moving from crib to toddler bed............

Kelly - posted on 04/21/2011

Maybe u could try using a baby gate to keep him inside his room instead of locking the door. Get one of the good ones that swing open. I have this idea for my daughter when she turns 2 in July and we set up her toddler bed.
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Courtney - posted on 04/09/2011

Oh my goodness don't lock him in there! What if there's a fire? The baby gate idea seems to be the most effective idea.

Emma - posted on 03/19/2011

safety gate definatly! i had to have one with my daughter when she was 2 or she would just go into other rooms and get up to al sorts!lol!

Christin - posted on 03/16/2011

I am glad my daughter is so easy! She is in her toddler bed 12 months age (now 18 months) and we haven't had any problem. We have the same routine every time she goes to bed and its working great! She sleeps through the night and even if she wakes up in the morning she talks until someone is coming to get her. She just gets up after her nap during the day and starts playing with her toys! :-)

Melissa - posted on 03/09/2011

I have a baby gate on my 2yo sons bedroom door. I leave it open during the day for daytime naps (unless i am exhausted aswell and nap myself) At night, I leave the gate open until i go to bed. So while I am asleep the gate is closed, all other times the gate is opened.

Katelyn - posted on 03/08/2011

when my son went into his toddler bed last month there wasnt even a question, baby gate went on the door at every nap and bed time! his door opens into his room so he cant pull or push the gate down because of the door or the frame being in his way, he cried for the first 2 days but now if he doesnt want to sleep in his bed he gets down and sleeps on the floor, he got into his dresser a few times at first and put ALL his clothes on the floor but even thats gotten better, for me it had to be the baby gate because i feel safer still being able to hear him but i know he cant get out of his room and get into anything:)

Amanda - posted on 03/07/2011

my son is 2 and we put him in a toddler bed and just like your son everything was fine for a week or so. I would close the door when he slept everything was great. lately I have had to leave the door open and put up the baby gate. He still wakes up in the middle of the night sometimes but eventually he will get hang of it. It's new and takes time for adjustment.

Meagen - posted on 02/24/2011

If he is not much of a climber I place a Safety Gate in my daughters doorway that way. I make sure it is not to low to where she can climb over or to high to where she can go under. This has worked really well bc it keeps her safe and keeps my stress level down.

Amanda - posted on 02/23/2011

tuck him in as normal and then sit in his doorway sohe is contained but not trapped. try extending his bedtime routine so you can lay with hiim until he is drowsy but walk away while he is still awake.

Tiffany - posted on 02/23/2011

i like the crib idea. my son still in his crib but i have stair gates which will keep him upstairs at least. never thought of vasaline thou, i wouldnt advise locking him in the room as a safety thing but each to their own good luck

Danielle - posted on 02/01/2011

I used the baby gates but my dogs seem to have helped him with this escaping they ate the baby gates, the door covers he has mastered, i've done the crib and toddler bed he thinks it's a joke now that he climbs over everything. He only stays in his room when i put Vasaline on the door knob and or Daddy is home, But it sucks cause my husband is a long haul truck driver so he's only home on weekends and sometimes during the week.

Jenn - posted on 01/22/2011

Well my daughter was the same way.Except I use to find her asleep on the couch by morning.What I did was put a baby gate in her doorway then 1 by the steps and then I took he music toys an made a path to my room an she would pick one up an I would wake up.Then I just place her back in her bed with no words spoken to her.After about a week of this she stayed in her bed.She is now 3 an she does not even move unless she needs water or the bathroom thats it.Hope this helps good luck.

Shana - posted on 01/21/2011

I have two of the "walk thru" baby gates, and they keep my daughter well contained in the area she is allowed. As for getting out of bed, if you don't mind him getting up and playing in his room, then a baby gate will sufice, otherwise maybe keep a monitor in his room and listen for him to get up and start playing, then if he is I would do the crib idea.

Melissa - posted on 01/18/2011

There is a specific type of baby gate that works by putting pressure on the door frame to secure its lock and has a "door". Mine was an Evenflo Summit. The bars run up and down not sideways, so he couldn't climb it...which says A LOT because he was climbing before he was crawling well!!! You also have to press in the buttons AND push down the handle to open the door, which a toddler would not have the strength or coordination to do.

Samantha - posted on 01/13/2011

the baby gae does work my daughter has been in her toddler bed since she was 1 1/2... and she still gets the gate up every night at her door

Shannon - posted on 01/11/2011

baby gate in his door frame or a b aby gate at the stairs or entrance to the next room

Kathleen - posted on 01/11/2011

I think the baby gate idea is wonderful, wish I would have thought of that, I actually have a doorknob cover on the inside of my girls room but I only use it during the day its the only way I can do timeout with my 2 year old but at night they have learned to stay in there beds......

Elizabeth - posted on 01/11/2011

I like Kathleen's idea of using the crib, that sounds really good! In fact I may keep it in mind for when my son gets older, lol. When my daughter was little I was able to just put a baby gate in her doorway, that way she could go so far as to open the door, but was then contained. Stack 2 baby gates if you need to (that's what we do on Christmas Eve now, lol). Have you tried child locks already? Like doorknob covers? Those worked with my daughter until she was almost 4 and finally got strong enough to work them.

Kathleen - posted on 01/09/2011

put him back in the crib....he probably wont like itexplain to him that he can have his bed back if he is going to STAY in it, bed time is bed time not play time. leave the crib and the bed in the room give him a choice every night if he picks the bed then he needs to stay there, if he gets up even once put him in the crib and tell him you will try again tomorrow, kids are smart it wont take him long to realize what needs to happen...in the mean time put latching locks that are out of his reach on the front and back doors!

Kristin - posted on 12/11/2010

If the door nob on his door has a lock on the inside, switch the nob so the lock is on the outside, there for you can lock him in his room. My son is 2 1/2 and I had to do that because he knew how to get out of his room and into stuff in the kitchen and whatnot. If the door doesnt have a nob like that, they are really cheap to pick up and its an easy fix to a very frustrating problem! Good luck and hang in there!