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Is it time for the move to the big girl bed?
DD#1 is 26 months. We've had a full-sized bed sitting in her room for about the past 2 months. Before I put her in the crib at night, we play on the bed and read. She really likes the bed and she likes for us to pretend we are sleeping in the bed.
At night, I'm finding that when I tell her it's time to go to the crib, she fusses and it's physically challenging for me to pick her up and put her in the crib. So, I'm wondering if it's time to make the switch. I'm scared because I already have to get up some nights with the baby. DD#1 is such a great sleeper (7:30pm-7am) and I just want to keep it that way.
I already put a noodle between the bed and the wall (so she won't fall in that crack) and I have another noodle to put on the side of the bed that's open. She doesn't seem to move around a lot at night so I figure if I put her to bed on the side closer to the wall, that she will be okay? The floor has carpet with padding under it.
Should I just go for it? Also, do you recommend doing it for a naptime first or just doing it at night. I bought a video monitor for DD#2 so I figure I'll put it in DD#1's room until we complete the transition. I'm just nervous.
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Re: Is it time for the move to the big girl bed?
just based on my own experience and the fact that your DD is bazillion million times better behaved than Warner, I have to imagine that she'll do fine with the transition ;-)
when we transitioned Warner to his toddler bed, getting him to settle down the first night was rough but the second night was better and after that, we had no issues at night. and even the first night, once he was asleep, he was done for his usual 11-12 hours. I'll admit that naps have been a total failure, but I can't blame that on the new bed, I just think that he is trying to torture me :-)
eta: the last bit about torture may be influenced by the fact that Warner has refused to nap 3 days in a row and mommy is really mad and tired about it :-(
Do it!
You've done the prep, now just take the plunge!
I would try it. We have a twin bed in DD's room as a couch (more or less) and we've had "pillow time" at night for a while now where we read in bed before she goes in her crib. She's getting more and more comfortable on her pillow under the covers and I am not looking forward to the day where she fights us getting out of bed for more than a minute. (We do still drag her out of bed unwillingly, but she generally stops fussing pretty quickly.) If the fussing is more than you can handle, give it a shot. If it doesn't work, you could always move her back.
When we went on vacation a few weeks ago, we had DD sleeping on a full bed out of necessity. She fell out two nights out of seven (and we had some pretty tall pillows under the sheets to keep her in by the end), and as much as she liked the bed she didn't cry about going back to her crib once we got home. Do you think your DD would be able to try for a few nights and if she either fell out or got out too much to play would be willing to transition back to the crib for a while?
Thanks ladies for the responses. I am going to try to do it soon. I was thinking of doing it on Sat night but due to Irene, we may be all sleeping in the basement anyway. I may try to give it a shot this week. I just need to get over the hump of going for it.
BH - Glad to hear that Warner at least hasn't lost his ability to sleep at night but I'm sorry to hear he's still not napping. Doesn't he know you are busy growing a sibling for him and that you need your rest too?
QueSarah - I think DD would go back into the crib but probably not without a fight. I almost feel like it's the point of no return although I may be being overly dramatic. I think I'll give it a shot soon. I'm sure I'm making a much bigger deal out of it than is necessary.