The Who’s Who How To Guide for Purchasing a Great Kids Bed

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The arrival of a new baby often means moving older kids off their cots and into appropriate kids beds for their respective ages. This is done in order to make room for the newborn. If space is a problem and you’re looking ahead to the moment where your children can share the same room, you may want to consider buying bunk bed furniture. This type of bed has always been popular because of its space saving feature, and is also available on a wide variety of size, style and features. However, it should also be taken into account that there are also many varieties in the market that have features that could seriously compromise your child’s safety.

It’s almost accepted that kids are more likely to fall from a bunk bed furniture. But, always consider that a fall could also result to serious injuries. Accordingly, it is often playing that results to bed accidents than sleeping. It cannot be denied though that kids love jumping, which is why these instances might be inevitable especially when their beds are high; hence, if a bunk is the only option you have, then the following guidelines would be of help to you.

A kids bed bunk must be stable and strong. To ensure that a bed can carry the weight of your children, you can simply do an on-the-spot test. What you can do to test the stability of the bed is to place one foot against the foot of the bed and then pull it towards your direction. A rule of thumb with this test is that you should not be able to raise the posts of the bed from the ground regardless if you are a relatively strong person.

At a minimum, choose the lowest kids bed bunk. Put in mind that, the lower the bunk, the less risk for your children to have injuries. According to safety rules, the recommended bunk height is 1550 mm to the top of the upper mattress. Such height is enough to prevent your children from having bruises and broken arms in case they fall from the bed.

It is necessary that the design of the bunk bed furniture have no hanging points”"places where clothes and cords can get snagged, and there shouldn’t be any gaps or holes that could trap the head, legs or arms of your children. Unless the bed can be bolted on the wall, make sure that it has guardrails on both of its sides”"one on the side of the wall and the other on the side facing the door; this can prevent your children sliding down the gap or trapping their heads. The guardrails’ release mechanism should be locked properly and is strong enough, so that a child would not be able to release them accidentally. When it comes to the mattresses, always refer to the mattress height indicator when buying; a mattress that is too thick could profoundly affect the effectiveness of the safety rails.

If you don’t like to put your children on elevated beds but are still having issues with space, you can always opt for trundle beds. Similar to bunk beds, these beds saves up space and are durable. However, if you really have to make use of bunk beds for your kids room, always position your child under nine years old at the bottom bunk, this is because children under nine years old are more at risk of injuries from bed bunks. It is after the age of 12 years old that bunk-related accident declines.

Because kids are bundles of energy, it is necessary for them to have wider sleeping space that may also serve as their play area. In order to achieve this, parents often resort to kids bed that are good space savers such as the bunk bed furniture as well as the trundle beds. However, as safety is also an important feature, it is also necessary for parents to double check their bed choice so that they can reduce bed-related accidents.