Spinoff of Twin or Toddler Bed

My DD went from her toddler bed (she had a convertible crib...) to a full size. She LOVES it. I like it too, because if she has a nightmare, I can lay with her comfortably in her bed instead of taking her to mine.

My only suggestion is to use slats instead of a box spring. Keep him closer to the ground. :) you can go to any home improvement store, and ask them to cut planks 54 inches. I used 7, and just lay them across the bed frame. The mattress will hold them in place.

I know plenty of toddlers that went straight from a crib to a full size bed. There really isn't any difference between a twin and a full in terms of making the transition. You don't even need to put it on the floor. Just buy a good bed rail and you should be fine. If you find that he's falling out a lot, then move it to the floor. I doubt you'll have that problem though.

There isn't any point in buying a twin. You don't need it and might not even want it in the long room. Save your money and use the bed you already have.

Ours went from toddler to queen size (if you saw my other post about the toddler bed not being quite so comfortable). Honestly, we never put a rail on it, either. We had the bed in the corner of a room so that one full side and the top of the bed were against a wall. Then we put our son towards the middle of the bed to sleep (closer to the wall than the edge). I think he may have fallen out of bed once around age 4.5....but he's been in there since probably a little before turning 3.

My youngest went into a queen because that's what we had. She loved it. We put the rails on it until she was ready to go without.
Use what you have.

Our crib converted to a full and we love it! DS feels like a big boy and I don't have to hang off the edge when I lay with him...

If you have the room and the mattress I don't see anything wrong with switching to a full. What about it being to big is your husband worried about?

Remember if you get a twin mattress you have to get all new twin sheets. Those are not cheap.

No, it's perfectly fine. Toddlers like to rotate like clocks all night, anyway. It gives the added bonus of providing a space to lie down with him if you have to do that to help him sleep.

Our 4 year old went from co sleeping with us to sleeping in a full. He shares a room with his big brother, and they have a twin over full bunkbed.

There's no reason for you to buy a twin mattress right now. A full size is just fine.

My niece moved both of her kids out of their cribs into queen sized beds. She said why buy beds they wouldn't need more than a year or two. These beds are the beds they'll take with them when they go off to college and live in an apartment, they'll use these beds when they get married. They are their beds for the long haul. Getting them a twin is sort of silly to me, once they reach teen age they'll be too big for a twin.

We moved both our kids from crib to full. My Mom did this with me when I was little, too. A full will take them all the way until they move out of the house. (Or close to it if you assume 10 years for a mattress.)

If you already have a bed, I would not buy another! Plus she can get a lot more years out of a larger bed versus buying a twin now and a full or queen later! Plus, it would be nice to have a larger bed on nights when my two children want to cuddle longer, are sick, etc instead of us both trying to cram into a twin!

If your child is a cuddler then I suggest having a lot of stuffed animals to fill the bed. My son needs his bed full of toys he has to sleep up against something/someone so the smaller the bed the better for him. I guess we are the exception. He only likes to sleep in my King because he knows I will be there too, but alone ... not with out his things!

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If your child is a cuddler then I suggest having a lot of stuffed animals to fill the bed. My son needs his bed full of toys he has to sleep up against something/someone so the smaller the bed the better for him. I guess we are the exception. He only likes to sleep in my King because he knows I will be there too, but alone ... not with out his things!

Full is great. I bought twin extra long when my boys were 2 and 3. Women in family all six feet, men 6'5". I knew they would be tall. Boy was I right.
Since I bought good mattresses, they lasted until the left home. Even then they were still good. So if you are going to buy one, buy a good one

Sure- why not? Tons of kids sleep on full size mattresses. A twin doesn't fit his body size anyway (much too long) so having it a bit wider is no issue. Why spend the money buying a bed you don't need now?

My thought is that if you don't put her in a twin at the largest she will be all over the bed, and if she ever sleeps in a twin she will fall off of it cause she's not used to sleeping in a limited space.

ETA: um no folks that mattress that they have as toddlers will not last till they go to college. Mattresses wear out even the expensive nice ones.