thread: single mattress, cheapie or a good quality one??

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  1. #1
    Registered User

    Dec 2007
    Sydney
    168

    single mattress, cheapie or a good quality one??

    Hi,
    We are looking for a single mattress for DD and we are unsure whether to get a cheaper one or spend a bit more for a quality one.
    On one hand it will be used for many years, on the other it will be weed, pooed and vomited on?? We have invested in a waterproof protector. What did you do? Is there much difference?

  2. #2
    BellyBelly Member

    Jun 2005
    Sydney
    2,121

    We bought an ensemble for DD#1...although she was a little older than your child going into a big bed - she was 28mths. I figure she will have this bed till she reaches her teens.....
    I have a matress protector too...and never had any accidents....

    For Dd#2 we bought a cheapie ikea todd. bed. She has weed on it.....but in a few months we will be buying her an ensemble...looking back now, i kinda wished we had done that in the first place....

    I guess it depends on your budget....

  3. #3
    Registered User

    Feb 2007
    Ma hoos
    1,062

    oops, double post

  4. #4
    Registered User

    Feb 2007
    Ma hoos
    1,062

    I'd be getting the best quality I could afford, just because we spend a significant amount of time in bed, and I think that if comfort makes a difference to me & my quality of sleep, then I would expect that it's relevant for kids too.

    They're expensive little critters, these children of ours

  5. #5
    Lucy in the sky with diamonds.

    Jan 2005
    Funky Town, Vic
    7,070

    Yeah that - we spend so much time in bed (well maybe the kids don't *grumble) it should be on something supportive xoxoxo

  6. #6
    Registered User

    Jul 2005
    Rural NSW
    6,975

    We bought a mid-priced one from a good brand... apparently nearly all innerspring mattresses made in Australia are good. I put the new mattress on my 5yo's bed (he is fully continent) and put the older mattress on my toddlers bed.