The 9 Best Toddler Beds, According to Parents and Experts

Made from solid poplar and birch, this Greenguard-certified option is West Elm’s first foray into toddler beds. The two-tone finish means the bed will coordinate with a wider variety of furnishings.

Ouef was cited by many parents and designers for their sustainable bonafides and clean-lined designs. We love that while many brands offer a crib and then sell you the toddler conversion kit as an add-on, Ouef takes the opposite approach with its Classic Toddler Bed: You buy the toddler bed and can purchase a Crib Side Kit. Mom of two, Rachel Lipson, the founder of Blue Balloon Songwriting School, notes that she put hers under a Perch loft bed to fit her two boys in one room, which is also what Cubby's managing editor, Cambria Bold, did for many years in her girls' shared room. (Cubby picked the Perch bunks as one of our best bunk beds, too!)

Another Oeuf bed that gained our pros' approval, including Mazurek’s, was Oeuf's Perch toddler bed, which can be transitioned to a child-sized sofa by removing the security rail. Many brands tout this possible sofa conversion, but Oeuf’s is one of the only ones that doesn’t just look like a crib with its railing taken off.

Inspired by the Montessori ideal of an on-the-ground bed for toddlers, Sprout’s floor bed works as a floor bed and can later be flipped to a higher position to ease the transition to a bigger bed. (It beats putting a mattress right on the floor with no frame because the frame lifts the mattress off the ground enough to prevent mildew.) Sprout’s furniture is also beloved by parents for being easy to assemble. If you're into the idea of floor beds, here are 8 more toddler floor beds to choose from.

Multiple designers pointed to this classic design. California-based lifestyle writer (and Cubby contributor) Chantal Lamers’ children each had a secondhand Jenny Lind-style toddler bed, and she was delighted to discover they held their value; she was able to resell them for what she paid for them! Dallas interior designer Lisa Henderson agrees, telling Cubby, “Jenny Lind takes the cake! The nostalgic shape and transitional style make it the ideal bed for any kid’s room.”

Gill Cranshaw, the blogger behind A Baby on Board, recommends the MINNEN bed because it expands from toddler to medium size and then finally a standard single, so you only need to buy one big kid bed. Cranshaw notes, “It has sides so they are less likely to fall out, but it’s a cool design that’s not really that toddler-y.”

This affordable IKEA model gets 5-star reviews and Mazurek’s stamp of approval for its “great price point and simple design.” It’s also solid: One reviewer writes, “It is very sturdy and nice. I can even lay on it,” while another notes, “It is surprisingly as sturdy as an adult twin bed.” There’s one caveat for this bed (and the other adjustable IKEA beds set at their mid-way size): You can’t find fitted sheets for it.

“We appreciate the BLOOM convertible folding crib because it’s smaller than a standard crib, but large and adaptable enough with the toddler conversion rail to see most kids through their toddler years,” says Whitney Leigh Morris, the creator of Tiny Canal Cottage and author of Small Space Style.

With 165 five-star reviews on Wayfair.com, this toddler bed from Child Craft, one of the leading manufacturers of affordable kids’ furniture, is a good basic choice (if not stylistically distinguished). However, the handful of less-favorable reviews note that it’s not the easiest to put together—consider yourself warned!