Nesting Bed Math
Nesting Bed Math
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Hi friends, I need realistic mom opinions because my pregnancy nesting is acting up.
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Total list of current beds/frames
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2x queen mattress
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2x queen frames
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1x twin XL mattress
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2x twin XL frames
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2x crib mattress
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2x toddler beds (that use crib mattresses)
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We rent a 3 bedroom house. The master bedroom is huge, so large we fit two queen mattresses strapped together and me/hubby and our 4yo and EXTRA clingy 2yo all cosleep. I'm due with #3 end of September. We're going to bring the crib into the master too, there's more than enough room.
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One of the bedrooms my husband uses as an office, the other bedroom is kind of a spare bedroom. No bed in the office, twin bed in the spare.
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My 4yo has coslept with us since he was a year old and stopped sleeping in his crib. Same for my 2yo. We had one queen mattress strapped to the twin XL when it was only the 3 of us. When I got pregnant with my 2yo I bought my now 4yo a toddler bed so that he could sleep on his own. He did for all of one month then climbed back into our bed. We didn't fight it and gave in but kept the bed for \*someday\*.
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When my 2yo turned a year old we got a second queen mattress and let her get in bed with us. We put the twin XL mattress and frame in the spare bedroom for when we have family staying with us. That's what we've been doing for the last year.
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Around Xmas time our family friend gifted us a nicer twin XL frame for free and a spiderman toddler bed. The new frame is taller than our queen one so they can't get strapped together and the old one went into the garage.
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I went out and got another crib mattress and we tried having both toddler beds in the bedroom with us and practice them sleeping in their beds. The rule was they had to start in their beds but could join us in the middle of the night. This worked for maybe 2 months then their bed times stopped aligning and we did bedtimes in different rooms. My 4yo stopped sleeping in his toddler bed and my husband put him to sleep in the big bed. I would get the 2yo down and stick her in her toddler bed then around 1am she'd wake up to join us. We're back to doing bed time all together but the sleeping arrangement hasn't changed.
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My 4yo starts transitional Kindergarten in August. I want to protect his sleep and give him his own room. When we've talked about it before we brought up bunkbeds and he got excited about sleeping in a bunkbed. I know that doesn't mean he'll actually sleep in it, bunkbeds are exciting for any kid.
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My nesting urges want to set him up with his own room, maybe with bunkbeds, but we have so many beds currently and tbh hell probably just want to sleep in our massive bed like he's done for almost 3 years.
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My brain won't let it go tho. I'm looking at bunkbeds every night. I've picked out five different models that have stairs (instead of a ladder) and a slide. I've looked at house beds that maybe we put in the master bedroom so he has his own space but still is near us. I've thought about putting him in the new twin frame and skipping the toddler bed all together.
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I know it isn't logical to spend money on new beds when we have so many that aren't getting used. My nesting brain won't let this go though. My husband doesn't care. I need opinions.
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Help.