So our 74-pound 7 year old has grown out of his twin bed. That would be Noah. If we were dealing with his size alone, it may not be a problem, but his 74 pounds cover every square inch of his bed at some point every night. I go in and check on him a couple times during the evening before I go to bed, and EVERY time I have to pull his extremities, his head, or entire upper or lower body back onto the bed, and get him turned anywhere from 90 to 180 degrees back into normal sleeping position. Not an easy nightly task, my friends. So we figure it's time to get him into a double bed. (By the way, Jack is 57 pounds. That would be a 17 pound difference. And they are twins. But in birthdate alone.)
Due to the fact that they are twins, in the interest of fairness, we told Jack we'd get him the bigger bed too. So off we go, furniture shopping last weekend. Somewhere in the midst of this, these two yay-hoos decide they want BUNKBEDS. Jack in the twin size one on top, and Noah in the full size on bottom - they agreed on this arrangement on their own. Now I know this doesn't sound all that abnormal - they are kids, and what kid doesn't want a bunkbed at some point? The abnormal part is that they currently have their own rooms. Since they were one and a half. Now they want to share a room. ?? At least they keep things interesting around here.
We were speaking with a nice saleslady at one of the furniture stores in town while the kids had camped out on THEIR prospective bunkbed, and she commented about how functional bunkbeds are when dealing with a limited amount of space, yada yada yada. I laughed and explained noooo, that wasn't an issue, our kids actually have their own bedrooms. And they now want to move in together. You should have seen the look she gave us. Total confusion. Amen sister.
So, as parents, we don't know what to do. They are so stinkin' cute, having worked all this out on their own - and actually WANTING to be together. Jack got big tears in his eyes when it was sounding like we were going to say no. We even offered him a VERY cool bedroom set and he said no, he'd take the cheap bunkbed because he just wants to be with Noah. You have no idea how confounded we are by this. On the flipside, we're fairly certain that after a few weeks of bunkbed bliss, they'll be ready to go back to their separate spaces. I don't know what we'll do. We'll keep ya posted. I know you'll be waiting on pins and needles. The suspense of it all. Try to refrain from checking this on an hourly basis.
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Well . . . bunk beds ARE fun :)! My sister and I had them. We used to play circus on them and used the ladder to pretend we were walking on stilts (until I fell with the ladder and broke it :). Good luck mom and dad!
Oh my goodness... what a dilemma! What did you end up doing?
Jen
P.S. Noah is 74 lbs.? I need to weigh Nathan -- I can't believe that!
My boys have done great with a full / twin bunk. However, they typically share the bottom (@ my older boy's insistence). It would be interesting to see how they would handle the change. Do they have a plan for the extra room?
My boys have bunk beds (the loft style though, not the really tall one) They are twin size, but they LOVE THEM! There is an attachable slide, and they always are goofin' off on them!
If the bunk beds are cheaper than the more expensive ones, and if money isnt an issue, you could get one for each room, and they could have sleep overs in each other's rooms. We just don't have an extra room, or we would consider doing that!
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