When to get a "big girl bed"...

BabyCampbell312

DD will be 18 months when the new peanut arrives. I have some friends that put their kids into a toddler bed or something similar that early, and some that have waited.

I'm trying to figure out what would be my best option as I am not sure I want them sharing a room and possibly waking each other up.

What did you guys do?

TIA!

BabyCampbell312

DD stayed with us in our room in a PnP for about 6-8 weeks and then moved to her crib and was pretty much sleeping through the night. Our plan is to try that with baby #2 as well.

I'm torn cause if they have separate rooms, we loose our guest bedroom. I know, 1st world problems. Blah. 

NNGnome

I plan on having LO #2 in with us in a bassinette for the first 6 months, so I will transition DS to a big boy bed, once LO #2 is here and everything has settled down a bit (proabably when he is about 2)

howleyshell

a 2nd crib was some of the best $$ I've ever spent.

It's nice to have the toddler contained and know they are safe as you are up and about taking care of the baby in the middle of the night and in the morning.

We kept both of ours in the crib until they were trying to climb out.  That was 28 months for #1 and 32 months for #2.

 

luvmyducks

DD2 will be here when DD1 is 22m.  We got DD1 a toddler bed and will be putting her in it next month around 19.5m.  We wanted her to get used to it before the new baby arrives.  I didn't want 2 cribs.

Jcraul

DD has been in her Toddler bed since Thanksgiving.  We still had to do naps in the crib up until last month and she is not 17mths old.  They transitioned her from a crib to a cot at daycare when they moved her to the new room so I wanted to do the same at home.  We've had no issues except for the napping but that eventually worked itself out.

I know each child is different but you should be fine.

ZooCrewMom

I'm in the minority here, but I moved DS #1 into a toddler bed at 14mo. He was getting close to climbing out and jumping like a mad man in it. It went really well (to my surprise) and when his brother arrived when he was 16mo it was no big deal. 

He fell out of the toddler bed twice (the 10 inches or whatever it is) and then he learned to climb out properly. We got an Ikea toddler bed, to the mattress doesn't have springs so there is no jumping happening. If it was an option it would be happening. 

SarahRae85

My first was such a good sleeper from day 1, so it made it easy to move her to a toddler bed at around 13 months. We had only one instance of her getting out of bed at 2am and crawling under the bed, other than that she'd stay in bed and talk ot herself in the morning until I came to get her. DD2 stayed in our room for the first 2 months or so and then moved into the crib. With the baby monitor closer to the crib and both girls so young when we put them together, it was a surprisingly easy transition for everyone. It really helped that my oldest was a good sleeper. I had so many issues with my 2nd and sleep, I don't know that I would have done it the same if she'd been my oldest.

Heck, they were so used to sharing a room, my oldest rarely woke even when we did some modified CIO while night-weaning my youngest. 

FmrAFBrat

We ended up getting another crib....they will be just 18 or 19 months apart & DS is still very much a baby in a lot of ways.  DS sleeps so well in his crib & it keeps him contained, so we thought it would be best.  Plus, both of the rooms on the same level as our master are smaller-so I'm thinking seperate rooms would keep them from waking each other up.

norbert5

We put DD1 in a toddler bed around 18 months because she was climbing out and I was afraid she would get hurt. However DD2 is still in a crib and I plan to keep her there for awhile, she is 21 months now. Not sure how that will work when LO3 arrives but we will see.