Comments on: Let’s Discuss: Big Kid Bed?

By: Kristen

Kristen — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 20:15:05 +0000

No advice, we’re not there yet. Although Jackson won’t nap in his crib anymore during the day, only in a bed. So, when we move to our new house in a couple months, we figure we’ll get him a twin bed for naps and also put his crib in his room. Whenever he’s ready for nighttime in the bed, we’ll let him go for it and take out his crib shortly after. Right now after naps he’ll get out of bed (it’s a really low bed he’s napping in now) and walk to the door and knock/whine to be let out!

By: Sara

Sara — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 21:05:52 +0000

Ariana,
My 13 month old climbed out of his crib yesterday (and was quite proud). Ugh. I’m so not ready for this. He slept on his crib mattress on the floor last night…our quick fix until setting up the toddler bed this weekend. Good luck with Jasper!

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By: Michelle

Michelle — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 16:40:37 +0000

Oh my gosh – keep him in the crib until he can crawl out of it or you need it for another baby. We kept our son in his crib until 2 1/2 when we needed it for our daughter. He hasn’t taken a nap since! :-) He does go to bed ok – just won’t nap. He’s 4 now.

By: Sarah

Sarah — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 15:50:44 +0000

Kaitlyn *who is a day older than Jasper* has been in a big girl bed for about a month now. She transitioned better than I thought she would. I had to get over the emotional part of this because we actually threw our crib out after being used by about 5 kids altogether and Kaity being our last child. That was hard, but manageable :D
I got one of those bed guards you put so they don’t fall out. I got a gate for her door so she can’t get out of her room, but we still shut the door. She still gets out of her bed occasionally, but when I put her to bed I stand by the door and leave it open a crack and if she gets up, I tell her to “Lay down and go sleepy!” and she obeys. She has done VERY well considering her age. Good luck to you on this decision!!!

By: Mrs Brown

Mrs Brown — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 13:43:06 +0000

At 13 months old, Ellie learned to jiggle her crib rails just right to get them down. That freaked me right out. I check for recalls on our crib, but there weren’t any. So faced with buying a new crib when we can’t have any more kids, or buying a toddler bed, we went with the toddler bed. It’s been a month now and so far so good.

Interestingly enough. She won’t crawl out of her toddler bed. She sits on the edge with her arms reaching out toward me and says Mum-mum!

By: alex

alex — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 01:06:24 +0000

We transistion Phoenix to a toddler bed at about 16 months for not other reason then a saw a fantastic DIY for an upholstered toddler bed, really wanted to try it out and KNEW we would have no problems. And sure enough 2 months in Phoenix sleeps really well.

We built small railings on both side and have had no problems with him falling out.

Phoenix has always had this fierce independence streak and I can forsee trying a lot of things a lot earlier then the “norm”

By: pam

pam — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 16:04:48 +0000

Oy. I know my situation is different from the norm, but my boys are 26 months and I’m still not even considering a switch to the toddler beds anytime soon. Maybe in a year or two, seriously. Right now we have crib tents.

But, they do sleep on cots at daycare, so I know they’re capable. But they also have 2-3 people watching them at all times while they sleep on said cots. So…yeah…beds when they’re in high school.

By: jenn

jenn — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 13:06:55 +0000

mia was in her crib wit sides until she was 2 1/2 yrs. then we took the side off and put the small rail up so she could still sleep in it and not roll out. for her 3rd birthday, she got a twin bed. she did climb out a time or 2, the first time when she was 18 months or so. she was no where near ready to transition then. i enforced that she was not to climb out, and if she wanted me she was to call me through the baby monitor. once she saw she could call “mama or dada” and we would come get her she stopped climbing out. good luck! i had those same visions of no sleep at 18 months that you are having. and are you sure his matress is at the lowest point?? we thought mia’s was, but as it turned out, there was one more lower spot we had missed. it is worth looking at :)

By: Petra

Petra — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 11:30:53 +0000

I know exactly what you’re going through. My boy is now 2 years and 4 months and it’s definitely time. He’s never liked his cot and has seen it more as a handy trampoline than anything else.

From a safety aspect, he’s always quick to hook his leg over the top of the bars, but luckily we’ve often been close when he’s done that, and berated him. As much as you’re told that your toddler falling out of a cot doesn’t do much harm, it’s a risk you could never take as a mother. Thant’s why we’re making the transition now. For our peace of mind more than anything else really.

Of course we’re dreading him wondering into our room and climbing into our bed willy nilly, but I guess we’ll cross that bridge when we get to it.

All the best.