MONTESSORI FLOOR BEDS & TODDLER BEDS
Beds & Cribs
Low to the ground, so they can do it themselves
A floor bed sits low enough for a toddler to get in and out alone. No cot rails to climb, no calling out to be lifted, and a child who can settle themselves back to sleep. House frames, twin and full sizes, all solid wood, all shipping from within Canada.
- Ships from CanadaNo customs on delivery
- Free shippingOn every bed here
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THE HONEST COMPARISON
Floor bed or cot, at this age
A Montessori floor bed
- Child gets in and out without help
- Nothing to climb over, so nothing to fall from
- You can sit or lie with them at bedtime
- The room itself has to be fully safe, because they can leave the bed
- Some children take a few weeks to settle
Staying in the cot
- Familiar, and they stay put
- No room proofing needed yet
- Once they can climb out, the fall is from height
- They must call out to be lifted, every time
- You will be doing this again in a year anyway
There is no single right answer, and plenty of families stay in the cot longer than the internet suggests. The one thing worth acting on quickly is climbing. Once a child can get themselves over a cot rail, the cot has quietly become the less safe option.
A QUESTION WE GET WEEKLY
Do you need rails on a floor bed?
Usually no. A true floor bed sits a few inches off the ground, so there is very little to fall from. Rails matter in three situations:
- A raised toddler bed frameIf the frame lifts the mattress off the floor, rails do real work.
- A child who moves a lot in their sleepHalf rails keep a roller in without making the bed feel enclosed.
- Hard flooring with no rugEven a short drop onto tile is worth avoiding.
BEFORE YOU BUY
The questions parents actually ask us
What age should a child move to a floor bed?
General guidance puts it between 18 months and 3 years, but the signal is behaviour rather than a birthday. If your child is climbing the cot, it is time. Some parents start much earlier with a mattress directly on the floor and add a frame later, which is perfectly valid and costs almost nothing to try.
Will they just get up and wander around?
Some do, for the first week or two. It usually settles once the novelty wears off. The thing that makes it work is preparing the room rather than policing the bed: anchor the furniture, cover the outlets, remove cords and anything climbable, and put a gate on the door if the rest of the house is not safe. After that, a child who wakes and gets up is simply a child who can get themselves back to sleep.
What mattress do these beds take?
Standard Canadian sizes. Cot and toddler mattresses are 28 by 52 inches, twin is 39 by 75 inches, and full is 54 by 75 inches. Each frame lists its own exact dimensions under Specifications on its product page, so check there before ordering a mattress.
Is the wood safe, and what has it been tested for?
Certification varies by product and by manufacturer, and we are not going to claim otherwise. Each product page lists the certifications that apply to that specific bed. You can see the full lab reports we hold on our certifications page. If something is not listed and you want to know, email us and we will tell you straight.
How long does delivery take, and will I be charged customs?
Every bed on this page ships from within Canada, so there are no customs charges or duties on arrival. Delivery times and any regional exceptions, including the northern territories, are set out in our shipping policy.
How hard are they to assemble?
It varies by frame, and house frames take longest because of the roof. Assembly detail is on each product page. All of them can be taken apart again if you move, which matters more than people think when the bed is going to last five years.
FINISHING THE ROOM
What usually goes in next
The bed is the anchor. These three are what families add around it.
Still deciding? Email hello@truelittlenorth.com with your child's age and the size of the room, and we will tell you which bed we would pick. We are a small family business in Toronto and these come to us directly.