Little Tikes Sports Toddler Bed

Does your son need incentive to stay in his room through the night? Does he need gentle coaxing to stop sleeping with Mom and Dad? Is he disgruntled because a new baby is coming, so he refuses to sleep in his toddler bed? Then maybe he needs a Little Tikes Sports Toddler Bed. What’s so great about it?

Toddlers ready to move out of their crib will score big in this Little Tikes Sports Toddler Bed. The sports equipment and balls molded into the plastic headboard and footboard feature a sports theme. The steel-tube mattress frame includes high side rails, which protect a little one from falling out. The mattress sits on four, secure bars. The legs also are made of metal. It fits a standard-size crib mattress and bedding. Neither of those items are included.

A Trusted Name

Little Tikes, a United States company, produces “high quality and innovative children’s products,” according to its official website. Many parents can vouch for the truth in this statement. The company’s widely-known durable items promote imagination and active fun.

This company always keep practicality in mind. The Little Tikes Sports Toddler Bed has rounded edges made of durable plastic. These corners will cause no injury to an energetic boy. In addition, the side rails connect with the headboard and go down the side about three-fourths of its length. The rails, which come high enough to keep a boy from rolling out, stop at just the right spot to provide enough room at the foot to crawl in and out. The rails even lock in place, but also can be flipped over once your child no longer needs them.

Design

Your boy will be drawn to the toddler bed's sports theme. The headboard has a tennis racket and ball, basketball, a badminton birdie and hockey puck and stick. The baseboard includes a football, a baseball and bat and a soccer ball. The rails have a scoreboard and time clock on them. Its blue and red colors are easy to match with any room décor.

Although most toddler beds are designed for children ages 18 months to 5 years, some infants have benefited from sleeping in this type of bed. Some children do not like being confined in a crib. Of course, deciding whether or not to transition your baby out of a crib early is yours to make. However, some parents have found success doing this. After trying music, nightlights, singing and the cry it out method, one parent decided to purchase a Little Tikes Sports Toddler Bed for a 9-month-old. He had no trouble getting in and out since it only sits approximately two feet off the floor with a mattress.

If your baby is attempting to crawl out of his crib or successfully doing so, perhaps you should give this a try. Even if he would fall out, which would be highly unlikely with the bed rails, he would have a much shorter distance to fall than if he fell out of his a crib.

Mattress and Bedding

Since the Little Tikes Sports Toddler Bed fits a crib mattress and bedding, you can use your old mattress and bedding. A standard crib mattress is 51 5/8 inches by 27 ¼ inches If you want to give your boy’s room a new look, you can opt to purchase some matching sports bedding or match the primary colors to a similar-colored bedding set.