We finally bit the bullet and got a bunk bed for the girls. Basically S already has a car bed so we bought a bed which fits on top of that and stairs to get up. The hubby made a slide to come down the other side. Yes, you heard right, he made the slide. Bought the wood pieces from Jumbo, had them sawed to the correct dimensions, then sandpapered it at home, hammered in the nails attaching the sides to the slide and voila it was done.
Of course that was not as easy as it sounds and it took three evenings to make it. The bunk bed had to be assembled as well and all in all the making of the bed and the slide was a major activity at home.
S now sleeps on the top, and slides down in the morning when she gets up. A sleeps on the bottom on the car bed (I wish!). I lie down with her on her bed and she goes to sleep. Then she wakes up somewhere between 1 and 3 am and cries. So either i lie down with her again till she sleeps, or else if I'm too tired i bring her to our bed. I guess she has to get used to waking up and being alone- we've tried to convince her that she's not alone since S is on top, but i guess old habits are hard to break!
The slide is great fun and the girls have invented a new game of throwing toys on top and watching them slide down. Initially the wood was a bit rough and A went on it and refused to go again. The hubby had to put some wax and smoothen it and then only it was good enough for the fussy madam. This highly sanitised place has ruined her I say, even the slides in the playground have tyres at the bottom to absorb the shock!
Of course that was not as easy as it sounds and it took three evenings to make it. The bunk bed had to be assembled as well and all in all the making of the bed and the slide was a major activity at home.
S now sleeps on the top, and slides down in the morning when she gets up. A sleeps on the bottom on the car bed (I wish!). I lie down with her on her bed and she goes to sleep. Then she wakes up somewhere between 1 and 3 am and cries. So either i lie down with her again till she sleeps, or else if I'm too tired i bring her to our bed. I guess she has to get used to waking up and being alone- we've tried to convince her that she's not alone since S is on top, but i guess old habits are hard to break!
The slide is great fun and the girls have invented a new game of throwing toys on top and watching them slide down. Initially the wood was a bit rough and A went on it and refused to go again. The hubby had to put some wax and smoothen it and then only it was good enough for the fussy madam. This highly sanitised place has ruined her I say, even the slides in the playground have tyres at the bottom to absorb the shock!
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