Moving from crib to toddler bed/twin bed

Wendy - posted on 03/16/2009

i switched my daughter into her toddler bed in january. the main reason we did it was because she broke one bar in her crib. we have no idea how she did it, the crib is only as old as her. we have a railing on her bed so she wont roll out.

Kirsty - posted on 03/15/2009

we moved our 21 mnth old to a bed a few months back wen i was preganant with our second child....he loved it n slept all night no prob then he started to play up n scream all night till we went in there we had to lay with him till he fell asleep at night now i am at the end of my teather we lay with him but i didnt want him to get used to it so i tried the supernanny approach and sit in the room dont talk to him just put him bk to bed wenever he came out that worked but he was still waking up in the night so we have recently tried lwttin him watch t.v to fall asleep to still same prob screams wen we leave the room yet he will sleep in his cot all night he cries himself to sleep in his cot but becoz he cant get out he has no choice if anyone has any suggestions then im happy to listen i am just sooo tired now and i really dont know what else to try and i need the cot in the next 2 mnths as my second child needs it.....HELP!!!!

Carrie - posted on 03/13/2009

My son sleeps in his playyard now, we just transitioned him from our bed. he has never liked his crib. now i am wondering when it would be a good time to put him in a toddler bed. i think he would have a tendency to roam his room instead of going to sleep.

Diana - posted on 03/12/2009

i didn't wait for any of my kids to climb out, i put them in the toddler bed at nap time for a while to see how they did, if they go up i put them back they would eventually fall asleep. once they got use to nap time in the bed then i put them in it at bed time, same routine, put them back in if they got up. it helps if you take the crib down so they can't go to the crib and want in. 

Kelly - posted on 03/12/2009

hi my 20motha old baby has been in her bad from the age off one shes been quite good just in the middle of the night she dos tend to wake up and come in my room and then its a game to her to try and get her back in her own bed

Kimberly - posted on 03/12/2009

I am not even close to being ready for that. My son hasn't ever tried to climb out of his crib so I am just going to let him be till he does. We have a toddler bed already for him, and sometimes he takes his naps on it (it's in his room, and his crib is in mine) I'm a bit too attached to let him sleep in his room at night.

Brittany - posted on 03/10/2009

I am not trying until I HAVE to, if they are not climbing out I don't see any reason to.  I like knowing that they are safe in their cribs and can't get up in the middle of the night and wonder around.  My son has not tried yet and my daughter never did.  We put her in a big girl bed when she was 2 1/2 and never had a problem.

Charlene - posted on 03/10/2009

Quoting Sheena:

Quoting Charlene:

 I also put some books and some not noisy toys and a sippy cup with water in his room, hoping that in the morning if he wakes early he will keep himself busy for a bit and NOPE, he doesn't even get out of his bed, never has even though he knows he can, he crys for me, so so far I haven't been able to sleep in yet, still waiting for that day.

just don't put stuff like crayons, or anything you don't want your child to get into, blankets and clothes in drawers are really not a big deal, its more like vaseline and stuff you don't want!

Drop the sippy as fast as you can!  You will regret having started this, as I and many others have. Take it while you still can and he won't much mind. When he is three and potty training, he will not so easily give up that nightly/morning drink from the convienent cup.  They really can wait for a drink until Mommy gets to it.

 

You have a gate at his door. Do not change that.  On the occasion I get to " sleep in,"  I usually regret that extra 5 or 10 minutes because my junebug is always doing something naughty.  Anything that gets left out from the night before gets ravaged.  Even the most trivial things.

I probably will take it out cause he doesn't even touch the sippy cup at all, so there's no point to have it in there. The gate I have to have I have no where else to put it, can't put it on the stairs, need them open for the dog. I'm also still waiting for him to get into stuff in his room he doesn't even get out of his bed, even though he could if he wanted to. But I do know what you mean about them getting into stuff, I left him in the living room as I have many times before, which is child proof, well at least I thought it was, he got up on the couch leaned far over to the side table (which I thought was far away enough) and .......sigh.........got the vaseline out, OMG what a mess everywhere, and so hard to clean, but I had to laugh it was just to funny!

