Question by : What kind of single mattress would you recommend for an 18m old toddler?
I am planning to get my daughter who is almost 19 months old into a full sized single bed over the next few weeks, just wondering if anyone can advise me on what would be a suitable mattress or will any good quality one do? Any suggestions will be very welcome, thanks in advance!
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Answer by LS
If your daughter is average-sized or small, and if you are planning on replacing the mattress in a few years, any decent mattress will probably do, as she will be relatively small and not need a mattress with a lot of support.
BUT if you plan to keep the mattress for 15 years or even 20, get a really good one, with a high coil count. It will last a very very long time.
Don’t bother with pillow-tops or memory foam-topped mattresses. You can always add padding later, but it’s hard to take it off when it is part of the mattress!
I did the same thing when my daughter graduated to her own bed, used an old hand-me down single mattress from a family member. Then when she got bigger and the mattress was too worn– and face it, when she was past the bed-wetting stage!– we invested in a really good, high-coil-count, extra-firm mattress from a major maker. More than ten years later, the kid is 110lb teen and the mattress shows no signs of wear. And I love that mattress– when I have a backache, it is the best bed to sleep in!
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