Mom Needing Advice on Boys' Room

Hi B.,
I also have 2 active boys, 5 and 2 1/2. They share a room and have bunk beds. I have found them trying to jump off from the top bunk. We had a little family talk and wrote down some rules that have to be followed. No jumping off furniture, no climbing on furniture (like dressers) and respect each others property. Pretty simple for them to follow. If they don't they get punished. I'm not critizing you or anything I just understand how active boys are but that can't be an excuse, at least not at my house. If you don't want to set any rules I would get mattresses and put them on the floor with nothing else in their room. When they want toys, dressers, ect. tell them when they can repect their things they can get them back. Good luck.
Chris

B.,

I would paint the room blue, and put the mattresses on the floor and get a couple colorful fitted sheets and blankets, make some curtians to match the sheets and add some coordinating bean bags or floor pillows. I would stay with primary colors, red, blue, yellow, and green. Also would keep everything to be in their room soft.

One other thing I might suggest is maybe get those tents that go over a twin mattress, each boy could have a mattress on the floor with a tent of his own, kind of like a fort. Fun to play in but impossible to climb on.

In a year or two they will have grown enough that maybe you could redo it again and they may respect it a bit more. Good luck.

Hahaha, it does sound bad, mattress on the floor, but hey, that's what I would do! Also, try beanbags, you can make one yourself and do double layering of fabric so it holds longer. Also, try an art easel, so they can't climb it. Good luck!

I would go to Ikea in Canton. They have GREAT beds for kids that are lower to the ground- less room to fall! They also have plastic dressers and tables for kids- less to break. The prices are reasonable and they have very cute stuff. Check out their website- I'm sure you'll be hooked.