How old should a child be to sleep in top bunk?
So I've recently had a second child. For now, he's in a co-sleeper and my daughter (3,5 years old) is in a toddler bed (big cot with bars removed).
I'm considering buying a bunk bed for when I transition the baby into the bigger cot, as the two will be sharing a bedroom for a while.
Can a 4 year old sleep on the top bunk? Which age would be safe?
Or is age even a good criteria? What kind of behaviour means a child is "old enough" ?
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Most bunk beds I've seen have the minimum age of 6. I see no way of enforcing this requirement, however.
Keep in mind that the biggest risk is not the older baby sleeping on the upper bunk. It's the younger baby that will also want to get up there. In Poland there were several fatal accidents with bunk beds and all of them happened to younger children who do not sleep there at all.
On the other hand, my 6yo sleeps on a bed that is integrated with desk that looks like this .
My 2.5 yo did want to climb there immediately, we were firm and made him not do it. Of course, over the following months he did get there a few times, but mostly under our supervision. So far we've had no accidents at all.
Any age. If they are sleeping in a regular bed without a railing, thos indicates that they are assumed to not be falling out of the bed, and thus can sleep on top. Odfcourse, "getting the top bunk" is usually the "she can get it because she's older" thing anyway. Some bunk beds also come with a piece that can be attached to the top as a railing.
On the other hand, at ages 2 and 5, would it be the best to even have a shared room at all while sleeping?
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