I agree with Tartan and the others that using good fabric batting and thread will hold up find so that the quilts will hold up to the wear and tear as well as the washing that the quilts will need. As an example, I made my son a twin size Irish chain quilt when he was about 11-12, somewhere in there. The quilt never left his bed, was washed umpteen times, went to the beach with him, survived his moves and at 22-23, when he came back home for a short period of time, the quilt came too and still looked pretty good. The one regret I have is that I used a cheap, thin, poly batting, which disassembled over time, however, I know that many of the baby quilts I have made with Warm & Natural cotton batting have held up well over time. I'm sure that although the children are boisterous, after all what child isn't?, the quilts will hold up for some time.