Do I go with two twin beds or a single double bed?

Right now my 2.5 yr old twins are in toddler beds. But they are rapidly outgrowing them, ocassionally one will fall out of bed because they rolled over too far :lol:

I was planning to get a set of bunkbeds, but separate them for a few years, then when they are a bit older, separate my boys into one room (with the oldest on the top of the bunk and youngest on the bottom), and same with the girls. We already have bunk beds in the big kids room.

However, two twin beds is going to make their already small bedroom much much smaller. So I was thinking today about maybe just getting one of those metal double frames and a mattress and put them both on it. They shared a bed very well this summer when we were camping, it was a double bed in our camper. It would be cheaper (money is tight right now), as well as take up less room. I'd shove one side up against the wall and put a bed rail on the other side so no-one crashes.

What would you do/did you do/do you plan to do??

 

My kids move around so much that a seperate bed was a must for both of them. Actually having them seperated in different rooms has made a huge difference in how much sleep they get. Everyone is different. Good luck!

 

We went with separate beds. They sleep fine together, but thought it was best to sleep alone.

 

Separate. Chances are you'll have to buy separate later anyway... you won't find 10 yo really happy to share a bed.

 

I like separate for 2 reasons. The first is if one is sick the other has their own space. The other is because mine would never go to sleep! We started with their beds on separate walls. About a year later, I pushed their beds together and that ended in constant play and laughter. After many months of me wanting to let it work for them, it just did not and I had to move their beds back.

 

My two have separate rooms, so they have separate beds. I know if my two shared a bed they would never sleep.

 

Separate beds, they deserve their own space. Many times when questions like this come up, I ask, If they weren't twins, would you even ask this question? If the answer is no, then you have your answer. Just because they are twins, does not mean that they have to be a unit, they are two separate children.

 

That's true, however, I wasn't a twin, and did share a bed with my sister because twin beds wouldn't fit in our bedroom growing up So no, I'm not considering it just because they are twins, but because the room is really tiny.

I hate to take up so much space for twin beds because they really won't have room to play in there then...and some of their toys are in there...I hate decisions! :lol:

Just to clarify, once I split the boys/girls up we would definitely still get a second set of bunk beds...but that's not for at least 3 yrs (until the twins have to get up for school) and two of our monthly payments will be gone by then so financially we'll be in better shape.

 

I've still got ours in the toddler beds, and truthfully, my boy sleeps sideways with his legs crazy... so I doubt they'll ever outgrow their beds! though I see your part of rolling over, I guess a twin bed would be larger and they could actually roll over w/o rolling off... hmm...

if you're wanting to save money, maybe just do either mattresses on the floor or mattresses on simple/cheap metal frames and not the full wooden beds. that way you'd still have their own spaces but not the monetary issues. If you truly don't need a double bed in the future the it would be a waste of money to buy it for only a few years...

anyway for us, like the others have said, it would be toooo much of a party for us to even consider sharing a bed!

we have a small bedroom - I think one of the measurements is close to only 9ft wide... which is a big reason I'm not switching from toddler beds yet... I was kinda of hoping that ours could share the room for another couple of years... we'll see I guess! good luck!!

 

We went with separate beds, but they sleep together in one of them most of the time. At first it was only 50% of the time, then it went down to like 25% of the time. But in the last six months they are back to sleeping together 90% of the time. DH said something recently about changing their room to one double bed. I also think they should have the option of sleeping apart. But my SILs slept together in one double bed into their 20s. And DH and his two brothers all three slept in one double bed until the oldest was a teenager. And there is a set of twins among them, but b/g so the twins were not the one sleeping together.

 

Like Melissa, we went separate, but they do sleep together a lot. But often times one will want to sleep with the other, and the other just is not having it, so it's nice they have the option of sleeping by themselves if they choose. Plus, one of these days, they'll want a separate room, and I'm not buying them a bigger bed, so they have a bed to take with them to their own room if they so choose.

 

Space is an issue for us as well. My boys each have a twin bed, but do share a room. For about two years their beds were pushed together, so it was like one big bed. They loved it and we had no problems. All they've known is sharing a room. If space is an issue, and you think your boys would be fine sharing a bed for a couple years, I say go for it.

My best friend shared a room and a double bed with her older (by two years) brother until she was seven. Her two youngest kids, a boy and a girl, share a room.You do what you have to do. It's only been the last generation or two where the norm has shifted to kids getting their own rooms - and beds.

 

Yeah getting their own rooms isn't going to happen (probably until they move out ), with 4 kids, that means a 5 bedroom house, and that's way out of our single income budget I didn't get my own room until I was almost 16 yrs old...I'm only mildly scarred because of it! :lol: And then I got married at 20 and a back to sharing a room again...what the heck?!

Thanks for the input ladies! I do think twin beds is probably the better option for them, I'm just really sad they won't have much room to play in there....do I really have to bring their blocks and wooden train tracks into the living room now?! :crazy:

 

can you position the beds against adjoining walls in a "v" shape, so that you have a little more room? I've tried to configure our room on a floor plan and don't really come up with any great ones for us. good luck!

 

That's definitely a possibility I'm thinking of, I was trying to keep their beds away from the window (mobile home, so the windows are really low), but I may not have a choice, I may have to put the foot of the bed in front of the window. I'll have to pull out the old tape measure and start figuring

 

Could you do a twin with a trundle if you want to save space? Put your more active one closer to the floor. We are doing two twin beds but they don't play in their room (that's what the living room is for!).

 

I wanted to add that that's what we do as well. We are in the process of transitioning the baby out of my bed into his own bed in the girls room, so all their toys went down into the living room and a covered patio area in the back (protected from rain and sun, but not completely enclosed--and our climate allows for year round outdoor play). The bedroom has three beds and their clothes, and it's for sleeping and getting dressed. Our downstairs is day space and all our upstairs in night space. That allows us all to live in a space under 1000 square feet.

 

We are going to do one bed. Mine share and have been sharing for their whole life. My older boys are in the same bed 1/2 the time also. So it's not a matter of being a twin. There isn't enough room for 2 beds. So it's one larger bed for them. They are in a twin trundle right now. But, soon we are going to get them a queen. I was thinking double at first. But a queen only takes up a bit more room and will last them much longer into the future. I seriously considered putting all 4 boys into the larger bedroom to sleep and making the twins room a small playroom. But the older boys stay up a bit too late for the twins.