Choo! Choo! - All Aboard For a Good Nights Sleep! (Worlds Apart Thomas and Friends My First Ready Bed)

Member Name: lazytowner

Product:	Worlds Apart Thomas and Friends My First Ready Bed
Date:	17/07/09 (68 review reads)
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Advantages: Easy to Inflate

Disadvantages: The sleeping bag is attached to the bed

A couple of years ago when my son was a year old we were having problems getting him to sleep in a bed. He had a really nice cot bed but he would scream and scream until the only way we could get him to sleep was in his buggy.
Now this obviously was not very ideal especially as he is quite a tall child and after months and months of him refusing to sleep in a bed we decided to look around for something different.

So one day I happened to notice a Thomas ready bed in Toys r Us for £30 , a lot of money but it got me thinking that if we could at least get him to sleep in it then we would all have some decent sleep.

~What do you get in the box?~

Carry Bag
Pump
Sleeping Bag
Air bed
Instructions

The airbed is made out of white PVC, you basically place it inside the cover
you will find a valve for the pump and then you just pump the bed up. It will take between 5 - 10 minutes to inflate the bed depends on how fit you are! You then just zip it up and it`s ready to be used.

~The Bed~

Once the bed is inflated it has a built in headboard which is red and yellow and has Thomas & Friends written on the front. There are bolsters on both sides which is ideal for little ones as it helps them to stay on the bed instead of rolling off!
The sleeping bag has a bright colourful picture of Thomas and feels very soft it is attached to the bed.

Deflating the bed takes a little while but is easy to do , then it all fits in the carry bag and doesn`t take up much space.

~What do I think?~

Well from day 1 my son loved this bed and the best thing of all we all got some sleep! He slept in the ready bed for 6 months until christmas last year when his grandparents and uncles clubbed together to buy him a proper Thomas bed which is what he is in now.

We did find that he needed a pillow to give him just a little bit more comfort.

The only thing I don`t like about the bed is the sleeping bag is fixed to the bed, my son never liked sleeping inside it he liked sleeping on top with his blankets over him.
Taking the cover off is quite easy the zip has a safety feature so you will need a pin to open it. We used a spring from a clothes peg as it was just the right size. Putting the cover back on however can be quite tricky unless you want to deflate the airbed first!
Washing the cover again is very easy and ours got washed a lot and still looks new! I then popped it on the line for a couple of hours and was amazed as to how quickly it dried, I do not recommend tumble drying.

Recommended age is 2 - 5 years old, my son is very tall and is 3 , I think this will fit him for another year and we will be using it in October when we go on holiday.

Age 2 +
Size approx: 135 (l) x 71 (w) x 32 (h) cm
Price - £30 Tesco`s , Amazon, Toys R Us , Mothercare

Summary: Expensive but a good buy!