Experiences transitioning to toddler bed?
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I did however have to move him at just past his 2nd birthday as he’d mastered how to throw himself out of the cot so maybe this was also the issue in terms of not being old enough to understand to stay in bed..
So I have a 2.5 year old and a 1 month old. I decided to transition my daughter to a toddler bed when she was 2y3m as I was having a planned section and wasn't sure if she would let dad put her to bed or get her out in the morning. We built the bed when she was at the grandparents and introduced it a few hours before bed. We hyped it up and let he play in it and got her peppa pig bedding as shes obsessed. When it came to night time she was happy to get into bed. I let her get in and out as she wanted though no playing and not leaving her room, just getting out of bed to lie on the floor, and then 10 minutes later she was fast asleep. Though I sit in the room with her as she doesnt like going to sleep alone. When we transitioned to the toddler bed she wasn't trying to climb out, and was happy in the cot which is why we spoke about having a big girl bed and bigging it up leading up to having the bed so it wasn't a foreign change for her x
If they’re not climbing out, don’t take the side off. Honestly my boy used to roll over and go to sleep and now it’s 45 minutes of putting him back in bed
we moved our little one onto a floor bed when he turned one and that was a disaster. he slept in there a handful of times then ended up in our bed with us until he was a few months past 2. At this point we got a new bed and put our double in his room and that has been pretty good. He will wake up and come into our room occasionally but overall after the first week or so he got used to it and now is very aware of where his bed is and wil ask to be taken back to bed in the night if he wakes up most of the time
Thanks everyone! I was hoping the transition would be smooth but seems as though we might be in for a rough few days / weeks! I’ll have to go for it and hope for the best as heavily pregnant and planned for a c section 🫠 🤞x
We did our little one last year about this time. I'm pretty sure she would still be in a cot-bed now but we couldn't fit a travel cot in the caravan when we went away. We went, bed with a bumper rail, no problems at all, having said that my girl was never a climber. She never gets out of bed and puts herself to sleep. I'm in my second trimester now and I couldn't imagine lifting her into bed still, well done. 💪
@Flo my girl also loves her bed and has never tried to get out. She happily lays on her bed for up to 30 mins or more after waking chatting to all her teddies 🤣 this gives me hope she might love it and take to it well! X
For us.. a bit of a disaster in terms of getting out of bed at bedtime repetitively (usually 30-50 times before he’d stay in bed) but lasted 6 weeks and he’s been fine ever since & now rarely gets out of bed once he’s in it. I guess the novelty wore off! He does fall out from time to time but we have a pregnancy pillow laid down the side of his bed & it’s a cot bed height (unsure if this differs to a toddler bed height?) so not far to fall when he does.