Toddler Air Mattress?

[mpizza Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close mpizza]

Anyone have any experience with this toddler air mattress?

Tuckaire. The Original Portable Toddler Travel Bed That Keeps Kids Snug.

Grandson is too big for a portable crip and too small to be in a queen size bed.

Any other suggestions?

Maria

[PigsDad Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close PigsDad]

I have to ask -- what's wrong with just using a sleeping bag? I have never known a kid (including ours) who could not fall perfectly asleep in a sleeping bag on the floor. Our daughter still sleeps on the floor of Grandma and Grandpa's room when we visit them -- not because there are no other beds, but because she wants to.

Air mattress for a kid just seems a bit over the top to me.

Kurt

[riverdees05 Platinum Contributor Find all posts View Profile Close riverdees05]

We purchase a similar bed from aerobed for our grandson and it was good, recently ordered one for our youngest granddaughter from Amazon.

[mpizza Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close mpizza]

I have to ask -- what's wrong with just using a sleeping bag? I have never known a kid (including ours) who could not fall perfectly asleep in a sleeping bag on the floor. Our daughter still sleeps on the floor of Grandma and Grandpa's room when we visit them -- not because there are no other beds, but because she wants to.

Air mattress for a kid just seems a bit over the top to me.

Kurt

Agreed - DD thinks he'll scoot down in the sleeping bag during the night and suffocate - he's only 20 months.

Maria

[wackymother Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close wackymother]

Maria, we have a twin-size Aerobed you could borrow if it's worth the drive up to us to get it.

[Nancy Platinum Contributor Find all posts View Profile Close Nancy]

My grandkids used pack and plays until they were much older than that. The first set used an old porta-crib and grandson loved that. Had to get rid of it because he wanted to sleep in it.

Nancy

ps. Pack and plays keep them somewhat confined.

[wackymother Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close wackymother]

Agreed - DD thinks he'll scoot down in the sleeping bag during the night and suffocate - he's only 20 months.

Maria

Or you can get a kid-sized sleeping bag. They make them for sleepovers.

[mpizza Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close mpizza]

Maria, we have a twin-size Aerobed you could borrow if it's worth the drive up to us to get it.

Thanks Wacky! I will let you know.

Her pac 'n play is small and he is the size of a big 2-year old. He sleeps in a crib at home for 10-12 hours straight but moves all around - sideways, upsidedown, scrunched on one side. Are porta-cribs bigger than pac 'n plays?

Maria

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I'm sure DD will figure something out. She wanted me to ask my ts4ms friends if they had an - since the "cult" knows everything about traveling.


Maria

[wackymother Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close wackymother]

Thanks Wacky! I will let you know.

Her pac 'n play is small and he is the size of a big 2-year old. He sleeps in a crib at home for 10-12 hours straight but moves all around - sideways, upsidedown, scrunched on one side. Are porta-cribs bigger than pac 'n plays?

Maria

My kids are all tall, and when they outgrew the porta-crib, we used sofa cushions on the floor with a sheet over the cushions.

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AeroBed Sleep Tight Inflatable Bed for Kids

AeroBed Sleep Tight Inflatable Bed for Kids
by Aero

Product Features
Inflatable bed made specially for kids; sleep surface measures 50 by 25 inches
Constructed of heavy-duty PVC with electronically welded seams
4-inch-high surround safety cushion helps kids stay on the bed
Included AC pump inflates bed in under a minute; deflates in under 15 seconds
Comes with thick, washable, fitted mattress pad with star and moon design

Product Description
Amazon.com Product Description
The AeroBed Sleep Away Bed is portable, compact, and is perfect for travelling with children. This bed has a large 50-inch by 25-inch sleep surface with a 4- inch surround cushion for added safety. Plus, with the Sleep Away Bed you can enjoy all the great benefits of an AeroBed. AeroBed has a powerful built-in electric pump for fast, easy inflation. Just plug it in, touch a button and the AeroBed inflates before your eyes to a thick, comfortable mattress. AeroBed is made of durable, heavy-duty vinyl with electronically welded seems to withstand years of use. When it's time to put the bed away, simply open the patented Air Release Valve and the AeroBed deflates in only 15 seconds.
Product Description
"The 40010 AeroBed for kids has a large 50"" x 25"" sleep surface with 4"" high surround safety cushion to prevent children from falling out bed. Constructed of heavy duty PVC with electronically welded seams, this bed is built to last. Feel great about putting kids to sleep in a safe, durable bed from renowned inflatable-bed makers, Aero. With a large sleep area and a 4-inch-high safety cushion surrounding the sleep area, the bed is designed to prevent kids from rolling off. Since convenience is key when it comes to the art of getting children to sleep, the AeroBed for Kids is very quick and easy to inflate. A powerful AC pump inflates the mattress in under a minute. Morning or post-nap cleanup is quick, too, since the bed deflates in less than 15 seconds. The bed comes with its own mattress pad featuring a fun star and moon design just right for getting kids into a sleepy frame of mind.

[Fern Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Fern]

Have you ever seen the kids' "flip sofa" that they have at Toys R Us and some other places? You can see it here. I got one for each of my younger (girl) grandchildren when they were young. They come in more feminine and more masculine types. The kids use them up to maybe age 10 or more, believe it or not. They use them at home in their play room, bedroom or living room...they can drag them around. When they go over to each other's houses they used to bring them along to sleep on. And at some point, when they were too tall to sit on them as a sofa they used them as a pad on top of the bed (instead of the floor like they did when they were younger).

As for the child moving around, if you place them at the top of the opened sofa/bed, there are sofa arms to keep them from slipping out. And even if they do, they are already on the floor, so they won't get hurt.

Fern

Anyone have any experience with this toddler air mattress?

Tuckaire. The Original Portable Toddler Travel Bed That Keeps Kids Snug.

Grandson is too big for a portable crip and too small to be in a queen size bed.

Any other suggestions?

Maria

[mpizza Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close mpizza]

Fern, I'm going to tell DD to check out the flip sofa! If it's portable enough - it looks like a good idea for a drive-to trip.

Thanks everyone!

Maria

[mdurette Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close mdurette]

I'm sure DD will figure something out. She wanted me to ask my ts4ms friends if they had an - since the "cult" knows everything about traveling.


Maria

Just another idea. If this is for a "visit" you can always rent a crib. Or if you do have a queen size bed. You can buy railings for that. Something like this:
One Step Ahead Hide-Away Bed Rails, Folding Bedrails, Bed Guards

Or you can just do what my DD does - kick grandpa to the couch and sleep with grandma.

[mpizza Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close mpizza]

Or you can just do what my DD does - kick grandpa to the couch and sleep with grandma.

sleeping with Grandma works for DD#1's children. DD#2 is a scheduled, no-nonsense Mom and she would blow a gasket and accuse me of destroying all the sleep training he learned .

Maria