Baby & Nursery
R3 has independently scored 8 kids mattresses for safety on a 0 to 10 scale. The average safety score is 8.6/10, 4 score 9.0 or higher, and PlushBeds Healthy Child Organic Latex Mattress (Twin) leads the category at 10/10.
Across the 8 kids mattresses R3 scored, safety scores range from 5/10 to 10/10, with a median of 9.3/10. The distribution below shows how many land in each safety band.
Highest safety score
PlushBeds Healthy Child Organic Latex Mattress (Twin)Safety 10/10, the top of 8 kids mattresses R3 scored.
Lowest safety score
Bear Cub Kids MattressSafety 5/10, the lowest in the set, scored the same way as every other product in the category.
Safety accounts for 35% of the overall score for kids mattresses in R3's scoring system (version 1.0.0). Every product in this category is scored against the same published criteria, so these numbers are comparable across the whole set. See how we score products.
| # | Product | Safety | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | PlushBeds Healthy Child Organic Latex Mattress (Twin) | 10.0 | 10.0 |
| 2 | Naturepedic Verse Organic Kids Mattress (Twin) | 10.0 | 10.0 |
| 3 | My Green Mattress Kiwi Organic Mattress (Twin) | 10.0 | 10.0 |
| 4 | Avocado Eco Organic Kids Mattress (Twin) | 9.8 | 9.6 |
| 5 | Birch Kids Natural Mattress | 8.8 | 8.8 |
| 6 | Awara Natural Hybrid Mattress (Twin) | 8.3 | 8.4 |
| 7 | Saatva Youth Mattress | 6.6 | 6.7 |
| 8 | Bear Cub Kids Mattress | 5.0 | 5.2 |
Source: R3 (2026). Safety scores on a 0 to 10 scale across 8 independently scored kids mattresses.
R3 has independently scored 8 kids mattresses for safety, with an average safety score of 8.6/10 and a median of 9.3/10. Scores range from 5/10 to 10/10.
PlushBeds Healthy Child Organic Latex Mattress (Twin) has the highest safety score among the 8 kids mattresses R3 scored, at 10/10. 4 of 8 score 9.0 or higher on safety.
Safety accounts for 35% of the overall score for kids mattresses in R3's scoring system (version 1.0.0). Every product in the category is scored the same way, against the same published criteria.