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First night in a toddler bed...any advice?

mavs_girl07mavs_girl07 member
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We bought DD a new little bed from Ikea, and put it together this morning.  Tonight will be her first night without her crib!  We plan on keeping her bedtime routine exactly the same.  We've been talking about her "big girl bed" and she's very excited about it and loves the fact that the headboard has sheep carved in it.  She lives in an imaginary world 75% of the time, so she's been pretending with it since we got it put together.  She keeps pretending to crawl into it, go to sleep, then "Oh, it's morning!  Good morning everybody!" and crawls out.  So she's getting familiar with it.  Any other tips for us from those that have been there, done that? 

The one thing I'm worried about is how do we keep her in her room if she decides to get out?  I put a doorknob cover on the inside of her door, but then DH pointed out to me the fact that the latch on her door is broken so it doesn't even "catch".  You don't have to turn the knob to open it, you just have to pull on it.  So she can open it even with a cover on it.  We don't own a baby gate, but guess I could swing by Target to get one.  Any ideas?

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Re: First night in a toddler bed...any advice?

  • booboo1414booboo1414
    DS first night is going to be tonight also. I read that you should do a trial run with nap time in their new bed. That is our plan for today. Good Luck!
    My 2u2 are 16 months apart
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  • SimonaaaaSimonaaaa

    Funny enough, DD's first night in the toddler bed was her best night!  It's like it didn't occur to her that she could get out.  Boy, did that change!

    I suggest that if she gets out, walk her back without talking to her and tuck her back in.  No kisses, no hugs, no water, no potty, etc.  (DD tried everything...we make sure to take care of all that stuff right before bedtime).  Do it as many times as needed and eventually she'll learn that she's got nothing to gain by getting up. 

    Good luck!  Hopefully you won't need my advice!  ( : 

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  • emberlee3emberlee3 member

    We switched DS to his toddler bed 2 nights ago.  We decided to leave his door cracked, but he has not tried to get out.  We keep his monitor on and go check on him if he cries, so he really has not had a need to get out of bed.

    He happens to be sick, so in the middle of the night DH has had to sleep with him in the guest room.  However, bedtime has been no problem.  And his naps have been fine, too.

    Our plan (when he does start getting out of bed) is to put him back and tell him it's time to sleep, repeated as necessary until he understands that we mean business.

    Good luck!

    DS born 8/8/09 and DD born 6/12/12.
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  • melrrrmelrrr
    it might be worth getting a basic pressure gate from target that you can stick in the doorway. We would not survive without ours!
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  • SFAug07SFAug07 member
    Sarah's first night was about 4 weeks ago and it was a little rough. She cried out in the middle of the night, I think she was scared because the bed looked and felt different to the crib. I lay down with her until she was asleep again. Now night time is really easy - she doesn't get out of bed when we put her down for bedtime or when she wakes at night, or in the mornings. Naptime is a different matter - she gets out of bed and plays, and no matter how often we put her back in, she gets back out. Still trying to figure out how to bring back the nap...
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  • RedCardinalRedCardinal member

    imagemelrrr:
    it might be worth getting a basic pressure gate from target that you can stick in the doorway. We would not survive without ours!

    This is what we did too.


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