Purchased this bed for my 3yo first "big boy" bed.  Love that it is a low-loft and especially like the fort underneath. This is a must have bed for a young child and you will be their hero for getting it.  I purchased a thinner mattress to allow for the rails to keep him from rolling out, but the covered canopy is not only decorative but help keep him in and from trying to hang over the edge and falling.