^^^^^oh and we never did bed rails of any kind for either kid. Just bed rails on lowest setting and no box spring (bed is designed for with or without.)

$399 for Pottery Barn Catalina. Comes in white or dark wood stain. Really solid bed.

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Anonymous wrote:Put a pool noodle under the sheet along the edge of the bed to prevent rolling out.

The pool noodle works really well. We've had one in my sons bed from the time he left the crib. He hasn't fallen out once.

For some reason the pool noodle trick never worked for us - DS would just roll right on over it! We went with an actual bed rail, like this:

http://www.amazon.com/Regalo-Hide-Away-Extra-White/dp/B000H1IYXW/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1425237450&sr=8-2&keywords=bed+rail




It worked out very well for us.

Anonymous wrote:I wish we would have bought a full instead of a twin. He would do better with more space.

We did a full and it is great. I almost went with a cheap mattress but I started thinking about how much time I might spend in there with him and we do also use his room as a guest room sometimes.
Sometimes I see he is almost off the edge of the bed but he has never fallen off and we moved him into a big bed around 3.5.

Good luck OP. We didn't need it but I love the pool noodle under the sheets idea every time I see it.

IKEA has a cheap pine twin bed that is low to the floor. It takes to paint well. Nwe added a few more boards to the headboard so it would be sturdier. We also added a few extra boards tinder the matttress. It Have gotten twin mattresses both nice at bjs and Costco. The bjs is a bit firmer.

Anonymous wrote:Put a pool noodle under the sheet along the edge of the bed to prevent rolling out.

The pool noodle works really well. We've had one in my sons bed from the time he left the crib. He hasn't fallen out once.

Bed from Craigslist, but we got a good mattress (and with a waterproof cover).

BJs or Costco