DS is still in his crib. I am moving in about a month and I'm wondering if that would be a good time to switch him to a bed.
On one hand I think it would be an easy transition, new house, new bed. But I'm wondering if it might be too much change at once.
He is a pretty easy going child overall, so I'm not expecting too much of an issue with the move, I just don't want to mess things up for him.
Any advice?
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We moved when she was 1 month shy of turning 2. We kept her in the crib. I think it was about 3-4 mos later that we converted her crib to a bed.
I think this is one of those "only you know your kid" kind of things. I felt that my daughter wouldn't do well if we switched her to a bed right away so we didn't but I'm sure other kids would handle it fine.
it was a horrible idea for aidan (and she was almost 3). i thought just like you said - new house! new bed! hurray!!!
and it backfired. she needed that consistency of having her SAME bed in a new room - but - we did put her new bed next to her crib. then let her decide when to move the crib out. she HELPED us move it out and we replaced it with a huge dollhouse.
but she freaked when we didnt set up the crib the first night. bc nothing was the same anymore.
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lol we talked it up too - this is why you have to know your kid. it was a GREAT idea... until it happened. then she was like um no. LOL
When DD was 19 months and the babies were 11 days old, we moves. She was younger, but even if she were older I wouldn't have changed it up. At best when setting up her new room, I might have put new bed in there with the crib. And then at that age tell her she could choose where to sleep, but no way would I mess with the crib.
One thing we did that helped was we packed all her stuff and put a blue stipe of painter's tape all around it. We moved those boxes and set up her room while movers were putzing around so her room had all of her old stuff in it and up. We also skipped her nap so when bedtime came she was wiped and she transitioned like a dream. I'd be concerned about her waking in a new place and getting up and wandering around scared, not able to find you or worse the door even. In the crib I can get to her as soon as she first cried. We didn't have a tear, though. Good luck. I think toddlers need some semblance of normal and their lives. Mine anyway thrive on routine/familiar. I think taking the crib away without her say when everything else is changing would be tough.
we just did this last week! We took down the crib and just put up the big boy bed in his new big boy room!!!
He has done amazing. No issues what so ever. He adapted super easily.
I was amazed! I was so worried about it and some said to leave him in the crib since it would be hard adjusting to a new room, but honestly, it worked great for us.
I say make a big deal out of his new room and new big boy bed!! He'll love it!
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We just moved this past week and decided to keep DD in her crib for a little longer. I was worried she wouldn't sleep well in the new surroundings but I think having all her familiar stuff around her helped, crib included. She went to sleep with no problems that first night in the new house and has continued to do well. We'll probably transition her to her twin bed in the next few months since number #2 is on the way.
We moved a month ago (DS is 2y3m); I was thinking about doing the same thing but I'm glad we waited and kept him in his crib. I think it eased the transition. Plus it kept him contained.
Having said that, we're getting him a big boy bed for Christmas.