I have done quite a bit of searching and found a handful of threads here and there that mention kiddos sleeping in hammocks full time. I am curious just how many on here do, and what the ages are? Pics of set ups would be greatly appreciated!! (if there is another thread on here already, please direct me to it... my searching isn't too successful I guess).
We have 4 little ones, 2 boys, 2 girls... they each share a 10x10 room. The way the doors, windows and lightswitches are set up there is pretty much only 1 spot to fit a twin so they each have a set of bunk beds. They take up so much space! Not to mention they are a catch all for any junk they have around (and a bermuda triangle for various articles of clothing, mainly individual socks, favorite books, etc. causing some major frustrations here and there). Oh, and did I mention allergies run heavy in the family? I know my worst one is dust. I would love to be able to better clean their rooms on a regular basis - maybe it would help the chronic congestion a couple of my children have. Easier clean up of bodily fluids and other things would be a bonus as well (oh how I dread stomach bugs and bunk beds).
I jokingly mentioned hammocks to my husband as a way to combat so many of the room frustrations, and he's ready to run with it. Now I'm the one having second thoughts! Of course, you ask anyone else and it's pretty much all naysayers who insist it's not just a terrible idea, but so bad of one that CPS might get involved if my children told the wrong person (more than one person listed that as a reason for NOT to do it). Oi. Not a can of worms I want to open. I figured the people on here could give me a better idea of how it might (or might not work) from experience, not just assumptions based on false information. I figure if you tell me I'm crazy, I'll let it rest and move on... you at least know what you're talking about!
My thinking is we can have some smaller futon mattresses available if they don't like the hammocks for full time sleeping. The ones I am looking at can roll up out of the way so we could still achieve our end goal of ditching the gargantuan bunk beds.
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