These days more and more parents are choosing to buy a cot bed rather than the traditional cot we slept in when we were babies. To begin with you use a cot bed in exactly the same way as a cot but when your child is old enough to progress in to a bed the sides can be removed to offer the ideal middle ground between the familiarity of the cot and the immense size of a standard single bed. Parents who did not have the option to buy a cot bed when they were shopping for nursery furniture can still take advantage of this interim measure buy purchasing a junior bed. There are several options on the market from the traditional wooden style to the plastic fun novelty type.

Having chosen a junior bed the next step is to find suitable bedding. Children under a year old should not be given a duvet or pillow as there is a danger of suffocation. Once your child is old enough to use a duvet safely look for an insert that is no more than 4.5 tog. Remember that a single bed quilt will be too big for a converted cot bed or junior bed so you will need to shop for a toddler duvet and cover.

Fogarty are a well respected name in the duvet and pillow market. After taking careful notice of research and listening to customer feedback they have brought out a range specifically designed for children called Little Fogarty which includes a non  allergenic comfort fibre duvet insert along with an anti allergy duvet insert and pillow. The range also gives customers the chance to buy pillow and mattress protectors which are also anti allergy. The anti allergy range has achieved the Allergy UK seal of approval and combats both dust mites and other allergy sources along with having anti bacterial and anti fungal properties. Best of all the smaller size of both the duvet insert and pillow mean that you can pop them in to the washer and clean them at 40’C.

So now that you’ve got your junior bed and have chosen a duvet insert and pillow for it the next step is a duvet cover and pillowcase. Nursery Rooms has a great selection of sets from the traditional blue for a boy and pink for a girl theme right through to some thing a little more funky. Check out the ABC Safari set from Izziwotnot which has the extra advantage of matching curtains and features bright jungle characters with friendly smiling faces.

CLICK HERE to visit Nursery Rooms to see their range of junior beds

CLICK HERE to visit Nursery Rooms to see their range of duvet inserts and pillows

CLICK HERE to visit Nursery Rooms to see their range of  toddler duvet cover sets