
Choosing the right Bed
If this is a first bed I am guessing that your child is about two years old, so you have the option of purchasing a small starter bed. This will have the same mattress size as a standard baby-bed of 1400 x 700mm. The advantage of buying a bed this size is that it leaves lots of floor-space in the room, and an average child [what is an average child?] will be able to use a bed this size until the age of seven or eight. (Another advantage of this size bed is that the mattress is readily available in sprung format with a wipe-clean body and breathable foam head area; this means that those tiresome bed-wetting days while junior gets used to getting out of bed to pee are not such a burden for cleaning up.)
Ordinary beds have a choice of mattress sizes. The standard mattress is [in the UK] 1910 x 900mm. A Twin mattress size [preferred by Americans] is 990 x 1930mm.
The benefit of the larger bed is that your child can have a friend to sleep-over and simply share the bed. The other option is a trundle-bed or pull-out bed which is stored below the bed. It all depends on the size of room you have to work with.
Theme beds, such as car-beds, train-beds, digger-beds, fairy-tale designs, etc. Pay particular attention to these beds. These bed designs cost more to manufacture, so it is not unusual to discover that the manufacturer has attempted to save a little money and compromise the quality which will effect stability, and seviceable lifetime of the bed.
Buying a bed online is made really easy nowdays, but there is nothing to beat going to a shop and handling, kicking, lying on the bed to check it over before you part with your money. If you buy online be sure that you have the option of a full refund for ANY reason; and that refund shouldinclude pick-up from your home. Most retailers will demand that the goods are returned in original condition and that the original packaging is used, so if in doubt, hang on to the packaging when you first recieve the goods.