Ash Wood in furniture making

Ash is beautiful Hardwood, and ideal for furniture making. It is very durable and has a very nice grain. It is often used for making furniture especially childrens beds

Cabin Beds

Children's cabin beds and raised beds are perfect when you need extra storage. All beds are available with co-ordinating bedroom furniture from Childrens Bed Centres

Swine Flu could cause a shortage of Childrens Hospital Beds this year

Britain could suffer a shortage of intensive care beds for children with swine flu if there is a surge of cases this winter, researchers have warned.

More than half of admissions to paediatric intensive care units are unplanned and problems with breathing accounts for around one in four cases.

As winter unfolds, the combination of swine flu and normal respiratory infections could lead to a short of beds, according to a study published in the Archives of Disease in Childhood.

The analysis by the University of Cambridge, used a model based on 30 per cent of the population contracting swine flu, and a paediatric intensive care bed figure of 303 across the UK.

Study Beds

Once your child starts high school, it's important that they have somewhere they can study and do homework. A study bed is sometimes the perfect solution; study beds incorporate a desk, a wardrobe, and of course a bed.

Importance of good sleep

As your child grows, the importance of sleep grows too. According to the national sleep foundation; 40% of 4-12 year olds complain of tiredness during the day time.

Therefore by the age of 4 it is important that your child is transferred into a full sized bed with a comfortable mattress. This gives them space for activities such as reading, and also gives them the important space whilst they are growing and developing.

Children with ADHD get less sleep

A recent study, reported in the Sleep journal suggested that children that suffer from attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) may be significantly sleep deprived and suffer from REM sleep.

Results show that children with ADHD have a total sleep time that is significantly shorter than that of controls. Children in the ADHD group had an average total sleep time of eight hours, 19 minutes; this was 33 minutes less than the average sleep time of eight hours, 52 minutes, in controls.

Results in this latest study are more encouraging than those in previous studies, due to the fact that researchers were able to control for many factors. Measuring sleep architecture in the children's beds at home using portable PSG, also allowed researchers to better represent the natural sleep pattern, thus increasing the validity of the study.

"I do not believe that sleep per se is the cause of ADHD, but it may make the symptoms worse in children with sleep problems. There are reports in the literature in which treating sleep problems led to improvement in ADHD symptoms but I suspect that these results were seen in children with sleep apnea. More research needs to be done in order to determine if sleep affects ADHD children with no primary sleep disorder."

Childrens Beds Blog Launched

Today marks the launched our new Childrens Beds Blog. Intended to offer impartial information and news about childrens beds, mattresses, sleeping etc. We will talk about how to choose the right bed for your child, what you should consider to give your child a healthy night's sleep, and what products are on the market to make your kid's bedroom an enjoyable and practical place.

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