What size bed do your DCs have?

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My DDs (9 and 11) could do with new beds. They really want doubles though one only has a narrow room so not sure it will fit.
Are double beds normal for kids? I didn’t get one till I moved out of home.

DS is 14 and has a king size, because he has a big bedroom

Older DD has a double as a slightly smaller bedroom

My dd got a small double age 12 when we moved and she got a bigger bedroom - it would never have fitted in her old room. The only place I've found 4ft fitted sheets is M&S.

I had a midi sleeper as a child/until I left home. Will get my 3yo a single although tbh wish there was space for a double for when I need to lie with him (every night 🤣)

My DD is 6 and has a double bed, she wasn't sleeping well in her cot bed anymore when she was younger and we had a double bed in the spare room so just used that.

Wouldn't everyone prefer the extra floor space for games/dancing/yoga etc?
🤣🤣 not teenagers, their bed is the favourite part of their room.

DD got a double last winter when we re-did her room. She was 13.

I think they use it so much for lounging around and unless you have decent seating space for a mini-sofa for two they will use the bed for everything. They also need the space for the mountain of cushions, cuddly toys and blankets.

I had a single as a teen but my room was big enough to also have space for a sofa and a chair. Most of my friends didn't and we always sat on the bed.

As soon as a child moves away from toys the floorspace becomes less important.

She can't dance in her room as the whole house would shake.

@kowari I don't think anyone is saying it's wrong for dc to sleep in a single, just that most people like to have more rather than less room in their bed, especially if they are sitting and lounging around in it and not just sleeping.
I think an adult choosing to sleep in a single bed is quite unusual, but it's totally your choice. You do what makes you comfortable. Children aren't being spoilt by having double beds, most of them (if we take this thread as an example) seem to really appreciate having a bigger bed if it's possible.
Floor space might be an issue - hence many kids getting a bigger bed when they're older and have less need for the larger playing area that younger kids have.

At least we haven't (yet) had any posters clutching their pearls and telling us all that by letting our kids have doubles we are promoting promiscuity. Because obviously double beds are only ever used for sex.

My children are all younger than teenagers and have singles.
When I was a teenager I had a double as did all of my friends. It was where we would sit and hang out and useful for sleeping over too.
If mine want doubles they can have them, I think their rooms are 3.5x3.2 ish so not a lot of space but they don’t need access from both sides so can be pushed into a corner.

My eldest is 22 and is built like a brick outhouse so he’s had a double since he was about 12. Middle child has a 3/4 size (so 4ft). A double wouldn’t have fitted in her room. Youngest is 14 and has a single. Ma double won’t fit in his room but as eldest is away term time he sleeps in his bed.

If you have the space for small doubles or doubles I’d definitely get them now.

Doubles aged 9 and 7 I think when we got them.

They loved the space and I could lie in with them if they weren't well.

With the benefit of hindsight I'd have gone from cot to double and not wasted £600 on the M&S single with hideaway bed that never got used.

I had a double bed all through my childhood.

Mine all have singles - they are 20, 18 and 14. Why on earth would a double be more comfortable?? As long as you get a decent mattress, a single is very comfortable.

Pain for changing the sheets and duvet covers too with a double.

@pointythings

Mine didn't ask for doubles - we offered.

All the competitive single beddery on here sounds a bit like that famous Monty Python sketch... 'When I were a youngster, we didn't have a bed - we had a cardboard box. With holes in. And we were thankful'.

@pointythings it's not so much that but I'm surprised that double beds have become a thing. You need big bedrooms to accommodate double beds surely?

For a year or two when I was a teen I had a double. I hated it! It felt wrong and dominated my room.

DD age 3 has a double and DD age 5 has a king (which was ours, we upgraded to super king). After moving out of cotbeds, eldest just used our double guestbed then we decided that if we got other DD a double it meant they can bunk together when guests stay and the guests will still have a double to share. Downside is not much play space on the floors in their rooms but they manage. They 💯 wouldn't mind singles though and it also means I can sleep in with them when they are unwell x

You need big bedrooms to accommodate double beds surely?

Not really. None of the rooms in our house are huge, all can accommodate doubles. Even mine, which is the smallest. You just need to be clever with storage, so either get a bed with drawers, a double high sleeper with desk and storage underneath (had one of these for DD2 for a few years) or an ottoman (which we have two of now). Our DDs always had their toys in the living room, so it wasn't an issue. Our house isn't tiny like modern newbuilds (was built in 1985) but it isn't massive either.

Mine always had singles although their rooms were plenty big enough for a double.
My eldest bought himself a double when he was 17 as, in his words, he was fed up of his girlfriend's squashing him in a single.

Upgraded them to doubles last summer. Both are tall and needed the extra room. Getting it into DS2 room was a a bit of a squeeze and he’s lost a bit of floor space, but he really really needed a bigger bed and it’s now his most favourite thing in the world.

@bendmeoverbackwards

Pain for changing the sheets and duvet covers too with a double.

DD wanted the double, she changes the sheets. She actually still uses her old single duvet as I can't see a point in a double duvet, she fills. the space with pillows and blankets.

I'm possibly missing something about it being more of a pain to change double size sheets and duvet covers - surely it's exactly the same process, there's just more fabric?

Well it's probably quite hard to change a double sheet on a bed that's crammed into the corner of a room, like a lot of these double beds seem to be. Our (single) spare bed is against a wall and its a pain in the arse to do the fitted sheet.

I don't think people expressing surprise are partaking in 'competitive single bedding' it just seems unusual for a double bed for one small person to be a normal expectation. After all, if it is against a wall like many claim, is the extra space actually even used? When I'm in our king size bed alone, I only use my side, I don't go past the middle.

Mine went in doubles around that age.

@HopeForTheBestExpectTheWorst

I'm possibly missing something about it being more of a pain to change double size sheets and duvet covers - surely it's exactly the same process, there's just more fabric?

You have to do one corner at a time. With a single bed you can lift up the head or foot end and chuck it on.

Also for the duvet I can stand on a bed and shake a single duvet into the cover. For double or king size, my arms don't extend wide enough to do this.

How are you changing duvet covers and sheets that this isn't obvious?