by Joyce Slaton posted in Products & Prizes

Whether it's for a sleepover or you're playing host to family or friends, it's often useful to have an extra fold-out bed. You can kick your own kids out of their beds and rotate visitors in, or have something ready to host young nighttime guests.
Important note: Whether infants are your own or guests, there are important safe-sleeping rules for them. Babies should not sleep on inflatable beds, soft surfaces, chairs, or couches.
That safety note aside, there are a ton of options out there for bigger kids. Inflatables, trundle beds, sleeper sofas, tri-fold pillows, metal folding beds on wheels like you'll get at a hotel if you phone ahead for an extra cot.
The Kid-O-Bunk (Kidobunk, $289.99) is one of my favorite options. Made of lightweight tent-like material and rails that snap together without tools, the Kid-O-Bunk fits into two super-teeny storage bags that can slide in any closet, trunk, or under a bed, then be whipped into service as a single cot, two single cots, a bunkbed, or a camping bench. Each bed holds up to 200 pounds of kid aged 7 to 12.
This video shows off the Kid-O-Bunk's features best.

Too expensive" Yeah, the Kid-O-Bunk is pricey, but cool; its worth to you depends on how often you'd press it into service.
If you only occasionally need an extra bed, consider the Shrunks Tuckaire, which comes in a Toddler version for kids aged 2-6, and a Family version for age 6+ (Shrunks, $79-$99).

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