I want to skip the toddler bed but...

marriedchick06 · June 2009

I just want to skip the toddler bed and get a twin size bed but DH thinks its a bad idea. I think DD would do fine in a full size as she would in a toddler. ::sigh::

jessicada76 · June 2009

My friend put her DD in a full size HIGH off the ground bed - she did fine! I say DO IT!

punkfiction · June 2009

yeah we are going to skip to a full. aidan would not think a toddler bed is a "big girl bed" so we'd have problems. we are going straight to a big bed and never turning back.

marriedchick06 · June 2009

jessicada76:
My friend put her DD in a full size HIGH off the ground bed - she did fine!? I say DO IT!

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That is the thing, we have a queen size bed and B can climb up and down just fine! I just see it as why spend the money on a toddler bed to have to go buy a full size bed for her in another 1-2 years if I think she will do okay in a bigger bed now.....kwim. ?

Phillywife · June 2009

Logan did great in his twin. It's also really high off the ground we just made a big deal out of it and he was excited to sleep in it. The only downfall is he wants all his stuffed animals in there with him.

roseroseroseroserose · June 2009

It just depends when we move Katie. If there's going to be a new baby soon, she'll go straight to the full size bed in the guest room. If we're not even pg when we move her, we'll convert her crib to a toddler bed.

musicgirl03 · June 2009

My daughter is in a full size bed and she loves it. We put it up against a wall and the other side we have a bed rail. then at the end of the bed we have her toy box so she can crawl up and down the bed.

neverblushed · June 2009

My kids both went right to twin sized beds and they were fine. My DD was only 20 months when we made the switch.

One thing I would think about, though, is how much of a snuggler/cuddler she is. I was just talking to a friend who had trouble switching her 3 year old son from crib to a big bed. He really liked to scrunch into a corner of the crib, and his big bed just didn't seem to feel as cozy to him. She solved her problem by getting a fun tent to put over the bed. I think when kids have loveys and like to hug something, it doesn't matter much how big the bed is -- they just snuggle down with their stuffed animal or blanket. For kids who like to feel cozy and bundled up -- a smaller bed might work better.

hollandbob · June 2009

im having the same exact issue....with DD 2 on the way. have you though about getting those bed rail things where they cant fall out? i was at a second hand store the other day and then had a million of them so im guessing they arent alot of $$ there?

Mrs.Hizzo · June 2009

We went straight to a twin. No problems.

Mrs.November03 · June 2009

I say if you want to then do it. If you're worried she may fall out just start out by putting the mattress on the ground.

NaHoku · June 2009

We moved DS directly from his crib to a full-size bed. ?We already had the mattress and it has worked out just fine. ?He's never fallen out. ?If you're worried - you could buy guard rails - those can go on any size bed, can't they?

jen5-03 · June 2009

We went to a twin, we just started out with the mattress on the floor (DD was only 16mo though). A couple weeks ago we put the box springs under it. In a couple more months we'll put a bed frame back on it. There's no bed rail on it because she stopped rolling off the bed back when it was just a mattress on the floor, but we used a bed rail on our queen bed back when we coslept and it worked fine.

Toddler bed, toddler bedding... just seem like such a waste of money for something they'll outgrow so soon. Now if you had a convertible crib that'd be a different story.

Oh, also, when DD gets upset at night I LOVE that I can just go crawl in bed with her if she won't go back to sleep. Can't do that with a toddler bed!

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