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Straight to a BIG bed?

ReeseMReeseM member
in Toddlers: 12 - 24 Months

DD has a toddler conversion on her crib. Then it goes to a full size bed.

I am tempted to skip the toddler bed all together and go to a full bed. Maybe start with a mattress on the floor? Or I guess I can see how high the bed is totally set up and do rails?

I am not really ready, but I am thinking she is getting cramped in there, maybe. She is big, and her crib is big, but she likes to sleep sideways and I am wondering if she is not liking kicking the wood crib?

I don't know! I just need her to start sleeping past 5 am! 

Any stories?

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Re: Straight to a BIG bed?

  • divakotkadivakotka

    I am thinking of transitioning DS around his 2nd bday and maybe a couple of months before this LO is born. His crib converts to a toddler bed as well but now I want to use it for the new baby.

    Meanwhile I have been eyeballing this adorable toddler bed from Ikea, which I think is a great deal for $89. And all Ikea beds are pretty low so that might work really well.

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  • daniellems2003daniellems2003

    We put our daughter straight into the big girl bed, (twin bed) and she started sleeping MUCH better. She was waking up between 4:30 and 5 every.single.day since November (when I got pregnant with baby #2), and I was really losing it from lack of sleep. Ever since the bed, she sleeps until at least 7 every morning. Of course we had our share of walking her back to bed a few times, in the beg. but its a big change!

     

    Good luck with whatever you choose!! And yes, you need her to sleep past 5am esp. since you are in your 1st tri!

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  • izzybellaizzybella member
    We transitioned DD to a twin bed around her 2nd birthday. I tried at 18 months but she wasn't ready. We just put the mattress on the floor next to a wall and put rails up to keep her in. It was a transition, but we wanted her to be out of the crib for a few months at least before her brother came.
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  • EchowyspEchowysp member
    We did that at 16 months and he started sleeping through the night.  It worked out so well with him.  We use an extra long rail to keep him in.
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  • superherostockersuperherostocker
    I say as long as you have guard rails, go for it!
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