2019 Best Kids Mattress

The United States National Institute of Health (NIH) recommends that the average adult get between seven and nine hours of sleep each night. For your kids, NIH advises even more slumber. Children ages 3 to 5 should get at least 10 and as many as 13 hours of sleep each night, while kids aged 6 through 13 should get nine to eleven hours whenever possible. Taken as an average, that means children between the toddler and teenage years should aim for 10.75 hours of sleep on an average night.

In theory, then, your child will be spending about 3,923 hours on his or her mattress each and every year. And as many mattresses last for seven, eight, or even ten or more years, the numbers only add up as time goes by. So go ahead and get the kid a good mattress.

Our guide to the best mattresses for kids includes everything from lower cost but decent quality choices to top-of-the-line options that are guaranteed to serve well and last for years. I’ve included a travel mattress that’s comfortable enough for extended use and a gel-topped memory foam mattress for the truly discerning young sleeper.

If I’ve learned one thing from my first four-plus years of being a parent, it’s that good sleep really is important for everyone in the family. While no mattress is going to guarantee a child sleeps blissfully for 13 hours each and every night, you can be certain that a poor mattress is going to cause sleeping issues. So choose a good one and make every night more restful and every day more peaceful.