BTDT moms... twin bed or toddler?

DramaMama06 · March 2012

i'm going to redo our guest room for J to move into after baby X is ready to move in to the crib i'm thinking i might just want to do a twin mattress/boxspring on the floor for now and move to a bed a little later.

so what have you done? toddler bed?

courtneyjean7 · March 2012

My DD was 12 months old when we changed her crib to a toddler bed (it converted). She was climbing out of her crib and her doctor said it was safer for her to be in a bed than a crib at that point. We put her in a normal twin bed without side rails at 18 months. She never fell out or got out in the middle of the night.

If you are going to need the crib for the next LO, I would just go straight to a twin bed. I wouldn't waste the money on a toddler bed.

LaRue86 · March 2012

Our friends did the bed on the floor. Their kiddos are 17 months apart. They moved their oldest at 14 months. They thought it would be a struggle to keep her in the bed, but she stays on the mattress and has transitioned well.

mesr · March 2012

We have a double bed for dd1. This allows one of us to lie beside her while she's falling asleep. I would definitely go with the twin and not the toddler bed if I were you.

MammaBear81 · March 2012

I moved the boys right into twin beds (they were 2 1/2 when they moved out of the crib) and the girls are in toddler beds now (they were around 20 months when they moved out of the crib). The boys were older, and much larger (physically) they didn't need to "climb" into bed KWIM? I just felt safer with the smaller girls closer to the floor. They also play a lot more before going to sleep than the boys did, so I'm more afraid that someone is going to fall off the bed, the shorter the fall the better IMO.

egpitt22 · March 2012

My son was older (3), but we moved him straight to a full bed and put a rail up on the side.

supermom83 · March 2012

I was torn but I ultimately decided to transition DS1 to a twin and I'm so happy I did! He was just a few months past 2 when I transitioned him and it's been perfect. I would recommend a twin but every situation is unique so go with what makes you more comfortable.

mamarazzi528 · March 2012

egpitt22:
My son was older (3), but we moved him straight to a full bed and put a rail up on the side.

So he was in a crib until 3? Just wondering. I've heard of people transitioning out of the crib at 18 months, but wasn't sure how long others keep them in it.

DramaMama06 · March 2012

mamarazzi528:

egpitt22:
My son was older (3), but we moved him straight to a full bed and put a rail up on the side.

So he was in a crib until 3? Just wondering. I've heard of people transitioning out of the crib at 18 months, but wasn't sure how long others keep them in it.

J will be 18 mo by the time we are ready. i'm planning to have his room ready when the baby comes home so we can slowly transisition him

Telly21182 · March 2012

I;m def not a BTDT, but my plan has always been to go straight to a twin and skip the toddler bed, even though the crib converts. I'll be using our crib for any future children as well so I'm going to leave it as a crib, and then convert it to a full at some point for a guest room IF it's not too chewed up!

justme04 · March 2012

I had always planned on doing a twin bed on the floor. But our apartment is so small and the boys had to share a room so we went with a toddler bed. When we finally move and get a bigger place I plan on switch DS1 into a twin bed and then since I have it will use the toddler bed for DS2 when he's ready to get out of the crib.

We also moved DS1 out of the crib at 15 months.

forgetmenot514 · March 2012

egpitt22:
My son was older (3), but we moved him straight to a full bed and put a rail up on the side.

We did the same thing. My daughter was a little older than 3 even and we converted her bed right to a full size so we wouldn't have to anymore converting for a while.

mari_gold · March 2012

We converted DS' crib to a toddler bed at 21 or 22 months. I wanted to keep him in the crib as long as possible, but he started climbing out and waking up mad because he was trapped in his crib. We switched and he started sleeping better right away.

We got convertible cribs for both kids mostly because we have two extra full-size mattresses. So, once they're done with the toddler bed, we'll do the final conversion and use them as headboards/footboards for the bigger mattresses.

I really liked not having to rush the transition just because DD was on the way. But, we didn't spend a lot on our cribs.

egpitt22 · March 2012

mamarazzi528:
egpitt22:
My son was older (3), but we moved him straight to a full bed and put a rail up on the side.
So he was in a crib until 3? Just wondering. I've heard of people transitioning out of the crib at 18 months, but wasn't sure how long others keep them in it.

Yeah, we booted him out of the crib shortly after turning 3 because we needed it for the new baby that was coming soon We left him in there because he never tried to climb out of it, never seemed unhappy in it or anything, so we figured why mess with a good thing? I was worried about the transition to a bed, but after 2 nights of having to sit in his room with him while he fell asleep, he adjusted just fine.

soontobe05 · March 2012

We just put DD straight into a twin bed when we moved her. Didn't make sense to spend the money on a toddler bed or another crib to me. She does great in her bed. I got a rail for the side so she doesn't fall out.

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