The Ultimate Bed

What do you do when your 3 year old is getting too big for a crib? Usually you would move him or her to a toddler bed, right? Well with Luke, that is not a possibility. I’ve found it to be VERY hard to find a “toddler” bed that can work for him. I also looked into “special” kids beds, unfortunately all of those I found were set up for kids that have a lot more issues than Luke. So what do we do? Luke is in between, he isn’t able to use a regular toddler bed and he doesn’t really need a bed with all the “bells and whistles”. So where is the ultimate bed?

Well in our case, we are blessed with a creative and talented grandpa. I told Luke’s grandpa about our problem and we put our heads together and “waala!” We came up with the ultimate bed, one that grandpa would build.

Since Luke is so big we decided to buy a Twin size mattress set, and we built the bed around that. It basically looks like a giant crib! One that has a swinging door in the middle so that with a set of stairs (that grandpa also made), Luke can walk or climb up into bed. No more broken backs! We also set it up so that both ends of the crib can swing open, allowing me to change the sheets fairly easily. That was definitely a plus.
Luke loves his new bed! It no longer “creaks” or moves back and forth when he tries to shake it, but the mattress is bigger and he can bounce up and down! So far he likes that part. I also gave him a pillow that he loves to hit…of course he finds this extremely funny and laughs. Silly little guy!

The only “problem” is that Luke’s little sister seems to be jealous. She is always climbing up into the bed and doesn't want to come out. Once I get her out of Luke’s bed, she starts screaming and I have to quickly shut the “gate”, because she soon climbs back up the stairs wanting to get back in Luke’s bed. It just isn’t fair!