Have been thinking about the bedroom lately (not in a light the candles and get jiggy with it way), but we still haven't got anything set up in the upstairs rooms. Well, the old cheapie bed frame we had before is up, so we are not sleeping on the floor, but otherwise nothing.
I am uncertain what to do about the bedrooms. There are 2 upstairs.
I think I have written before that we co-sleep, but at the moment we have a make-shift side bed for K out of futon mattresses. It doesn't really help, and we end up being squashed in together (with K kicking at ME all night/early morning). I want to get something worked out for the bedrooms before TJ-baby arrives, but realistically, since our latest electricity bill came in, I don't think it is feasible during winter at least, to have seperate bedrooms. So what do we do?
J wants to buy bunk beds for the "kids" room, and a double bed for us, in the main bedroom, probably that has storage underneath it. But I also want the "kids" room to double up as the guest room, at least for now. We still have futons we can use in the third room(downstairs) in a pinch, but for J's parents when they come, and if my parents come for TJ-baby birth, then I think they would be best put up in the 2nd room upstairs. So if we got bunk beds, it would need to be beds that can also be used as singles (not the pipe type) which then cuts out the IKEA bottom is a double bed/top is a single bed bunk bed which I think is really cool (and it always reminds us of a hostel we stayed in at Foz do Iguacu, on the Brazillian border, near Iguassu falls.) Also, I can't see bunk beds being useful until K is a LOT older. I even saw a triple bunk bed (with a trundle bed underneath) that I would like to get, but again, it wouldn't be useful until at least mid-primary school age, I would think.
But if we put a double bed in there(kids room) now, K probably won't sleep there anyway, but will end up still sleeping in with us, so it doesn't really solve any problems, I guess. Even a half of the bunk bed, still means that if someone comes, we need to fiddle around and set up another bed in the room for them.
Do we therefore attempt a family bed in the bedroom? (I already have a cot for TJ-baby, which I am hoping to put beside our bed, for easy night time feedings) which means we will have to also add a single bed to the equation for K, because we can't all fit on the one bed for much longer and still stay sane.......but I then the baby will probably keep K awake during the night AND the room will end up being FILLED with beds, and no space for anything else(I would like to get some built-in cupboards for the room too ....but don't want to end up with no floor space! lol). And I can't find a bed in Japan that floats my boat at all...they all look so BORING and THE SAME.
Aaarrrgghhhhh. Who would have thought just trying to get some zzzz's would be so difficult to work out?
Thursday, 17 December 2009
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That's a hard one.
ReplyDeleteThe heating is a bit of a problem isn't it. Maybe you could wait til spring?
I actually just stopped cosleeping with B about a week ago. He now sleeps in a futon in the same room as A (she's still using a cot). And S and I have finally got our bed back!!! The change was a lot easier than I thought it would be. Probably because we gave him a Wiggles futon, and what 3 year old wouldn't like to sleep in that?? And we'd been building it up for months- saying things like "when we move you can share a room with A and be a big boy and sleep all by yourself! In a Wiggles futon!! Aren't you lucky!" It worked! Ha!ha!
But realistically I would like triple bunks like the ones you described one day, or even 2 sets of double bunks. But not for a couple of years. Read, until I can trust B to be careful climbing up to the top bunk and not try to be Superman jumping down!lol We want more kids, so we will need more beds one day. As for the guests, we always give my parents our bed when they come, and S and I sleep on futons. It would be nice to be able to use the kids room as a proper guest room though. I can see why you want to do that.
We rushed into buying the bunks. I think we would have got them anyway but the ones we got a very boring. If I could buy them again I would get the ones with a small night light and little space to put things - namely Shou's 'whatever' he decides to take to bed with him. We are breaking them down into singles again tomorrow and Marina is going into her one in her room. Means we have to get a kiddy gate for upstairs too but nevermind - better to have it anyway.
ReplyDeleteWhy don't you just get the singl bed bunk beds. You could just take the fall-out bar off and push them together when your parents come - and J's parents would probably prefer a bed each anyway?
They are quite cheap. Ours was just under 3 man I think. The kids rooms are so small that when they get to primary school I think I'll get the beds with a desk and things underthem. Will put the then old bunk beds out in the garage and Maki can sleep on them when he comes home pissed and noisy.
Thanks for the comments. I am rambling to you both as I reply too...
ReplyDeleteHaha - I like that the bunk beds can also double up as the "dog house" for pissed hubbies!
Up until now we have given up our room for guests, but it is just so hard with clothes and everything being in there, so that is why I want the kids room-slash-guest room thing happening.
Agreed, the bunk beds can be pushed together for my parents, but if that is the case, couldn't we just use the cheapie double bed we have now for that, and wait a bit longer on buying kids beds? As having bunk beds now they would still have to be kept apart anyway so no space saving or anything to gain from having them.
Sorry, am trying to get my thoughts out in words as it seems to be helping me work through this (maybe it doesnt even seem like a big deal, lol)
I think the problem is really just the boring old beds for us, and trying to have enough room to cosleep for a little bit longer at least. I think we will wait to get bunk beds - never thought to look for ones that have space to put things, thanks for the idea, GW, and keep searching for a bed for us as a starter. Then come spring when it is warmer, and baby is here, we can re-asses the situation and see what to do about sleeping for K - maybe a wiggles futon would do the trick for her too?!? lol