Everyone wants their kids room to look great, but as with everything in life there is more to consider than just the look.

I have two boys and they have taught me more about kids than any book ever could.

1. Being Practical Is Important – However pretty a duvet is you will still have to wash it. Usually colored or textured fabrics are limited to a thirty degree wash.

Will you really need to hot wash your kids bed linen? With healthy children there is no need to always wash their linen on a boil wash. The problems lie if they get a high temperature. Fever in children can cause vomiting and nose bleeds, also the deeper sleep means that bed wetting is more likely.

2. Looking Good – Children have hectic days, and they earn a calm nights sleep. When you check on them at night it is lovely to see them in an attractive bedding set. You may not want to see Spiderman, a Power Ranger, or even Barbie looking back at you from the bed linen.

3. Affordable ” When they get a nosebleed and it leaves a stain, you dont want to be angry that your beautiful bed linen is stained. Or when they leave a pen to leak on it you want to discipline them for not putting the pens away, not for ruining the bed linen. If they dont mind that there is a stain on their duvet cover they probably wont understand why it is bothering you so much.

You can never predict when kids will stop wetting the bed, so it is worth investing in a stock of bed mats. Unlike the old plastic sheets (which crinkled when you lay on them) Pampers have made a bed mat which is very absorbent and soft so they will never even know that it is there.

So how many kid’s bedding sets do you need? It is easy to get carried away and buy more than you need. In reality you only need two sets, one to be on the bed while the other is washed. If you are buying different designs, it is worth keeping them similar so that you can mix and match if the need arises.

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