When to move to toddler bed?

PrincessShay80 · August 2011

I feel like everyone is pushing me to get DD out of her crib.

She's just 20 months, and doesn't even try to crawl out of her crib. I feel like they should stay in the crib as long as possible. I understand when you are potty training they need to be able to get to the bathroom, but we are no where near that, i'm planning on starting the potty training when we get back from vacation in Feb- she will be 26 months then.

Thoughts?

mrsolsenk12 · August 2011

Hayden is PTing now and still in a crib. There is a big difference between day and night training. We are day training now and i don't plan to night train for a few months. If she is happy in her crib then leave her. Why fix whzt isn't broken.

jensneb · August 2011

We just moved Olivia this week. She is 21 months. I don't think it's necessarily a rush to do it at this age though. Do it when you're most comfortable.

We have had a few nights where she's snuck into our room, and scared me to death LOL

charmcitygirl · August 2011

Jacob is nearly 2.5 and I have NO INTENTION of moving him to a bed until he's ready. As long as he's content and happy in his crib, that's where he's going to stay. In fact, I'm thinking that his college roommate will thank me for sending him to school in a crib.

MonkeysGirl05 · August 2011

I plan on keeping Henry in his crib as long as possible. I can think of 3 situations that would get me to move him out. 1) he outgrows it, 2) we have another baby, or 3) he starts climbing/falling out of it. Otherwise, I see no reason to move him. I love knowing he is confined in a safe space.

Carrie25 · August 2011

We moved Aaron to a toddler bed when he was 2.5. He was just ready. He didn't climb out of his crib and he didn't even get up from the toddler bed for a couple months. It was really funny.

We had pressure from my sister too. She can be a miss know it all mom, but we do things on our own time. It drives me nuts that people think they have all the answers.

Don't rush it...don't it when you are all ready!

krissyh21 · August 2011

No plans on doing it until he is 3 unless he starts climbing out of it before then.

LVBlvd · August 2011

Not until a few months ago. So after 2. But we aren't pushing potty training right now.

krissybegs · August 2011

Robbie was about 26 months when we moved him into his toddler bed. We weren't planning on moving him this early since he wasn't crawling out, but he kept asking for a big boy bed so we moved him.

FYI - He wasn't potty trained until he was almost 3.

Good luck.

AvaLikeLava · August 2011

We moved G at 26m because I wanted the crib for the baby and I wanted to give him a month/two to get acclimated to a new bed/room and not feel like the baby kicked him out of the nursery.

He wasn't climbing out and moving wasn't necessary.

I don't see a reason to hurry if you have to impeding reason.

Although I will say that we went straight to a big kid bed and it was the best thing ever... cuz I can finally snuggle in bed with him.

PrincessShay80 · August 2011

Thanks ladies- she is staying put for as long as I can keep her in there.

Thanks for the advice on potty training- I had no idea there was day potty training and night potty training!

mrsolsenk12 · August 2011

PrincessShay80:
Thanks ladies- she is staying put for as long as I can keep her in there.
Thanks for the advice on potty training- I had no idea there was day potty training and night potty training!

There is. Day training is easier than night training. Night training requires more bladder congrol since they have to hold it longer. Also some kids don't wake up when they have to go.My ds is in undies during the day and diapers at night.

Ali212 · August 2011

I don't think there's a hard & fast rule as to when but think any time before 2 years old is on the early side. We moved my daughter right around 26 months to her 'big girl' bed (we didn't do the crib conversion thing so this is THE bed she'll have for awhile). The move had zero to do with potty training (though coincidentally we did PT her a couple of weeks after the transition). For us, we did feel we needed to move her when we did b/c she was starting to climb out of her crib (~24 months)....after she did that the first time, we ordered her bed and it arrived right around ~26 months so that's when she was transitioned.

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