Bed Transition-WWYD?

battybtags

DD climbed/fell out of her crib for the first time last Thurs. We went out and ordered her new mattresses, which arrived yesterday. The problem? We ordered bed rails and they wont arrive until late next week. I was hoping to transition her this weekend since its a long weekend and I'm not sure how things will go. But I'm afraid of putting her in a full size bed without rails to keep her in. I thought of putting the mattresses on the floor for now and then next week when the rails come, convert the crib. I think DH wants to try to keep her in the crib another week and do it all at once, but then the mattresses will be sitting in our hallway for the next week too. I wish there was a way to put the bed together completely and have her in it now with some sort of temporary rail, but I don't know what to do. WWYD?

jnk062602

I would leave her in the crib.  Maybe just put the mattress behind the door in your room?  That way it is out of the way for a week.

ArcticFox

I would just put the mattress on the floor for now.  Get the crib out of the way (are you using it for the baby, or converting?)

Then you can put the mattress on the boxspring when the bedrail arrives.

Chapter79

I would put the mattress on the floor and just use that. If she climbed out and fell once, I'd be afraid she would do it again.. falls always make me nervous.

June4bride2be

Another vote for mattress in the floor. A slow gradual transition made it easy for R! I would not leave her in the crib if she has fallen out once, next fall could be an injury!

Good luck! 

Bianca42

I would take her out of the crib right away if she fell out.

I would either put the new mattress on the floor...or just put the crib mattress on the floor.

Alex moved to a toddler bed over the weekend.  I've been laying on the floor near the bed when he wakes up in the middle of the night to help him go back to sleep.  He's been doing really well.  

Good luck with whatever you decide! 

battybtags

ArcticFox:

I would just put the mattress on the floor for now.  Get the crib out of the way (are you using it for the baby, or converting?)

Then you can put the mattress on the boxspring when the bedrail arrives.

We're converting-bougth a new crib for the baby. I might have to do the mattress on the floor-she was up there for naptime today and didnt nap-I went to get her and she was straddling the bar again so apparently the fall last week didnt scare her enough to stop....tonight she was so exhausted she fell asleep in my arms so she went right to sleep, but maybe tomorrow I'll have to put the mattress on the floor. Would you put it on the boxspring as well or just the mattress for on the floor?

Chapter79

Yeah, if she's not frightened by the fall it's likely she'll do it again.
I would just use the mattress, not the boxspring.

jnk062602

battybtags:

ArcticFox:

I would just put the mattress on the floor for now.  Get the crib out of the way (are you using it for the baby, or converting?)

Then you can put the mattress on the boxspring when the bedrail arrives.

We're converting-bougth a new crib for the baby. I might have to do the mattress on the floor-she was up there for naptime today and didnt nap-I went to get her and she was straddling the bar again so apparently the fall last week didnt scare her enough to stop....tonight she was so exhausted she fell asleep in my arms so she went right to sleep, but maybe tomorrow I'll have to put the mattress on the floor. Would you put it on the boxspring as well or just the mattress for on the floor?

Can u get it in and out of the room without taking it apart? Ours wont fit. What we did was just turn the crib around bc the back rail is too tall for her to climb over. So the short rail is against the wall.