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PLEASE help me get C into a big bed.

JARbabyJARbaby member
in Toddlers: 24 Months+

She loves her crib and I ask about the big bed and she says no, but I am not sure she understands.

The baby is in our room and I want her out. She needs to be in the crib.

I need tips or a horse tranq.

She has a twin bed in her room already.

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Re: PLEASE help me get C into a big bed.

  • kellnbrikellnbri
    She is still so little to be forcing her into a bed.  If she's not ready, then she's not ready.  You might want to stick a PNP for the baby for now. Or break down and get another crib.  We got DD a whole new set because we know that DS is no where near ready to sleep in a big bed yet.
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  • JARbabyJARbaby member

    No room for a second crib sadly.

    J is in a PNP but I can't put it in the nursery because C will climb in with J and I am afraid hurt her by accident as she can lift J up.

    I got a crib tent for the crib so C would not throw toys in once J is in there.

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  • brittneycc1982brittneycc1982

    We put DD in a big bed early to get her use to it before the baby came, but she also hated her crib.  For us it was an easy transistion.  Did you already buy the bed?  It helps if you make it fun, like cute bedding that they like etc. 

    When it came to getting her to stay in it at night we used the Supernanny approach.  Don't say anything, just go in there and lay her down everytime she gets out of bed, leave, repeat.  It took about 20-30 minutes the first night but after the second night she gets in her bed by herself and lays there until she falls asleep!  I do wait until she is really tired though, so her bedtime has been pushed back 30 minutes.

    Good luck!  I hope to not have the new baby in our room for long either! : )

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  • JARbabyJARbaby member

    She asks to go to bed at 6:30 so I can push it to 7:30, I may try it this week.

    I put her breathable bumper around the outside of the bed (it is a day bed) and her crib soother on the back to make it more crib like. I will try friday night.

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  • JBC1011JBC1011
    Have you tried keeping her in her crib with the crib tent?  Then you could put J in the room in her pnp.. ?
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  • jen5-03jen5-03 member

    We moved DD to a twin bed at 16mo, but we jut put the mattress on the floor and stored the rest of it in the garage for now. DD hated the crib, so it probably was easier for us, but I think that what she likes about her bed is that she's not trapped there and she can get in and out on her own. Her room is also completely dark at night and I think that's what keeps her in bed when she wakes up in the night.

    I also do not expect DD to go to sleep on her own, so she never really has a chance to keep getting out of bed. We read a couple stories and sing a couple songs and she goes to sleep. This was a completely new routine that we started when we changed beds (and I weaned her at the same time).

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  • PeskyPesky member
    I'm transitioning DD now.  DD was fine in the crib, although starting to try to climb out a little, but I wanted to move her before the baby came so she wouldn't equate baby's arrival with her transition.  We started off by doing a ton of activities on the bed.  We incorporated it into her nighttime routine by reading books there and no where else.  We'd sing songs there.  There were special new toys that only lived on the big girl bed.  Her big girl bed was in another room so out of sight and all.  One thing to try is to take the crib out but leave the crib mattress on the floor for a little bit.  When she asks where the crib went, you just say "cribs are for babies and you are my big girl!  I'm so proud of you being such a big girl!"  Then she can choose between the crib mattress on the floor or the bed.  Then eventually take away the crib mattress.  Just so you know, even with DD being perfectly happy in the new room, it's still taking us some time for transition and we end up having to stay in the room or in the doorway until she falls asleep.  Oh and we bribe her.  She is obsessed with bandaids and so for every night she sleeps in the big girl bed, she gets her choice of boo boo patch (as she calls them) in the morning.  And we talked up the bed like it was the best thing ever and made such a big deal out of her sleeping in there, how proud of her we were and how great it was, etc.  That's helped too.


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    DS -- 3YO

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