toddler bed or twin

nikkim76 · September 2012

My LO's will be 3 in November and still in cribs. Feedbanck on what you switched to if they were later in transitioning. I am not planning on transitioning until close to there 3rd bday. I just don't know if we should do toddler beds which our crib convert in to or just go straight to twin bed. Thoughts or opinions. Thanks!

meg1974 · September 2012

We transitioned to a toddler bed when DD was 2. At that point, she wasn't ready for a twin bed. Now, she probably is but we'll keep her in the toddler bed for a while longer.

But in your case, it might make sense to go ahead with a twin so you don't have to transition twice.

karenreneek · September 2012

We went right to twin beds. Didn't make sense to transition twice.

k.martell · September 2012

We went right to twin last month. The first few nights were rough but I played the meanie by putting her right back into bed. Now she'll get out & in on her own and I do like that she can come out to me in the mornings vs. me getting her out of the crib.

m3l0d1 · September 2012

karenreneek:
We went right to twin beds. Didn't make sense to transition twice.

This. We switched to twins when LO was about 18 months.

CalBears · September 2012

We went straight to a twin bed when our older daughter turned 2.

LouRN09 · September 2012

Yup, ditto the twin bed. No need to transition twice! We could have just converted his crib to a toddler bed, but we wanted to get him moved to a whole new bed so his little brother could have the crib. We first transitioned him to a twin bed with just the mattress and no box spring so it didnt seem so high off the ground. He has done great!

BelhurstBride · September 2012

We converted the crib to a toddler bed a couple weeks ago. In the spring we plan on transitioning her to a twin bed.

Makena · September 2012

We went straight to a twin. No reason other than I didn't want to add an extra transition step to the mix.

epona3 · September 2012

meg1974:

We transitioned to a toddler bed when DD was 2. At that point, she wasn't ready for a twin bed. Now, she probably is but we'll keep her in the toddler bed for a while longer.

But in your case, it might make sense to go ahead with a twin so you don't have to transition twice.

ITA. It just depends on if you want to buy twin beds now or later, really. And if you think you'll use the cribs again.

With DD, she was climbing out of her crib at 18 mo, so we switched to the toddler bed (The transition was much easier than I thought it was going to be!)

Now with LO2 on the way, our plan is to buy DD a twin bed, and change her bed back into a crib. I'm going to try to find a relatively low twin bed, though, b/c she does still fall out occasionally.

NerdyMama2 · September 2012

We went to a toddler bed. We'll transition to a twin when DS turns 3. In your case I would go straight to a twin.

melody921 · September 2012

We went straight to a twin when DS was 27 months. I think toddler beds don't last that long.

snicksnack · September 2012

We went with a toddler bed, mostly for space reasons. I had DS in June and we plan to move in the next couple of years so we opted to wait on purchasing nice big girl furniture set and stuck with a toddler bed and two dressers. We transitioned DD last week she is 2 and ?. Personally I like the toddler bed better because she Is low to the ground and I am not going to freak if she has an accident when PTing. Even with waterproof covers I have known several people who have had issues with mattresses. Additionally, toddlers can be rough on furniture so I woud rather wait on an expensive set. DD is 37 inches and has plenty of room. My friend?s DD is around 40 inches and is still in a crib. I am guessing DD will fit in the toddler bed until she is 4 or 5. We plan to build a house so we will make a big deal that she gets to help create her new room and therefore I am not worried about a transition. if we were already in our forever home I may have went with a twin bed.

JonathansMommi2010 · November 2012

We went to Toddler bed when my son was 20 months old lasted almost 11 months when we had to take it down due to the fact he broke it so i just decided to take it down now he sleeps in with me.

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