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candr09
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New room / toddler bed
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I'm not sure when would be a good time to move DD. she will be 25 months when LO is born. I fully plan to keep LO in a bassinet in my room for at least 3 months, so I don't really have to move DD to her big girl room until then. But I'm afraid telling her she HAS to move so the baby can have her room/crib she is going to have some resentment. I kind of want to move her before LO gets here so it can be more of something special for her. But at the same time I dont want to move her before she is ready.
Any tips or advice?
Also what kind of toddler bed would you recommend? We have one that was given to us that's small and plastic and strictly just a toddler bed. But I kind of want to get her a big girl bed that maybe we can just attach side rails to. I havnt really looked too much into it yet so I don't even know what's available. Or her crib does turn into a toddler bed/full bed... But I'd rather keep the crib as a crib and get her something new of her own.
I guess I just need to hear experiences from someone who has gone through this. (I'm the first of my friends to be on #2)
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Re: New room / toddler bed
Our kids share a room so it's a little bit different. We assembled the toddler bed in the room in July (he was 17 months). We started using it for naps as soon as he was interested. Then we started using it for bedtime after maybe 2 months. He then had 2-3 months out of the crib (which was still set up right next to the toddler bed) before the baby arrived. When the baby came she was in our room for about a month, then she started STTN (huge shock to us since my son still isn't) and we moved her bassinet to the guest bedroom to make sure the STTN wasn't a fluke. She started sleeping in the crib overnight around 3 months and was still in the bassinet for naps until recently (her naps were all over the place and I was nervous about going in to their room to get her up or put her down while my son was napping. Anyway, it was clearly a slow transition for us, and that worked. There was no point of the transition that was challenging except for the inevitable challenge of trying to put two kids to sleep in the same room at the same time.
In terms of a bed, we were also given a toddler bed so we decided to use it because it meant not buying another bed right now and also the smaller footprint was helpful in the shared room. My son loves it. He calls it his "little bed". I think the transition out of the crib is enough of a "big kid" experience that the bed doesn't have to be big. On the other hand, if I were buying a bed anyway I would choose to go straight to a big bed.
We started the transition about a month after DS was born, when DD was about 19months. Since your LO is a bit older, I think you could start a month or two before the baby comes. We wanted to use the crib for the baby, so we got DD a twin bed with a bed rail. She did okay with the transition, but it was slow. We lay in bed with her to help her go to sleep. Now we are able to leave while she is still awake, once she has settled down and gotten sleepy. If she wakes up in the middle of the night, she usually ends up in the crib (DS is still in our room). We waited awhile before we started naps in the bed, b/c she is fighting naps more often now and its obviously easier to keep her contained in the crib. I think the best thing you can do is allow plenty of time for the transition. Make it more about being a big girl with a new bed, not kicking her out for the new baby.
I'm sure the toddler bed will be fine for getting her excited, no need to buy a full bed just yet. Unless you want to avoid another transition later on, then I'd go straight to a twin or full. Also it's helpful if you want to lay in bed with her.
Our guy turned two in June and he just had his first night in his toddler bed last night and it went great we got him a bed in a bag deal and he was soo excitied about having a big boy bed!! We really pumped it up and made it a big deal about having a bed like mom and dad cousins etc. now hes excitied for bedtime and nap time.
Our pedi said not to rush moving them out of a crib as long as they aren't climbing out and are content sleeping in their crib. Our 4 month old is sleeping in a pack and play and has been since we brought him home.