As your baby becomes a toddler, he starts to develop his own identity. If he was sleeping in your room as a baby, he is now ready to move into his own room. To help your toddler get settled into his own room, you should add toddler bedroom furniture that your child helps you pick out. Involve him in the process and he will be more likely to use the items. Below is a guide to toddler furniture that you can buy.

Toddler Chairs

A great thing to add to your toddler’s bedroom is a toddler chair. A toddler chair is smaller than a regular easy chair. It is a much lower height so your toddler doesn’t have to climb into the chair, and the back is low to support your toddler’s back when he is sitting down. Usually, toddler chairs have soft edges all around so your toddler will not hurt himself. Pottery Barn makes some fantastic toddler chairs that resemble regular adult chairs in many colors and prints. Kids stores like Toys R’ Us make some great chairs with different characters on them that your kids will like including the Elmo Flip-Open Slumber Sofa. When purchasing a toddler chair, find something your kids will like and will enjoy.

An important part of the toddler room needs to include a toddler desk. This can either be a specially designed desk for toddlers or it can be a table and chair set that allows other children to join your child. An individual desk helps your toddler feel like his parents, especially if you or your spouse has a desk. A table and chair set allows you to join your toddler in his activity and allows your toddler to invite other friends to join him in the activity he’s doing on his desk. Texas Toy Boxes makes a great individual toddler and chair set and you can find many others at childrensdesk.com. There are many different manufacturers of children’s table and chair sets. Check out netkidswear.com for some great sets.

Small bookcase

A small bookcase is important for your toddler to keep his books. A small bookcase is lower to the ground and is only as high or a little bit taller than your toddler. This is the age where you are reading to him and he is introduced to the world of books. Having his own books and the ability to choose the book he wants to read from his bookcase will do wonders for his interest in reading. A bookcase also acts as a place to keep smaller toys so your toddler can help clean up. You can buy a regular bookcase that has only 2 shelves or a specialty children’s bookcase for this purpose.

This is a very important piece of toddler bedroom furniture.  At this age, your toddler is just beginning to learn about all of the different toys he has.  A toy chest will help him learn how to put the toys away and will start him on some good habits early on.  Toyboxcity.com, Amazon and Everything Furniture both sell and make some fantastic toy chests.  The important thing is to have a toy chest that is easy for your toddler to use, is safe for opening and closing, and allows your child to reach in to grab his or her toys.  When he is a toddler, you may have to help him through this process since some toy chests are much bigger.  Or, buy a toy chest that is smaller and lower to the ground for your toddler to reach.

At this age, your toddler should start to transition over to a bed of his own.  This is the perfect time to buy him a junior bed.  A junior bed is smaller than a regular bed and usually sits on a lower platform.  This makes it easier for your toddler to climb in and out on his own.  Additionally, the junior bed is usually made with built in rails so your toddler will feel more comfortable, especially if he tends to roll around in bed.  There are many types of junior beds such as the car bed.  All of these different types help to encourage your child to sleep on his own and feel more comfortable in his own bed and bedroom.

Toddler bedroom furniture will help your child feel comfortable and safe in his own room.  While the junior bed will be the key focal point in the room, the other items are important as well.  The ones listed above are even more important and will act as the base of the toddler room that you set up for your little one.