tell me about big kid beds and Pt'ing

June4bride2be

Borderline panic attack brewing here.....dh and I were discussing the bed.

I am afraid of switching and having to switch back. Did this happen to anyone? I also don't know what to switch to. His crib converts, but it isn't a climbing out issue as it is a space issue. He is getting too big for the crib and sleeping bad the last week or so. I feel like turning the crib into a toddler bed is pointless since it will be the same amount of room.

He has a full size pillow and it take up a lot of room, but he won't let me take it out now that he has it. He uses it 80% of the night.

Did your LO still turn in a big bed, sleeping upside down or sideways? This is where the other 20% comes in! haha 

Did you daytime PT while still in the crib, or did you switch to the bed before pt'ing.

Ugh....I am so confused! I hate to confuse him too......covert crib, mattress on floor....make crib into full size bed. I also don't know how long you give it if it doesn't work and put the crib back up!

Help! 

jnk062602

We won't do a toddler bed either, for the same reasons you mentioned - it isn't any bigger and they will be in it such a short time before they will need to move up to a regular bed.  Plus for our crib, we would have to buy the conversion rails and I think they were like $100 each, so that is a big deterrent too.

jewelsonu

we did the toddler bed for a week but he wouldn't sleep in it. he slept on the floor on a comforter.  the transition was really hard on ethan.  We then went and got him a twin bed. He has to use a step stool to climb in and out.  He just looked so uncomfortable on the mattress of his crib that we decided to kind of skip it.

BethPSU

Reed still sleeps in his crib so no we didn't switch before potty training.  It was never an issue for us.  He slept in a pull up for a few months before switching to underwear.  He never gets up during the night to go.  At this point I am thinking we will go right to his big boy bed even though we have the conversion rails for the toddler bed.  I'm not sure yet.  He loves his crib and doesn't want to switch.

MrsWhiteonWhiteSt

Yes, Justin is still all over the place in his bed. Feet on his pillow kinda stuff, lol. He moved to his big boy bed on his 2nd birthday and potty trained at 2yrs 8mths. J doesn't ever get out of bed. He calls for me in the morning. There have been a few nights where we've put him to bed and like 1/2 an hour later he's yelling, "Maaaaama! I hafta peeeeeee!" so I just go get him. I'm always up before him so I just watch for him to wake up and then I say, "ok, let's go brush our teeth and pee pee" as opposed to when he wasn't PT and I would just let him hang out in there for awhile.

ArcticFox

We never did a toddler bed.  It uses a small (crib?) mattress anyway.  We went right to the big bed, no problems.  My kids loved their big beds (full and queen).  I used bedrails on the big beds for a little while though.

NikCole

We have been talking about switching him out of the crib too... but he sleeps sooo good, I hate to ruin a good thing! He has plenty of room in his crib though... and he's a big boy! But he sleeps in one position (head on his pillow, not sideways or backwards anymore) 

Our plan is to have Santa bring him new sheets and bedding for his big boy bed. His crib converts to a toddler bed... but I'm not sure if we'll convert it or get a twin bed. His room is small, and a double bed would take up the whole room practically.

Then I figure we will tackle potty training after the big boy transition is successful!  

goosh24

So IDK about PTing, but Jules was having the same kind of problems with space in the crib.  She moves around so much, she constantly woke herself up.  So then she was in bed with us but kicking and waking everyone up.  We have a twin sized bed in her room so I tried that with the rail up, still too small and she got herself off of it.  A few weeks ago, I decided I would try our spare full sized mattress on the floor of our room (so I can keep am eye on her).  She has the rail on one side and pillows around another side, and our bed next to her.  She's still waking up but not as bad as before, because she's not constantly hitting the crib.  I keep saying she's going to be in that bed from 1-18. 

June4bride2be

Well.....toddler rail is on and he went right to sleep! Nap is never the issue, so we will see how the night goes! It is a very short rail...not sure how that will keep him in! 

If all goes well we will get him a big bed soon!