So DF and I have decided to make DS a Fire Engine bed to go into straight from his cot. We have taken the side off his cot to get him used to not being trapped in as he was climbing the rails and getting his legs stuck sleeping sideways in the cot.
I'm just wanting to know if anyone has had one of these novelty beds and if you thought it was worth it. Obviously we are going to have to spend around $200 for the materials, but I have looked on the net and they seem to be up around the $300-$600 mark so it's definitely cheaper.
I don't know I'm just feeling unsure about it so advice would be appreciated.
Anything that encourages a baby or toddler to go to bed and sleep is a good thing LOL
We haven't thought about what bed to get for our DS when the time comes, but our best friends transitioned their little boy into a "Cars" toddler bed from the cot when he was having sleep issues and was ready to for a bed - he loved it, and sleeps HEAPS better now
What about if you make it removable so that eventually you can take the car bits off and still have a single bed. That way it will last for years and years and can be modified as his interests and tastes change. But only a couple of hundred isnt to bad anyway.
We just stuck with buying a really good quality plain white bed for DD and DH will be adding a canopy to it so I can put 'seaweed' and underwater creatures up around it to match the theme of her room.
I personally think it's a waste of money. We just bought DS a doona cover with cars on it and he totally loved it and that made the bed special. Stuck some Thomas the Tank Engine removable wall decals up on the walls and put up a couple of mobiles and posters and a nice stripey mat on the floor. Voila! Big boy's room!
We deliberately bought plain dark-stained furniture that will suit him till he is a teenager/moves out of home and then he can take it with him or leave it behind. He has a king single bed - he's a very tall boy now and all the men on both sides of our families are over 6 feet tall, so we thought ahead and got him the king single now...so when he is 14 or 15 his feet won't be hanging off the end of the bed.
And the decorations can easily be updated as he gets older and too cool for that kind of stuff...a new doona cover is no big deal (the one we bought was quite cheap because we know he'll outgrow it) and the stickers, posters and mobiles can come down. We didn't get "little boy" sheets though, bought him high quality colourful but relatively neutral sheets (eg royal blue with white and green pinstripes) that will last a long time wouldn't be embarrassing for him as a teenager.
A couple of years down the track the fire engine bed will be this white elephant you have to get rid of.
But DH and I are horribly practical...this approach may not suit you!
Novelty beds- are they worth it???
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