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Advice on moving to big girl bed

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I was hoping to wait a few more months before having to worry about this, but DD keeps trying to climb in her crib, so it's only a matter of time before she climbs out. 

The crib we have converts to a toddler bed, but I don't want to buy another crib for LO#2.  But I'm thinking of having DD in the toddler bed for awhile before moving her to a twin bed.  We're also going to be moving her to what is now the guest room and making it her room. 

Any advice on the timing of all this?  Should we skip the toddler bed step and just go straight to the twin bed?  Any other advice?

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Re: Advice on moving to big girl bed

  • lindyannelindyanne
    I don't have any experience with this but I think changing beds twice in six months might be a little traumatic - especially since she'll have a new sibling right after.  I'd go to the twin bed and either put the mattress on the floor or get those netting guards you can buy cheap to sort of make it into a toddler bed until she's comfortable with it.
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  • rsweethartrsweethart member
    We did an air mattress on the floor and then moved DD1 into a twin bed. I didn't see any point in spending money on a toddler bed. DD did okay, the hardest part was getting her to realize she couldn't keep getting out  We ended up laying with DD until she was really sleepy.
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  • merr818merr818 member
    My son stays at my parents one night a week and has a twin bed there and a toddler bed at home and he has had no issue with either. I do recomend the twin bed on the floor to start out cause Colby still rolls out of bed 3 months later.
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  • mjl6907mjl6907

    We just went through this.  DC#2 is due in September and DD is 21 months old.  Our crib converts to a toddler bed, but we didn't want to buy a new crib, so we decided to transition her.  She also had to move to another room.   In mid June, we converted the crib to a toddler bed in her same room, otherwise kept the same nighttime routine, and she did fine.  She cried a little bit at first the first night and came to the door (that she wasn't able to open), but I only had to come up once and tell her to get in her bed, and she did.  We hear her playing a little bit in there sometimes before bed, but she eventually goes to her bed and goes to sleep. 

     This weekend, we did the next step and moved her to her new room with a full-size double bed.  We would have done the twin, but we already had full size mattresses and didn't want to spend the extra money.  Plus, if she can sleep in a twin, she could sleep in a full bed.  We got bed rails and a little stool for the bed.  For a week or two leading up to it, we spent extra time in that room, and kept emphasizing that it was her new big girl room.  We put a lot of her toys and books in there.  The day she was going to try it out for the first time, we spent a lot of the day in the room and telling her how she was going to sleep in her big girl room and in her big girl bed tonight.  We set up the rails and the stool and she had a ball climbing in and out of it.  We brought down all the usual things, stuffed animals/blankets/etc from her old room, and otherwise followed the same bedtime routine, and she did absolutely fine with the transition. 

     Good luck!  I was so anxious about it, and it was really no problem at all. 

    Anxiously awaiting DD #2! EDD 2/5/12
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  • CeefomeCeefome member
    imagemjl6907:

     Good luck!  I was so anxious about it, and it was really no problem at all. 

    So glad to hear that - and that you did the room/regular bed transition all at once.  That is what I'd really like to do, and I'm glad that it went well for you! 

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