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Homeschooling in Illinois
Jan. 16, 2008
Bunk Beds
For the last 9 months, poor N has been sleeping on a mattress on the floor. When we put our house up for sale, the two older boys were upstairs sharing a room. We took down one of the beds to make the room look bigger. When we had a showing, we picked the mattress up off of the floor and put it on the other bed. The boys were supposed to switch off. D wanted the floor at first, and we had to make sure N had a turn. But then, somewhere along the way. D decided he wanted a real bed. And N was left with the mattress. And then we ended up moving N downstairs to the nursery (shhh) so that C would sleep through the night. A mattress, a toddler bed, a crib, a bookshelf, and a dresser were all shoved into a tight space. When anything was on the floor, there was no where to walk. It drove me batty. So I said, "We need to get N a bed." We had a day bed we were going to use so that we could stick stuff under the bed for "storage". Now, for some reason, whenever we decide to do anything (like fix a leaky sink) it turns into a huge ordeal. Even something as simple as putting together a bed isn't simple. First we couldn't find all the parts, so we borrowed a different bed. Then we didn't have screws so we bought some. Then we tried putting it together and one of the screw holes was stripped so we ended up with a bed that might take out someone's eye. So, we took it back apart and N was still on the mattress. We knew eventually we would need bunk beds, so, now was the time to get them.
We also got a trundle, which they needed to order, so that hasn't come yet. Ideally, N would be on the top, and C would be on the bottom. And we would have a giant drawer for storage. But, N really, really moves a lot in his sleep.
And even though there are railings on the top, I just don't feel comfortable having him up there. Really, can you blame me? So, D gets to come sleep downstairs on the top bunk, N gets the bottom, C gets the trundle and B is still in his crib. And we have four kids in one bedroom. I guess we could downsize and buy a two bedroom house. 
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Posted by
Dy 
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Jan. 16, 2008 - Untitled Comment
Great sleeping pics :-)
Enjoy them,
ali