Toddler Bed vs Single Bed

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

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.

You could always use something to raise his cot mattress up off the floor? So in effect making your own toddler bed?

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.

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 :-)

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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.

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?

lilfatty wrote: We had a toddler bed .. that way when she fell out she could get back in herself.

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

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)!

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.