How old was dc when you moved them to a big kid bed?

lexyty

Today at dd's 2 yr check up the doctor said to get her into a bed b/c of the risk of her trying to climb out and falling on her head.  I had no intention of moving her out until she started attempting to climb out.  We moved ds out at 2, but only b/c we wanted the crib for dd.  That was when he stopped napping for good...at 2.  I don't want that to happen with dd.

ridesbuttons

2.5

He never tried climbing out of his crib before we went on a two week holiday where he slept in a twin bed.  When we got home, the first night in his crib he climbed out.  So much for the crib.

heyitsme

3 years and 1 month? We tried at 2y,10m and she was up and down 10x/night for like 2 weeks. Finally DH and I couldn't stand it anymore (we both WOHM, we need our sleep!) and put her back in the crib. When we tried again at 3y,1m it was SO easy!

KoriBrett

DD was moved at 19months.  We moved to a new house and DS was going to need the crib.  She slept better once she was free.

DS was 2 in March.  I'm not un-caging him until I absolutely have to. 

DandelionMom

All my girls were about 3 when we moved them.  They never tried to climb out.

mylove2005

DD is 3.5 and is still in her crib nexts month her big girl bed will be here for her one day when she gets out of school

jessicaclare

2.5. DD only climbed out once, when her rocking chair was next to the crib. Once we moved it, she never tried again. We only moved her to a big kid bed because we needed the crib for DD#2.

almostjennifer

Crib to toddler bed: 2 yrs 10 months

Toddler bed to twin bed: 3 yrs 10 months

My philosophy is don't mess with what's working.  If your kid is sleeping in and staying in a crib, leave her be.

JCS2007

At 2.5 we moved him into a double bed, he had never tried to climb out, but we wanted the crib for #2. Went great.  We put a bed rail and repeated he was not allowed to get off the bed without us, and until recently (at 3.5) he never got off of it.

CleoKitty

Ds: Pretty much from birth. He slept with us until about 3 y/o and then went straight into his own regular bed.

Dd: Slept with us for 8-10 months, then slept in PNP until about 18ish months. She's been in a toddler bed since then.

kickypants

We moved DS1 on his 2nd birthday. He had never tried to climb out, but we needed the crib for DS2. We never had a problem with napping, and he's just now dropping his nap at 4 y/o. We moved DS2 about a month after his 2nd birthday. He was a climber and we worried he would land on his head. Also no nap problems with him, still takes a 2 hour nap in his bed daily.

jlw2505

18 months with DD #1 (needed the crib for #2) an d 17 month with DD #2 becasue she hated the crib and never slept in it well.  That said, I know a ton of people who have their kids in the crib into 3 years or so.  Unless your child has started to climb out, there really is no reason to move them unless you want to, they are getting too big for it.  I had my kids on twin mattresses on the floor when we moved them and used a bed rail as well.

amber*n*scott

We're an exception I guess.  DS1 was moved at 15 months and DS2 was moved at 18 months.  DS1 will be 4 in December and still takes 3 hour naps in the afternoon.  And DS2 takes a nap during that same time.  Has worked well for us. 

amber*n*scott

forgot to say that they both moved to twin beds.  skipped the toddler beds.  right now they share a room and they have a loft bed set up.  the older one sleeps on top and the younger on the bottom.