Decorating a child’s room is always an exciting time for all involved and can mean a great deal to your child. Buying children bed covers to match this decoration is only the first step in making a wise decision when it comes to children’s bed linen. Although, admittedly it is important for your child if their bedding matches everything in their room, they may fail to look at things like allergens and comfort when choosing which children bed covers to buy. This is where you, as the adult in the situation will have to lay down some ground rules. But what factors do you really need to keep in mind when buying bed linen?

Take into account that the most likely person to have to clean these children bed covers is going to be you. Now, while cottons are sometimes more difficult to get clean when compared to man-made fibers, the extra life span of the material is well worth the effort. Cotton is very resilient and can withstand a lot of rough and tumble from your kids while also being extremely absorbent, so it can save any accidents during the night causing extra damage to the mattress and the duvet.

Cotton also has the extra feature of being extremely breathable which will allow your child to remain far more comfortable during the night. If you decide you really want to push the boat out you, should look at getting children bed covers that are not only cotton, but also have a high thread count. The higher the thread count, the more comfortable the material tends to be. This is actually why hotel bedding is so comfortable and makes you want to spend all day in bed.

In the end, the comfort of your child should always be your top priority, and as such making sure that you purchase a top quality set of children bed covers is very important. While there are huge selections of luxury bedding for children available in stores, it is well worth remembering that some of the more ‘budget’ bedding options can be just as good. Remember that buying more than one set of linen is also important, as you will want to be able to make up your child’s bed while the other set is being washed. A few variations will also keep your child excited about changing the bedding, and they may even start doing it themselves one day.