Anyway as far as the potty training goes, I've trted but he just isn't ready, he'll sit there then want to get up and nothing, I need him to understand how to tell me he has to go first I guess, any ideas on how to get this stage going? I've put it on hold for now!

Sheena - posted on 03/10/2009

Quoting Charlene:

 I also put some books and some not noisy toys and a sippy cup with water in his room, hoping that in the morning if he wakes early he will keep himself busy for a bit and NOPE, he doesn't even get out of his bed, never has even though he knows he can, he crys for me, so so far I haven't been able to sleep in yet, still waiting for that day.

just don't put stuff like crayons, or anything you don't want your child to get into, blankets and clothes in drawers are really not a big deal, its more like vaseline and stuff you don't want!

Drop the sippy as fast as you can!  You will regret having started this, as I and many others have. Take it while you still can and he won't much mind. When he is three and potty training, he will not so easily give up that nightly/morning drink from the convienent cup.  They really can wait for a drink until Mommy gets to it.

You have a gate at his door. Do not change that.  On the occasion I get to " sleep in,"  I usually regret that extra 5 or 10 minutes because my junebug is always doing something naughty.  Anything that gets left out from the night before gets ravaged.  Even the most trivial things.

April - posted on 03/09/2009

Has anyone tried moving their child from co-sleeping to a toddler/big girl or boy bed, yet? Our daughter has always hated the crib (so much so, that she'll cry til she vomits in a short amount of time), so out of necessity she's been my snuggle-buddy. But I'm working on making a plan for a transition. Anyone else?

Charlene - posted on 03/09/2009

We moved our 20 month old son to a twin bed with rails right from the crib about a month ago, and have never had a problem, he took to it right away and loves it. He never tryed to get out of his crib yet but I'm due to have my second son in May and will need the crib for him, so I wanted to get my first used to the twin bed before the new baby comes just in case we did have a problem. I didn't want to waste my money on a toddler bed as they are small and won;t last for long, I figured the twin would last alot longer and its bigger too, my son used to move around alot in his sleep in the crib, never use a blanket or pillow. Well now that he is in the big boy bed he uses both no problem. Crazy how fast he took to it. We also like to keep his door open at night so I can hear him, so I put a gate in his door way, couldn't put one at the stairs, cuz we have a dog that needs to be able to go up/down. I also put some books and some not noisy toys and a sippy cup with water in his room, hoping that in the morning if he wakes early he will keep himself busy for a bit and NOPE, he doesn't even get out of his bed, never has even though he knows he can, he crys for me, so so far I haven't been able to sleep in yet, still waiting for that day. I wonder when he will get out of the bed on his own, mine you he has when I was in the room before so I know he can! I also like to have a night  light in there so I can see him without having to turn on the lights, always had a night light.  I recommand doing the switch before your child learns to get out then maybe you'll have the same luck as we did, where your child will be content in the bed right away and not try to get out of it. As our son was very content in his crib too! Most mothers will tell you not to put toys or anything in the room, but I find that if there is something there for them it will keep them busy for alittle bit and just don't put stuff like crayons, or anything you don't want your child to get into, blankets and clothes in drawers are really not a big deal, its more like vaseline and stuff you don't want! Good luck I hope it all works out well for you!

Iysis - posted on 03/09/2009

oh man kristine i understand where you coming from. the change for me was easy. besides the fact he can get out WHENEVER. i had my room painted with poop and red marker...

Kristine - posted on 03/08/2009

We had to make the switch about 3 weeks ago because he was climbing out of his crib. I had no idea that a child could cause so much damage to a room without making any noise! He decorated the room in diapers and wipes, pulled all his clothes out of his drawers and out of his hamper, unscrewed the door stopped from the wall, pulled the air returned out of the floor and shoved Little People into the circulation system, and shoved his tiniest stuffed animals into the diaper Genie. And I never heard him on the monitor! His room is now pretty much empty other than a bed. =o)

Amanda - posted on 02/26/2009

I was able to take the side of my daughters crib off and replaced it with a bed guard, she is more than happy with.  I think the sooner u do it the easier it will be. x