Bedroom Talk

Full bed or 2 twins for little girls sharing a room?

My girls will be sharing a room, and when the youngest is ready for a big girl bed (they are 16 months apart), I need to know if we're going to set up bunk beds or a full-size bed to share. Their bedroom is not very big, so I thought bunks would save floor space, but then I also have to worry about falls and bunks are such a pain to change sheets on! Which do other parents recommend-- bunks or a full bed?

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1. I would suggest bunk beds, It'll be good to get them used to sleeping alone. If they share a bed for too long it could be hard to get them to transition out of it. Just make sure the bunk bed is safe, railings secure and frame built properly.
2. bunks, they need their own space
3. I have a younger sister. We shared a room as young girls...and although we loved and still love each other dearly, we may have killed each other if we had to sleep in the same bed. If it is necessary, then that's one thing, but you may be in for trouble.
4. If they have the motor skills to safely climb up and down a ladder, then go for bunk beds. If not, go for a full size.
5. I would be afraid of bunk beds too, I see nothing wrong with them sharing a full size bed, but it will take up more room and they may not want to sleep together long term. What about a twin with a trundle bed underneath it? It can be pushed away during the day for the extra play room. I hope this helps you.
6. For my 2 boys I did the bunk bed. Luckily my oldest does not move much so he has never fallen off but I must admit it is a pain in the butt to make the bed. I have 2 girls sharing another room and right now they are in a toddler bed and a crib but that will only last so long. I plan to get a Day Bed with a trundle bed underneath. They sell the together like that if you look. This way they both have their own bed, during the day you can push the bed under and save on floor space and you don't have to worry about them falling. I know I will have to bend down further to make the one bed but much easier than a bunk bed. Good luck.
7. two different ones.. think about when they're older.. you're just going to have to get a new bed.
8. Definitely twin beds (or twin bunk beds). Maybe you could even get a Trundle. My sister and I are 11 months apart and shared a room our entire life. I know that I would have hated ever sharing a bed with her. I think it's great to have them in the same room (especially if you don't have room for them to be in separate rooms) but they definitely need their own beds. It's kind of like their "own space" you know. No matter the age, kids need their space, their Independence. If you get a full size bed now and have them share. When they get older and you want to put them in separate beds you are going to have an impossible challege. I have a friend that did that with her two girls and her two boys. They girls sleep in separate beds now but the two boys are still sleeping together in a full size bed! And they are 9 and 6. 100% twin beds! Good Luck!
9. bunk beds don't worry they wont fall as long as you have the side rail. dont change the sheets as often as you do now but it isnt that hard (and you can ask her to help by climbing up to tuck in the sheets that helps a lot) they wont want to share a bed even if they say they do now. after a week they will hate you for making them share a bed
10. I would give the girls bunks (with side railings, low ones, the ones we had as kids had none.) If they had their own room I would have said give each their own bed. They need space, as well as their own space. Why not involve them in the choosing of bunks, if they are old enough?
11. My boys are 4 and 3 and they have a full size bed..they had 2 seperate beds but always wanted to be together and would try to get in bed with eachother so we got them a full size bed and they love it.. It depends how old your children are if I would do full size or bunk beds..we are going to get them bunk bed in a year or 2, maybe..they love sharing right now!
12. Depends on when the youngest will be ready for a big girl bed. If you're thinking like 2, I would not go with bunk beds. Because a 2 and 3 year old in bunk beds equals falls and possibly some bad injuries. If you're thinking 4, then I think bunkbeds would be great. Another option for now might be a trundle bed. That way you can pull out the bottom bed when it's nighttime or naptime and push it away for some floor space when they aren't sleeping. If that's not an option, I'd go with a full bed to share until the youngest is at least 4. Then switch to a bunkbed.
13. Full beds. I grew up sharing a full or queen size bed with my sisters and it wasn't every a problem. I would worry about falling out of the bunk beds at that young off an age. I won't let my 5 year old daughter sleep on the top of her bunk.
14. Isnt there bunk beds with railings on the side?
15. Bunk beds for sure, your girls are not going to like sleeping together and they'll quickly get fed up with it. They have things you can buy for bunk beds to put on the side so that your child can't fall out of it. My brother had one.
16. I'd say a full. Sharing with a sibling is good and good for them, and bunk beds are notoriously uncomfortable and offer little support. My sisters are 10 and 8 and have always shared a bed, they love it. My brother and I shared a bed until we were 8 or 9, shared a room until we left home. Despite the scaremongers (scaremomgers, as I call them) spewing their "expert" opinions here, I never hated sharing with my sibling and it's not HORRIBLE to do to a kid, to make them share a space with a sibling. I don't know anyone who hated sharing with their siblings. My relatives have all grown up like that, and most people around the world have, historically. That's how it was for centuries upon centuries before this whole "every one separate and be alone all the time!" thing. Kids do not *NEED* their own bed, or their own room. It's nice if you have the space and they want it, but it is not, by any means, a NEED.
17. bunk beds not only would it be good for them but once they get older theyll like having their own space