Transition to a big bed- HELP

dleigh2020

Ok so we are in the process of trying to decide what to do G and the big boy bed. There are a couple of option and would love to have any input.

#1- leave G in his room and put in a twin(we already have a twin for him). The room he is in is pretty small. The furniture would be a tight squeeze. I feel like the transition would be easier since he is familiar with his room already.

#2- move G to a bigger room. Plenty of space for bed and furniture. I am cautious about doing this option because I am afraid it will be too much change all at once.

We are planning on making the transition this summer. I am off so I think I will be able to handle it better than after the baby comes. Thoughts on this? He will be 22 months if we transition this summer. If we wait he would be around 27 months.

I do not want to buy another crib so that is out of the question at this point.

Help! And TIA

 

Daisy22

Here's my experience, we moved Bailey at 13 months to a new room in a twin bed and he did wonderful with it. He LOVES his new room and always has. I think it actually kindof helped that we moved him to a new room with the new bed. Once we got everything set up in the new room we played with him a lot in there for the next few days. Then we put him in there for a nap and never looked back. He actually slept better in his twin bed then he did in the crib. Good luck with what you decide on doing!

doctryan

We moved DS to a new room and a twin bed at 25 months.  This was 2 months after DS #2 was born.  He really didn't have any problems with the change.  But I was super paranoid about having to deal with him getting out of bed when I was already getting up for one child.  We ended up getting a daybed and turning it so the open side was against the wall.  I am almost ashamed to admit that DS is almost 4 and still thinks he can't get out of his bed, almost like he is in a crib.  I have decided we need to rip the bandaid this month and turn the bed around and get rid of the pull-ups.  I'm a wimp.

keg

I don't have much experience because we just transitioned from crib to toddler bed (their cribs converted) and have no intention of changing rooms.  However, I was recently at a Moms on Call meeting and they said transitions take something like 10 days to make each time you do something different so they were recommending just doing everything at once. 

UGAbride

We moved Jack out of the nursery at 17 months (Ethan was born when he was 18 months), and then into a big boy bed at about 26 months (we were able to borrow a crib for that time). 

Then we moved Ethan out of the nursery and into a new room with a big boy bed right at his 2nd birthday (he was jumping out of the crib).  They both did fine, changing rooms was not a big deal at all, the only transition issues were around them getting out of bed 50 jillion times!  Oh what I would not have given for my boys to think they couldn't get out of the bed?!!

lindzed

I'm not sure about the changing rooms piece, but we moved Adam into a big bed when he was 18 months.  I would say do not wait until the new baby comes.  The adjustment to the new baby has been pretty tough in our house (actually on a totally different note I would say you need to be more prepared for being difficult than I was), so I'm really glad we had already done the big boy bed.  I think one think that helped us was to get the crib out of sight.  We live in a small house so we basically had to take it completely down.  It may be worth taking it down and waiting to put it back up when the baby comes.  I say this because lots of Mom's I know that didn't take the crib down had issues with their child seeing the crib and wanting back in.  I feel like we didn't have that issue.  I also bought a set of bunk beds at Ikea where the bottom bunk was on the floor (almost like a ready nook area) and the top bunk is low.  It worked perfect for me because I don't worry about Adam falling out and when I got really big and pregnant I could use the top bunk for changing diapers and getting dressed.  It flips over to make a single twin with a top that has a tent piece on it when Adam gets older.  A friend of mine told me that she thought transitioning earlier was a good idea because they don't know how to get out of their room yet so even though they may play in their room you don't have the issue of them coming out to try to get you or try to sleep in your bed.  I thought that was good advice.

MrsL1022

I think you should go ahead and move him to the new room/bed this summer. Let him get used to it. There will be change in your house no matter what in the coming months. So let him get used to one thing at a time. Work out all the bed transition 'bugs' now as opposed to when the baby arrives. 

slwprincess

I vote for #1.  In my experience, the less change they have to deal w/ before a new baby the better.  For Gavin, my mom bought him his big boy twin bed when he was 22 mos old.  We set it up in his room then, but left his crib up as well.  This way, he got used to the big boy bed being there.  We played on it, read bedtime stories on it, whatever.  But I still put him in his crib to sleep for about 5-6 more mos.  Then when we started to get the nursery together and needed the crib, we made the transition.  The first nap was tough and he ended up falling asleep on the floor.  But that night was way better.  He stayed in it and even the next morning he stayed in the bed until I came to get him.  Still does, for that matter!  So we had a really easy transition but I do think having the bed set up in his room for a while was a big part of that.