We've got a kura low loft bed from ikea. there are loads of hack ideas for adding to these and making them into forts, castles, fire trucks and a whole lot of other things. I haven't seen one with a crib underneath though. Is it because people are concerned about circulation? Would you stack your kid and an infant?
Thanks for your thoughts,
F. B.
Thanks. Concerns about what might be dropped in turned me off to this idea. Back to the drawing board.
I would NOT stack them. Not because of circulation, but b/c the kid on top might drop things into the crib. Big things, small things, who knows what kinds of things.... maybe even a blanket.
Are you pregnant F. B.? If so, a big CONGRATULATIONS!!!!
I think that unless you get a crib like the one in this link, a standard crib is going to be too tall to put underneath a low loft. http://www.robertogil.com/kids-furniture-beds/new-design-...
Personally, I'd make the area under the loft into a super secret special fort for your older kiddo, since they already have to share a room with the baby. ;-)
IMO, better to let the older child have a loft with a dresser or something underneath for his own use and then the crib be it's own thing elsewhere in the room. My SD has a loft bed and I can't imagine comfortably putting a child in/out of the crib without bashing my head on the upper bed frame.
I'm assuming that an older child will be on the top loft. If that's the case and the crib on the bottom is under in a way that leaves the foot of the bed sticking out a bit (like in the case of a twin over twin loft) I would make sure that the older child is super responsible and old enough to understand never to throw toys or blankets into the crib from the top loft. That would be my main concern.
I would not mainly because I would worry about it and because it is a pretty low loft bed. How would you get the baby in and out?
How would you get the baby in and out without bumping your or the baby's heads?
I'm not sure if this would be a concern or not - but we have kids with an allergy to dust mites and also are asthmatic (after colds). Our allergy doctor told us to put asthmatic kids on the top bunk. I'm not sure if that's because dust mites trigger the asthma or if it's because of air flow ..
Maybe Google? It might not be a problem at all unless you're prone to asthma and allergies.
Not sure if that helps - sorry I can't remember the exact reasoning behind it.
Good luck :)
This particular loft bed doesn't seem high enough for me to comfortably put any other type of bed underneath it. My oldest son had a much higher loft bed from Ikea. I could walk under it and I'm 5'6" tall.
You do what you feel comfortable but judging from the picks of this particular bed I wouldn't do it.
I'm looking at my kids bunk beds thinking that a crib would not fit under the top bunk, so it would have to be a really high loft bed and a really low crib to work. Even then I imagine you would be bumping your head and/or baby's head getting in and out of the crib.
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does the crib fit underneath it? can you easily acess the baby to get it out? circulation may be an issue for some but i would think that no crib bumpers and a fan blowing air around the room would help with that issue. you can certainly try it to see if it will work.
i would not do it, but only because i don't like loft beds and both my kids fall out of bed often.
I had to google that sort of bed. Great choice! I think you could put a travel crib or portable crib in the bottom but I'm not sure how close it would be for a full size crib. I guess you will have to measure to see.
I think I'd want the baby in the room with me for a while, at the very least the first 6 -8 weeks. Just because they'll be waking up every few hours to eat and they'll be waking other kiddo.
We had a double loft over a crib for a while. It was necessary due to space constraints, but it was not convenient at all. We had to bend down to get to the crib, and be very careful getting baby out or else baby's head got bumped. It worked, and our loft was high enough to make it a viable option, but as soon as it wasn't our only option, we changed the arrangement.
Probably not a good idea. I hated my sons loft bed. It was awful trying to change the sheets and make the bed. Luckily he quickly outgrew it so we didn't have to worry about it anymore. I think we only had it about 8 months. I hope you find something that works for you. Good luck.
