twin or full ???

MonkeysGirl05 · April 2012

I can't decide what I want for Henry's big boy bed. What would you pick and why?

I was leaning towards a full, to use at some point with the convertable crib, but the baby is going to be in the crib for a while I'd imagine and I can always get a full later for the crib.

krissyh21 · April 2012

Do you keep toys in his room? How big is the bedroom? I am doing a twin when the time comes (even though I have a convertable full) because of space when he is younger. When he is older there will be less of a need for all his giant toys and the space issues will be better fit for a full.

MonkeysGirl05 · April 2012

krissyh21:
Do you keep toys in his room? How big is the bedroom? I am doing a twin when the time comes (even though I have a convertable full) because of space when he is younger. When he is older there will be less of a need for all his giant toys and the space issues will be better fit for a full.

not sure of the exact size of the room, I imagine he'll have some toys in his room,but I don't think space will be an issue.

WhiteysWifey · April 2012

We have twin size beds, there is no way we could fit everyone's bed in with them in fulls. Plus, do they really need to have a full? If you're worried about him rolling out or something along those lines, and won't miss the added floor space then go for the full.

beebe929 · April 2012

Do full especially since you may do bunk beds at some point, then you have a guest bed

howleyshell · April 2012

Twin.

I view full sized beds as fairly useless. Kids don't need more space than a twin sized and a full just takes up extra floor space. My kids play in their floors a LOT so I wouldn't want the full taking up space.

Plus - I think it's easier to find bedding for a twin.

Now.. if you were talking about twin vs. queen and thinking the queen might get used to sleep 2 people (ie: guests) from time to time it would be different for me and I might consider it but twin vs. full - my vote is twin.

Another thing to consider - future sleep overs. With a twin bed we can easily fit 2 full sized air mattresses or probably 4-5 sleeping bags comfortably in the same bedroom. A full would minimize our options at sleep over time.

dundasgirl · April 2012

We went with a twin in Penny's room because her room is small. Reed has a twin because we got it for him when he was in a smaller room. Now his room is huge and I wish he had a queen so we could use it as a guest bed.

flbeachcouple · April 2012

We got a full and love it. It has the potential of accommodating extra overnight guest and when DS is having trouble sleeping (or sick) I appreciate the room. Besides he does take up the entire bed sometimes. Crazy little sleeper.

LisaBRM · April 2012

I've been struggling with this, too, because her room can certainly accomodate a full, but, I'm pretty sure I'm going to do a twin with a twin trundle underneath. We already have two guest rooms in this house, so, we really don't need that space, but, having the extra bed will be nice for sleepovers.

Mouseygail · April 2012

I'm currently planning on using the full bed that is in our guest room for his big boy bed. only because we already have it, and his room is plenty big to handle it and still have tons of playing room. We will be providing different guest accommodations elsewhere and won't need this bed anymore.

pinkcallalily · April 2012

We thought about this for a while as well, but have decided to go with a full, mostly because we already had one. I think I still like the idea of a twin better, but we didn't see a reason to buy a new mattress and have to store or get rid of one we already had in the room (he's moving to one of our guest rooms). We also like that we can still use it as a guest room if needed.

I'm a little worried that the big bed will be overwhelming to him, but he adjusts well to things so I think it will be okay once he realizes it isn't just to jump on. His furniture will be delivered this week and then we will start to work on moving him, so I guess we'll know soon enough if he likes it.

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