Experiences with loft beds?

[Anonymous]

We are reconfiguring some rooms due to a new WFH job, and my 7 year old will be moving into a small bedroom (which she's fine with--she likes the room). To save space, we're considering getting a loft bed that is over a dresser, such as this one (or a less expensive version, if we can find one):

https://www.wayfair.com/baby-kids/pdp/harriet-bee-drina-twin-solid-wood-loft-bed-by-harriet-bee-w006508382.html?piid=31856478

Does anyone have a bed like this? It's not as high as a bunk bed, but higher than a regular bed. I'm worried that, after the newness wears off, she won't like sleeping so high up. She only gets out of bed overnight on rare occasions, so I'm not worried about her falling. But I do have some questions for those with experience with loft beds:

1. Is it really hard to make the bed? Also, is it annoying to change the sheets?

2. Did your kid get sick of sleeping up so high?

3. If you read to your kid in bed, was it a pain to climb up and down? It'll be a twin mattress, so it's a small space.

[Anonymous]

1. Yes, huge pita
2. No, kid likes it a lot
3. We do story time in our bed. I’ve never been up in his bed, doesn’t seem like a comfortable place for an adult

[Anonymous]

Yes
No
Yes - I sit on the floor to read or have child starts in our bed. -But I’m an older mom. When I was younger, I used to climb into my nephew’s loft. It depends on ceiling height and your comfort with the ladder. Definitely brace it on the wall.

[Anonymous]

1. I taught my kids to tuck in the sides. It was neat enough for me, but I could see how if you want perfection you would be bothered.

2. Never got sick of it.

3. We made a cozy pillow area under the bed for reading and playing.

[Anonymous]

Ours did not last even 1 year. It was a P.I.T.A. and we got rid of it. It's losing space too if you consider it removes place to quickly sit, or sit with a buddy.

[Anonymous]

and the area beneath was unusable because nobody could stand under it.

[Anonymous]

My kid has had one since he was six. Teenager now and he still likes it.

Yes, sort of a pain to make, but worth it.

Obviously not doing it these days, but when he was little, I used to climb up there all the time for cuddles and reading. I found it really cozy. I’m a pretty small women, though.

[Anonymous]

The kids all change their own sheets by kindergarten, so by 7 they'd absolutely be doing it themselves.

It's a bed, not a toy. They don't get to "get sick of it".

Read somewhere else.

[Anonymous]

DD has had one for 7 years. She’s 16 and loves it. She has a maxtrix, with 3 different heights to which it can be raised. We’ve used middle and now top height. When she was younger she played with her dollhouse underneath the bed. Now it’s a convenient storage area.
Pita yo change sheets.

[Anonymous]

7 yo has one. It is a pain to change the sheets but not having the extra dresser is huge space wise. No issue getting in and out but I do worry about him and 5yp brother goofing off and falling out. We also had to install shelves next to it since a nightstand would be in the way of the drawers. But I think I prefer it to a true loft with separate furniture under it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:7 yo has one. It is a pain to change the sheets but not having the extra dresser is huge space wise. No issue getting in and out but I do worry about him and 5yp brother goofing off and falling out. We also had to install shelves next to it since a nightstand would be in the way of the drawers. But I think I prefer it to a true loft with separate furniture under it.

Also, we got one from IKEA for way, way less but there's no side guard (we installed one separate) and we had to get DS a stool.

https://www.ikea.com/us/en/p/slaekt-bed-frame-with-storage-white-10362982/?utm_source=google&utm_medium=surfaces&utm_campaign=shopping_feed&utm_content=free_google_shopping_clicks_Childrens_IKEA

[Anonymous]

We got loft beds for two of my kids. They hated them and ended up moving their mattresses to the floor. Also if you have a kid that’s difficult to wake, it’s a pain to get them up. And then there’s the changing of the sheets. All around bad experience for us.

[Anonymous]

1. a little annoying, but not a deal breaker
2. no, still loves it - added shelves and a lamp and some artwork up there
3. i still climb, up but i'm small

[Anonymous]

Not OP but these responses are helpful because I have also been on the fence about one. Spouse says no, I say maybe. The kid in question says maybe, no strong opinion either way.

[Anonymous]

Mine wants a "full" size mattress loft bed rather than twin. But the room is small and it seems like that would feel weird to have such a big overhead bed space.