To buy my 3 year old a double bed

[Mikamee]

We’re moving DS to a bigger room in the house and I was wondering if I would be unreasonable to buy him a double bed. My reasoning is that if he needs me in the middle of the night it would be easier for me to slip in and out of his big bed rather than bring him into mine and disturb DP, the room can fit a double comfortably and he’s going to want one when he’s older anyway. DP isn’t sold on the idea.

My toddler has a double. It makes it easy to lie in bed with him and read. I can get in with him if he’s sick or wakes during the night. If he won’t go to sleep I can get in and cuddle him. He plays on the bed sometimes so it doesn’t really restrict his space. I recall as a child I used to lie on my parents double bed to read because it was more comfy to stretch out than my single bed was. As for “kids bedding” - what even is that? Bedding is just bedding, it’s all the same!

All of mine had a double bed from small for those reasons. It's so much easier to look after them when they're ill.
They went to single when they were teenagers for more room space.

If you have the space, why not! That's what I am going to do when DS moves into his own room which is a large double room. Same thinking, we cosleep so if one of us need to comfort him at night or stay with him, it will be more comfortable for everyone involved :)

Why not? I think it's a great idea if you have the space, will save you upgrading in the future too

My 7 year old has a king for various reasons and its really handy. I'd say go for it

Get what works for your situation. Don't worry about what other people think. I mean, it's a bed. If a double bed fits and you'll benefit from it then do it. Maybe choose a low down one in case he falls out.

I hate this because I have kids in my family used to sleeping alone in double beds and they get used to it and whinge about a) sharing a double or b) going in a single at someone else's house etc.

I understand your practical reasons but hate when you have 8 year olds etc who think they are fucking entitled to a massive bed to themselves.

We have a double bed for our toddler as there was plenty of space and she often wakes so it’s easier to get in with her, especially now I’m pregnant. Can’t really see any reason why not. Don’t see how washing a double set is really any harder than washing a single.

@MrsMoastyToasty

I wouldn't. Kids trash beds by using them as trampolines. We had a single with a pull out guest bed underneath.

Eh? My children have never used a bed as a trampoline, did someone tell you that all children do that? It's OK to tell them not to.

Get whatever bed suits you OP, you need buy in from your partner not the internet

Both my kids have small doubles, I can't see a problem with it. Also it's brilliant when my daughter has a friend to sleep over as I don't have to make another bed up, there's enough room for them to share

We've done it. As PP said, it is good when we have people staying because we can put guests in DCs bed...

I do the sheet/mattress protector lasagne so if there is an accident in the night, we whip the wet sheet off and there is already a clean sheet and mattress protector underneath.
And have a spare duvet in its cover in a drawer under the bed so its not any more hassle than if we had single beds

Our preschooler has a king size floor bed. It works really well, he sleeps the first part of the night alone and then one of us goes in and cosleeps with him after he wakes (usually around 3/5am sort of time).

Loads of ideas on the Facebook group The Beyond Sleep Training Project, lots of families in there bedshare and/or cosleep.

Yes sounds good, why not. My 11 year old has a double bed, she felt poorly last night, so her sister slept with her, to make her feel better.

[quote Dddccc]@tastefulliving you already had the beds the op is on about buying a bed so yours is not a reason at all however if op already has a double bed no point binning to buy a single as that is a waste of money and impact to the environment[/quote]
yes but you said that there was no reason that a 3 year old should have a double. I gave you 2 reasons. plenty of others have given reasons.

i always find it fascinating when people have very fixed and rigid views.

Both my kids have small doubles, that way there is enough space left in their rooms & plenty of bed to sleep on. As others have said, they can be useful when guests stay too, most couples can manage in a small double for a night or two

I'm hoping that when my DC get to the age when their partners might be staying over the size of bed means partners will feel welcome but not too welcome, I don't want to go from 2 additional residents to 4 IYKWIM (just a little joke Mumsnet )

If it fits, why not? I do find this assumption that all children will need double beds when older odd though, I'm only 30 and neither me nor my younger siblings, nor my DH nor his younger siblings, had double beds until we left university and got our own places. And we certainly had a big enough house and enough money to have done this.

We were perfectly comfortable in singles until 18 and in the uni holidays. None of us had long-term partners at that age to be fair, but if we had, some of us had a second spare single bed in our room, or I guess once our parents were comfortable with the idea maybe we would have switched to a double.

I've resisted because I'm too lazy to launder and iron multiple sets of double bedding!!

Why would you waste your life ironing bedding?!

OP - do it. I was cramped into a single bed until I left home and I would have loved a double! DH and now have Super King and it's fantastic - I'd never go back.

@MrsMoastyToasty

I wouldn't. Kids trash beds by using them as trampolines. We had a single with a pull out guest bed underneath.

Only if you let them jump on the bed in the first place, surely?

I moved to a single bed when I was three - the same bed is still in place in my parents' house (three moves and thirty years later) and it's not broken or trashed!

Double bed with the "lasagne" arrangement of sheets in case of sickness.

Single duvet. No need for a double. For sleepovers they share, but both children have their own duvet.

Tell me more about this lasagne arrangement.

DC2 is a wetter. We bought protector from Dunelm but after a couple of accidents and washes it doesn't work, it just soaks right through.

I now put a fleece blanket on the mattress as fleece wicks away, a towel on top and then the sheet. But I usually have to change the lot.

My 3 year old has a super kingsize 4 poster bed with ebony inlay and gold leaf. Toys are kept in the en-suite playroom, just next to her walk-in wardrobe.

Ds 7 has had a small double since he grew out of his cot bed around 3.He loves it and can fit loads of teddies in

Baffled by people saying they were cramped in a single bed as a teen. Do you mean a 2ft 6 bed?

A 3ft single is plenty big enough for one adult, DH can sleep in one fine and he is 6ft 3. I slept in a standard single right through university and until i left home and moved in with DH.

A single bed is an adult bed, people are so weird about this.

Yes...

mines had double beds from 7yrs onwards, best thing. 🌸

Depends on how much you end up sleeping with him already. For my family it would be a waste as kids hate sharing beds and stay in their own - lucky. My friend still has her 9 year old come in most nights so dou le would make sense for them