How to choose a children's mattress

2024 Author: James Gerald | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 14:00

How to choose the right children's mattress, taking into account the age of the child? The answer to this question requires special attention, because sound sleep and the health of the spine largely depend on the sleeping surface.

Manufacturers propose to classify children's flooring into five groups: for newborns, babies 1-3 years old, children 3-7, 7-10 years old, adolescents.

The editors of our portal together with the federal hypermarket "Matras.ru" have prepared an article in which we will tell you in detail how to choose the right flooring for each age group.

Mattresses for newborns

Rigidity. Pediatricians agree that a good bed for a baby should be tough. This is due to the fact that in a baby, the spine does not yet have an S-shaped curvature, as in adults, so sleeping on a floor that is too pliable is unacceptable. A soft surface can lead to distorted posture.

The second danger of soft beds is that the baby, while sleeping on his stomach, can "fall" with his nose into the covering. This is fraught with difficulty breathing.

Fillers. It makes sense for a newborn to buy a springless mattress, and coconut coir, holofiber, bikokos, dense polyurethane foam, struttofiber will create the necessary rigidity. The materials maintain a comfortable temperature in the bed well, do not deform, dry quickly, do not cause allergies, and support the back in an anatomically correct position.

The size. The height should be more than 6 cm. The standard size of a product up to 3 years old is 60x120 cm (rectangular), 70x70 cm and 75x75 cm (round). It is important that the flooring is exactly the same size as the bed of the crib. Otherwise, it will move out or hunch over.

Experts from the online store matras.ru recommend three models:

1. Dreamline - Baby Dream 6;
2. "Doctor Bobyr" - Baby 1;
3. "Ryton" - Baby Classic.

How to improve the hygiene of the bed. To protect the flooring from moisture and stains, buy a waterproof mattress cover, and for ventilation of a sleeping place, we recommend choosing a bed with a lamellar orthopedic base.

Mattress options for children from 3-7 years old

Mattresses for children 3 years of age and older can be firm or moderately firm, with or without springs. In softer models, memorix foam, natural and artificial latex are added to the hard fillers mentioned in the previous section.

If you are choosing a spring mattress for children 5 years old, we recommend products with an independent TFK block (EVS500). However, if your toddler likes to jump on the bed, take a springless flooring for now. Due to the uneven dynamic load, the spring structure will quickly deteriorate.

An example of good options:

1. Dimax - "Tearaway";
2. Ormatek - Kids Comfort;
3. Materlux - Palermo Baby.

If you are thinking about what size bed to take, take furniture with a berth 20-25 cm larger than the child's height, the flooring will be the same size. This rule also applies to older children.

Mattress models for children from 7-10 years old

According to the characteristics of the products for this age group, they are similar to the previous one, and since the skeletal system of schoolchildren is still actively growing, orthopedists advise hard and moderately hard floorings.

However, not every girl or boy will enjoy sleeping on a hardwood. If the student does not have diseases of the musculoskeletal system, we advise you to take his opinion into account and choose a model of medium hardness.

Note three options:

1. Comfort Line - Baby Eco Hard TFK;
2. Benartti - Baby Duo TFK
3. Beautyson - Baby Medium S600.

Advice. We recommend taking a closer look at double-sided surfaces with sides of different hardness. A schoolchild at home will be able to choose the most comfortable one.

For teenagers

Moderate-hard options are also suitable for teenagers over 10 years old and, in the absence of spinal diseases, medium hardness.

The choice between spring and springless mattresses for teenagers depends on preference. If you choose a bed with springs, then the TFK block will do, but for a large child - more than 90 kg, take a springless flooring or a model with reinforced springs, for example, S1000. Such products maintain the correct position of the body, regardless of the body weight of a teenager.

Great Teenage Options:

1. Dimax - "Genius Maxi";
2. Dreamline - Junior Springless;
3. Perrino - "Stefan".

Advice. Experts advise against buying Bonnel springs. A block with interlocking spirals cannot provide good support to the spine.

We wish moms and dads to find an option that is pleasant in terms of price and content, and we hope that our recommendations will help with this.