At what age do you think a child is ready to sleep on the TOP bunk?

Question

My 3.5 year old wants to sleep in her new bunk beds. Her little sister would need the bottom bunk. The top bunk has rails all around. She DOES NOT get out of bed during the night. She waits until I come get her out of bed in the morning.

Answer 1

Go for it!
She is a big girl now.
If you are still worried, have her take her afternoon naps there and see how that goes.

Answer 2

Sounds like a great idea. Teach the child a little what it means to be a big sister. Good move on the rails.

My sister has a bunk bed for her boys where the bottom bed is wider than the top, so even if fell over the rail, he would land on mattress and not the ground.

He's never fallen, so no problem.

Answer 3

My 4 and 2 yr old one share a bunk bed. At first my 4 yr old wanted to sleep on the top bunk and since it had a big wooden railing I felt comfortable letting him sleep up there. But his first night he was trying to get out of it, to go pee, and I guess he was still half asleep and unfamiliar w/ it he misstepped on one of the stairs and fell. Nothing serious just a bruise. I don't blame it on age just the fact that he was half asleep. He now sleeps w/ his brother on the bottom bunk which is a full bed. But I think the fact that she stays in bed and doesn't get out at night I think she is definitely ready.

Answer 4

The industry recommendation is 6 yo because 75% of the injuries occur with children under 6 years of age. Older kids have faster reflexes to stop a fall in the event that they find themselves slipping off the bed due to horsing around etc. Older kids can very quickly move their bodies (in the middle of a fall) so they land on their feet and hands reducing the chance of injury. I'm sure your daughter is smart but the faster reflexes are developmental. She may sleep all through the night now but a few months from now she may find herself needing to get out of bed in the middle of the night to use the bathroom and the room is all dark.

It's your decision but I would wait if I were you and have both little ones sleep on the bottom bunk.

Answer 5

The industry standard recommendation is age 6. We shopped for and bought a bunk bed recently and that is what all the merchants told us. I personally would NOT take a chance letting another child sleep in the top bunk.

Good luck!

Answer 6

If you feel she is ready, go ahead. BUT I personally wouldn't recommend it until she is five or six-comfortable with safely climbing up and down the ladder. Are they the kind of bunks that can be separated into two floor beds? If yes, than I would suggest that.

Answer 7

Its up to you to decide if its time or not.

Personally I wouldnt feel safe about it until I knew the child was old enough to wake himself fully in the middle of the night, and I had seem him/her jump from the top bunk to the floor.

Answer 8

Test it first before really deciding to make her bed on the top bunk.

Answer 9

I'd try to wait until she was at least school aged. Can she bunk with her sister for a while?

Answer 10

feels like a great theory. instruct the youngster a sprint what it ability to be a great sister. solid circulate on the rails. My sister has a bunk mattress for her boys the place the backside mattress is wider than the suited, so despite if fell over the rail, he would land on mattress and not the floor. he's by no ability fallen, so no difficulty.

Answer 11

Yeh let her try it. Just tell her not to get out of bed in the night and to wait until you go and get her