reasonable expectations ... help me out please

kat.in.the.hat

what do you think a reasonable length of time to expect Marion to stay in her crib would be (before converting it to a toddler bed) and how long would you think you could use a toddler bed for?

Thank the good lord about she's not a climber and we just now (when we moved) dropped the crib to the lowest setting for the mattress.

I'm just hoping that she doesn't decide to try to start escaping about the time we move sister into the nursery too.

How long was your child in a crib for?  a toddler bed?

charlotteL

Joshua we moved at 19.5 months, but that was because G was coming.  I plan on leaving G until next January.

KKMMex

We converted Sarah's crib to a toddler bed right at age 2 and she stayed in it until age 3.  But Sarah could climb out of her crib and did so quite frequently.  Elizabeth has never even attempted to climb out and is a much better napper, so she's still in her crib and I have no immediate plans to move her.

mom2ll

We moved Luca at 18 months when he started to climb out.  We have a convertable crib and he has been using it as a toddler bed ever since.  I have no plans to change beds for him anytime soon. 

Lila stands at the rail, but doesn't try to climb.  I plan to keep her in the crib as long as she will stay. 

Luca's BFF is still in a crib and he's almost 3. 

Erika&Brian

Crib and toddler bed as long as possible. Grant shows no signs of wanting out of his crib, and we plan to keep him there as long as possible :-).

LisaK2b

Emmy was moved to a toddler bed at 15 months and then a twin bed a little over 2 years old. 

MrsMGR

We plan on converting Joe's bed from a crib to a full sized bed next month....skipping the toddler bed entirely. The cost of the toddler rails are $79 and the cost of the full sized bed rails are $189....I don't want to spend the money on BOTH...so we're just going straight up to the big boy bed

ayersfam20

My little one was a climber.  We tried to move to a toddler bed at about 15 months but since there was a Queen bed in the room too she would always end up climbing onto that and sleeping.  Eventually I just put the Toddler bed in the attic.

 

CindyandScott

Reagan moved from crib to toddler bed at 18 mos since we needed it for Abby. She is still in the toddler bed and I plan to leave her there until I'm ready to move Abby to a toddler.

MrsGalligan

Elysabeth is 20 months old and still going strong in her crib.  I plan on keeping her there for as long as possible.  Though she is a climber, she can't climb out of her crib yet.  Her crib converts to a toddler bed (day-bed) so she'll be in that until she dosen't fit in it any longer; or we need the crib. 

somethingchangd

I might be AP, but I believe in caging them as long as possible! 

Thankfully Ollie shows no signs of being a climber.  I think he'll be in the crib until he starts climbing out or just gets uncomfortable.  If M is happy in the crib I can't see any reason to move her.

melrrr

I apparently slept in my crib until my brother was born...when I was 4!

I climbed out once and fell pretty hard. I never tried to climb out after that.  

almond1123

Cam doesn't try to climb out of the crib at all.  I'm thankful for that.  DH has talked about moving him to his new bed, twin that has been passed down for 4 generations.

Question.  For those of you that went to a twin/ full/ queen bed, was your DS/ DD able to get in bed themselves?  Did the rails keep them in? 

I know he could get down no problem.  I just wonder what happens if he slithers down during the night and can't get back up.  Does he sleep on the floor every night.  I see this happening often which I why I haven't even thought of moving him to the new bed. 

CallMeKel

We converted K's crib to a toddler bed right before age 2, and she's STILL in it....but we are about to convert it to it's full-size version in the next couple of weeks.

That being said, my sister left her twins in their actual crib until a bit over 3, as they never tried to climb out so she just felt more secure with them more confined.

To each their own.