This helps especially if you move around a lot and travel to different hotels or apartments and why we had zero issues using toddler travel beds. Montessori floor beds help children set up a known environment for themselves. Makes Things Easier when Traveling or Changing the Environment Toddlers want to make decisions and they don’t need their day to start when parents come to get them out, and instead are empowered to choose how and when to wake and rest.īy 2.5 years my toddler understood that he can wake up and play quietly and come out no earlier than 7am – thanks to GroClock. Most importantly, this floor bed helps the child learn to soothe herself back to sleep if he wakes in the middle of the night without assistance from another person. Since the children can access it better, they find it so much easier to put things in place once they get up in the morning. My firstborn was perfectly trained at night at 2.5 years and we transitioned him to the bed at 14 months.Īnother surprising aspect that cropped up was in relation to making their bed in the morning. Since it’s easy to get on and off the bed, my toddler began to have fewer accidents in night. I have found that the floor beds help immensely when it comes to nighttime toilet routines. Encourages Decision Making & Self Discipline This was one of the main reasons why I shifted to the Montessori floor bed before raising it off the floor later on.
There is no risk of the child falling off a height especially when they are sleepy. The height of the bed encourages children to move both on and off the bed with ease. Why would I cramp him on a crib mattress when he could move straight to a twin-size mattress he can use forever? The benefits of having a bigger bed extend to parents too – you can climb in for storytime.
My barely 3-year-old is tall and over 40 inches tall. They’re small – the standard size is 52 inches, so you need to ask yourself how long is it going to last? Floor Bed vs Toddler Bedĭo kids really need a toddler bed? You don’t! Toddler beds basically beds the size of a crib. That way your kids can easily adjust to new schedules, and routines and won’t be disturbed by having to go to bed for a nap at daycare. It gives the children the independence to explore the room, while at the same it teaches them their own body sleeps.Įspecially if your little ones are fighting bedtime, a floor bed is a perfect opportunity to learn their own schedule and that the bed is something they can relax in and eventually rest. The floor bed is an extension of the idea that everything a child needs should be accessible and at their level. While Montessori bed is mostly known as an elaborate house bed as seen on Instagram, let me tell you that the concept is much simpler and unless you want to make it fancy, it doesn’t have to be expensive. Therefore, a child shouldn’t be restrained by being in the crib and rather sleep in a “big kid” bed.
Everything must be within the child’s reach and at their level. Montessori philosophy says that everything in the room must be safe for the child to explore on their own, freely and independently. Children are not meant to explore on their own during toddler stage, and especially not during naptime or bedtime. Especially in the US where children are kept in cribs until they’re 3, ideally also with a sleep sack on them. For most modern parents the idea of a floor bed is somehow crazy.
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