how to keep kid in bunk bed
Hey guys. Looking at putting our 10 year old daughter in a bunkhouse bunk bed. She is a restless sleeper and dont want her to fall out. Any ideas on how to keep her in the bunk?
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- By far the cheapest solution is to tell her there are monsters under her bunk. Make noises a few nights and she'll never get close to the edge.
Of course it might cost you later for her therapy. - Velcro
RinconVTR wrote:
So, it is you who needs a rail, not the 10 year old!
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in my defense, my edge of the mattress had lost its firmness and the wife reported that when I was gone she had slept on my side and had also fallen out. :)
took some plywood and other boards between mattress and springs to cure that. :)
bumpy- My vote is a ratchet strap.
Or any of the dozen versions of bed rails available commercially or build a rail. Bumpyroad wrote:
RinconVTR wrote:
Does she fall out of her normal bed at home??????
I understand the concern. But she's 10! She is likely to take offense to a baby rail!!!
I've fallen out of my normal bed at home. didn't feel too good. I would hate to imagine if it was 5-6 ft in the air. Actually slept in a bed in France that was about 3-4 ft off the floor. didn't measure the height but had to get a running start to get up on it. slept all night clutching the covers to avoid falling out.
bumpy
So, it is you who needs a rail, not the 10 year old!
And yes, for whatever reason, many hotels (and homes?) in Europe has REALLY HIGH beds! I've stayed in Luzern/Lucerne and Zurich a few times and same thing there. If rails were needed to keep people in bed, I think the trend would start over there!!!lpxguy wrote:
I replaced the skimpy 4" side rail with a 1x10 notched for the ladder
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bumpy- Staple their jammies to the headboard.
- I replaced the skimpy 4" side rail with a 1x10 notched for the ladder
- I think the KISS method would be to place a couple of body pillows under a fitted sheet length wise at the edge of the side of the bed.
Even if you had to use a full fitted sheet on a twin bed for it to fit, when she out grows the falling out stage, she will have a "snuggle pillow.
I saw a post on Pinterest where a woman did this with a Large pool noodle to keep a baby on a bed. - I used to make a wall of duffel bags - I can't believe I didn't think of using the curtain until just recently.
