, but it’s easier to do it together.

By: Kristal

Kristal — Sat, 16 Feb 2013 02:03:49 +0000

I am the oldest of 5 and grew up in a 3 bedroom house, so we for sure had bunk beds growing up. My daughter and son share a room right now and I don’t know how long they will be together. Right now they’re little(3 and 1) so we have a Seuss-y theme going on. Lots of colors:). When did your kids start going to bed at the same time? We’re stuck in a rut of separate sleep routines and are struggling to figure out a better way without a party every night. My son is still nursing but those days are numbered I think….

By: Cassie Ilten

Cassie Ilten — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 22:20:11 +0000

Oh how feel your pain. When we bought our house 2 years ago I thought for sure my two boys would share a room and my daughter would have her own (they shared in our previous 2 bedroom). Um no. They refused to sleep without each other and after 2 years my husband finally agreed to sell the old beds and buy bunk beds. We were lucky enought to find them on sell at Target and got two sets. Finding bedding that is not to girly or boyish was hard and I like you spent to much time looking for bedding before settling on some from Ikea. The things we do for these darn kids.