Toddler Bed vs Single Bed
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Topic: Toddler Bed vs Single Bed
Posted By: Whateversville
Subject: Toddler Bed vs Single Bed
Date Posted: 11 March 2011 at 7:38pm
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DS has never slept in his cot with all sides on. We co-sleep/sidecar at the mo but he's just taking up SO much room now I'm thinking of moving him to his own bed. So who has a toddler bed? Is it good? Or sould I just get a single? He can't climb off beds yet so I'd say he'll need matteress on the floor for awhile but yeah, is a toddler bed a good idea?
TIA 
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Posted By: kebakat
Date Posted: 11 March 2011 at 8:37pm
| I think a toddler bed is a waste of money really when hes going to need a single bed down the line anyway. Why waste money getting both? |
Posted By: Two_Puddle_Ducks
Date Posted: 12 March 2011 at 9:05am
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I agree with Kebakat. We just put our boy into a single bed striaght away. I think it is a waste of your time too to get a toddler bed as then when he grows out of that you then have to transition them into the big bed. The less steps the better.
We put our DS into a single bed a little after 12 months so if you were worried about age I can say that was no problem for us. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: KH25
Date Posted: 12 March 2011 at 9:21am
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Yip agree with the others, straight into a single bed here. DD couldn't climb on either (although she was 2) so I just put a little stool next to the bed. Oh and I used a bed rail for a while until I felt she wouldn't fall out of bed. ------------- Kelly, mum to DD, 19Jun06 (26wks 1lb15oz) DS1, 24Oct10 (32wks 4lb11oz) and DS2, 31Dec11 (32wks, 4lb11) http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: AandCsmum
Date Posted: 12 March 2011 at 10:49am
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You could always use something to raise his cot mattress up off the floor? So in effect making your own toddler bed? ------------- Kel http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: High9
Date Posted: 12 March 2011 at 12:30pm
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DP is of the opinion that it's a waste of money too so we're going straight for a single bed. He also doesn't want anything 'kiddy' so it's likely to be something that will last until she is about 18 or so rather than getting to 12 and deciding she doesn't like the theme etc. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: pudgy
Date Posted: 12 March 2011 at 3:32pm
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I would go straight for a single bed too. We got a king single mattress and base for DD just after she turned one. We put pillows on the floor for the first week then sh was fine.
It's def worth looking at a decent bed so it will last them a lot longer. ------------- http://lilypie.com">  http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: caliandjack
Date Posted: 12 March 2011 at 6:41pm
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I wouldn't bother with a toddler bed either, single beds are lower and closer to the floor than the cot is.
We've got a king single which DD will go straight into when she's ready, won't need to upgrade till she's older and she'll probably want a double by then. ------------- http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow">   [/url] Angel June 2012 |
Posted By: Whateversville
Date Posted: 12 March 2011 at 8:41pm
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Thanks guys.
Ds's cot is the same height as my bed coz we sidecar but even my PN said I should use a mattress on the floor at first. I guess it's a single bed then :-) X |
Posted By: High9
Date Posted: 12 March 2011 at 9:20pm
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Exciting!
I'm teaching DD to climb down from things, not sure when we'll be moving her yet but will start by taking the side off her cot first - although she only has her day sleeps in her cot now... Night sleeps me and her co sleep in the lounge on a big mattress... lol - even then I need pillows on her side because she likes to throw herself about in her sleep! ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: Rackhell
Date Posted: 13 March 2011 at 10:36pm
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We went straight into a single bed too. My father in law made a frame that fitted a single mattress in it. So quite close to the floor. He put the frame on caster wheels, so it's easy to move around. And when she's a big girl he'll make her a taller single bed that will fit over the top of the other bed.
Our other option was to find a bed with screw in legs on it and just take off the legs until she was older. |
Posted By: lilfatty
Date Posted: 14 March 2011 at 10:30am
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We had a toddler bed .. that way when she fell out she could get back in herself. It was also her cot mattress, so it smelled familiar to her while she was getting used to being in a bed.
