As you may know Emily has been in a toddler bed for quite a
while now, we made the decision to move her across to a bed a little while ago
as she kept climbing over her cot railings. It was far too dangerous for my
liking – I’m sure my little girl wants to be a stunt person! It was a pretty
easy transition if I am honest. We simply took Emily’s cot sides off and
transformed her bed into a cot bed. While I was changing it, I thought to
myself ‘I’m so glad I brought a cot bed – I’ve saved myself a good chunk of
money here’.
The thing is, I really haven’t. Emily has a box all the way
around the room, boxing in hot water pipes. They are ugly and I hate them but
they stop her from burning herself. There is one wall where these boxes don’t
run. So I decided to move Emily’s room around and put her bed on that one wall,
because then I could push the bed right against the wall, and she would have
much more room to play, and it would open up her room a little better. While it
looks lovely, the bed really just needs replacing. Because it used to be a cot,
the headboard is the height of a cot side, this means as soon as Emily stands
up and leans on it, it becomes very wobbly. It just doesn’t look safe and
really bothers me. We have tightened it numerous times, and it has made little
to no difference.
So I have been thinking of getting Emily a new bed, I have
been looking at some gorgeous toddler beds on Room To Grow. They have a really
pretty white bed, which looks really simple, but I know it will fit perfectly
in Emily’s bedroom. The bed I was looking at was the Trendy Shorty bed. It
would make an ideal first bed, it comes with both front and rear safety
railings, which would mean I could take of Emily’s mesh bed side – which is
such an eye sore. It is also in a white colour, and would go perfectly with her
bedroom. After having a read about the Trendy shorty bed, I learned it could
also be converted into a full size single bed, so surly that would fix my
problem?
That then lead me to stray into the single bed section.
Emily is currently two, realistically this toddler bed may last her till she is
5? I might be better off just buying her a single bed and cutting out the
toddler bed. Surly I would save myself money? This then leads me to tons of
questions and worries. What if the bed is too big, what if Emily doesn’t like
it, what if it’s too big for my little toddler? Do I get her a single bed or a
toddler bed?
I would love to hear what you guys have to say, did you move
your little one into a toddler bed, or a single bed? Am I overthinking it all?
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