Bed size for 4 year old

[hellogg87]

We are moving from the US to the UK this summer and my 4 year old sleeps in a double bed. We lived there before kids, and I remember rooms being a bit smaller over there. Is it common for children there to sleep in double beds? Do you think we should leave it behind and get a single for her instead? We will be living in the countryside, probably a 4 bedroom, so not a small flat or anything. Just trying to decide if it's a bad idea to bring it.

[TescoValueUserName]

It's not common no, but if you're buying a 4 bed house then I'm sure 1 of the rooms will be big enough. Normally it's only 1 small room, but if you look on rightmove you should get an idea of bedroom sizes.

[PuzzlingPuzzle]

I know loads of british kids that sleep in doubles, usually so the room can be borrowed for guests whilst they share with siblings (in London where space is at a premium). Unless a room is a box room i.e. a single it will typically comfortably take a double bed, the only issue might be if she wants tons of floor space for playing and/or a desk for homework as he gets older. If you’re looking at 4 bed houses I’d expect at least if 3 of the bedrooms to be doubles. But unless her current bed is particularly fancy then shipping will probably cost more than it’s worth. Find a house then go to ikea and buy her a bed to fit the space?? That’s what we did when we moved from the U.K. to the US anyway. And good luck with the move!

[mindutopia]

It isn’t common, no, but some do for co-sleeping. I’m American and lived my whole childhood in the states and double beds definitely weren’t a thing back then (well, until I was a teenager and wanted boyfriends sleeping over, but that’s something else entirely).

I would opt for a single unless you co-sleep. Unless you have a new build house, there’s no good reason to have a double as it takes up most of the room and doesn’t leave space for playing and other furniture. If you are living rurally, it will almost certainly be an older home and you’ll be unlikely to have room sizes to make it possible unless you give your dd the master bedroom and you opt for the small room yourselves.