She went straight into a Queen sized bed that we already had from the toddler bed, so we didnt want to go and buy a single bed .. the toddler bed worked out cheaper. Elias will now use the toddler bed before he goes into a bigger bed since we have it anyway. We can just put hhis cot mattress in it. ------------- Mummy to Issy (3) and Elias (18 months) I did it .. 41 kgs gone! From flab to fab in under a year  http://www.femininefitness.co.nz/category/blog - LFs weight blog
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Posted By: freckle
Date Posted: 14 March 2011 at 11:17am
we went straight to a single bed which was fine, but I do love the toddler beds... they're so cute  Lilfatty - how long did Issy stay in it for? ------------- mum to 3 lovely girls :D |
Posted By: lilfatty
Date Posted: 14 March 2011 at 11:45am
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She went into it at 14 months and she was in it till the end of last year. So about a year.
She will still sleep in it now if for some reason all her queen sized sheets are dirty (she may have wet the bed or something like that) and she turned 3 in Jan (and she's tall too!) ------------- Mummy to Issy (3) and Elias (18 months) I did it .. 41 kgs gone! From flab to fab in under a year http://www.femininefitness.co.nz/category/blog - LFs weight blog
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Posted By: Whateversville
Date Posted: 14 March 2011 at 9:52pm
This was kinda why I wanted one. I saw a bed in harvey norman today which I fell in love with..It was low to the ground and just a bit smaller then a single so he could stay in it for years but it was $349 not incl mattress 
Maybe I should just get one of those huge california king sized beds and keep co sleeping haha |
lilfatty wrote:Posted By: _SMS_
Date Posted: 15 March 2011 at 7:39am
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We used a single bed but just took the legs off. So it was the height of a toddler bed. In the start i also had the cot mattress on the floor but luckily DD never fell out anyway. -------------  
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Posted By: peachy
Date Posted: 15 March 2011 at 7:54am
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DD went into a hand-me-down single bed at 16 months due to shocking sleeping habits in the cot. She had no problem getting in and out of the bed and I put the cot mattress on the floor to protect her if she fell out. She hasn't fallen out of bed so far!
We bought her a new flash king single bed in January this year which cost a blimmin fortune but figure it will see her through till her teens now. Having the king single also means if she is having a rough night either DH or I can sleep with her quite comfortably (and my DH is 6ft 3 and 100kgs so not weeny a guy)! ------------- http://lilypie.com">  http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: lilfatty
Date Posted: 15 March 2011 at 1:50pm
You could always use some steps .. we did that when Issy went into her Queen sized bed, just put the stepping stool next to the bed and she climbed up that way. ------------- Mummy to Issy (3) and Elias (18 months) I did it .. 41 kgs gone! From flab to fab in under a year http://www.femininefitness.co.nz/category/blog - LFs weight blog
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Posted By: blondy
Date Posted: 15 March 2011 at 1:57pm
Nat went straight into a king single bed (we already had it)  One thing to think about if you're putting the mattress straight on the floor is that going into winter, it may get quite cold/damp as there is no circulation underneath the mattress, like there would be in a bed off the floor. It may not be an issue in your house, but it would have been for us. The step sounds like a good idea.-------------  
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Posted By: HuntersMama
Date Posted: 20 March 2011 at 5:10pm
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Good suggestions - I need to start thinking about a bed for the lil man too. He moves around so much though so I might need to rethink where the bed is. He tends to sleep across either the top or bottom, wedged right against the sides! ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: HoneybunsMa
Date Posted: 20 March 2011 at 5:50pm
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We would put her straight into single bed which we have already (if it wasn't in storage) but at this stage we will convert her cot to a toddler bed. Either way she would be fine as she climbs up and down of our bed anyway although that will change once we have our proper bed as its alot higher, so will see about putting a step in which I did in our room when she was too little to get on our bed. (We co sleep on occasion)
Only problem is that in DD's room is a double bed, which she is just as likely to climb on to sleep ETA if her cot didn't convert then I wouldn't bother with buying a toddler bed, an expense thats not needed ------------- http://www.myfitnesspal.com/weight-loss-ticker"> 
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Posted By: minik8e
Date Posted: 22 March 2011 at 3:06pm
| The girls have gone straight into single beds. Amber has fallen out a couple of times - usually when she comes back from her dads as they are still in cots there. But a quick cuddle and back in bed and she's happy as larry. Their single beds are higher than the cots (base and mattress, rather than frame and mattress) so they can't get up into them, which means I need to get a couple of little step stools for them though. |