Toddler bed and baby #2?

kalioury · February 2013

I'm currently 21 weeks pregnant and I have an 18 month old. His pediatrician said she doesn't think I should buy another crib for #2 like I was planning on. My son hasn't ever attempted to climb out and I've always heard to keep them caged as long as possible--lol! I guess by the time DS#2 is in his room, DS#1 will be about 26 months old. Just wondering when you all are planning on switching your babies to a toddler bed??! It makes me sad

has anyone switched their child even without the child showing signs like climbing out? I'm just worried it'll be a tough transition between that and a new sibling. Just wondering how it went for others!

Monsieur_et_Madame_Ha · February 2013

A lot could happen over the next 8 months, so I definitely wouldn't go and buy another crib just yet. However, I am also of the "keep them caged as long as possible" school of thought. Sadly, that meant 18 months old for DD1.

DD2 isn't showing any signs of wanting out of the crib yet (knock on wood). If she still doesn't by the time baby gets here, DD1 will be moved to a twin bed and baby will inherit her convertible crib (and DD2 will stay in her current crib)

A good compromise might be to get a convertible crib, so that if your DS1 does start climbing out, you can still get some use out of it as a toddler bed.

rayandbrit · February 2013

I'm debating this myself right now. I switched DD#1 to a toddler bed right before DD#2 was born (she was probably 22 months), and I really regretted it. We went from a great sleep schedule to a terrible one, additionally, we didn't even start using the crib until a few months ago!

Now we have everyone on a good, happy sleep schedule & I'm not sure i want to rock the boat again? I'm thinking we'll keep everything as is, and let #3 sleep in bassinet & pack n play until they are ready to sleep in crib, then move DD#2 to toddler bed, and DD#1 to our guest (full) bed. Ughhh who knows! Sorry I can't be more helpful

kalioury · February 2013

DS#1 is actually in a convertible crib which is why I justified buying another one... His crib going to toddler bed and a full size bed so I figured that way he wouldn't be rushed out of his crib. It just seems like everyone else thinks I shouldn't buy another crib. But then I can't set up a new nursery for #2 and I guess we will just have to play it by ear even though I like planning

kalioury · February 2013

I should also mention that my son didn't start SSTN until 13 months and he's never really been a great sleeper. He will usually sleep 10 hours every night but its not always uninterrupted sleep.

JaysonandKristin · February 2013

I get that some people have harder kids than others, and some people have more difficult transitions that others, but we are not giving our kids enough credit here. They are amazing little people. Transitioning them into having another kid may be MUCH easier than others are leading you to believe.

I don't know about the other STMs on this board, but we didn't have a regression, nor was the transition from one to two kids difficult. For us it was a mindset that this is what we wanted, we were already pregnant, so come hell or high water this was going to work...

That being said, we transitioned DS1 out of his crib about 2 weeks before DS2 came. So, DS1 was right at 19 months old. He was nowhere close to STTN, but we continued to work on it, and by about 2.5 years old he was consistently STTN in his Thomas toddler bed.

It's hard, but what part of this parenting gig isn't? Just because he's in a crib still doesn't mean that he's going to STTN. The two are not dependent variables.

We did this because I didn't want to have to buy TWO cribs. DS1's crib was a loaner from a friend who needed to sell it for some cash around the time we were expecting #2. So, we returned it to her and bought our first crib for DS2 and a toddler bed for DS1.

BnchaNums · February 2013

I'm 21w and we bought a second crib.

Monsieur_et_Madame_Ha · February 2013

kalioury:
DS#1 is actually in a convertible crib which is why I justified buying another one... His crib going to toddler bed and a full size bed so I figured that way he wouldn't be rushed out of his crib. It just seems like everyone else thinks I shouldn't buy another crib. But then I can't set up a new nursery for #2 and I guess we will just have to play it by ear even though I like planning

I think you can still setup the nursery even if you don't have the crib yet. That would just mean that your 2nd crib (if you go that route) would have to be the same colour as your current one.

Caseyk1127 · February 2013

I bought a 2nd crib. Our daycare provider thought I was nuts because she said DS would be climbing out of his by 14 months and he sleeps well on a cot at school. Well here we are he's 18 months and not even remotely close to climbing out. His converts but the one we bought DD doesn't ... And she's not using hers yet. Daycare also said they start working on potty training at 2 years so he'll need to be out of the crib by then for night time potty breaks but I'm thinking we'll just see.

iteachk · February 2013

My kids are 29 mos apart. My older DD transitioned to a toddler bed a few weeks before my LO was born. She had never tried to crawl out of her crib, but she did great. We put a gate in front of her door and babyproofed her room for a while.

If you aren't quite ready, put the baby in a PNP, RNP, or bassinet for a couple of months and transistion later.

Good luck!

bundymommy · February 2013

I'm curious about this, too. I have an 18 month old and a 1 month old. We did buy a second crib, but both cribs convert to toddler beds, which was my justification. I haven't even thought about trying to transition DD to a toddler bed yet, although she is a fantastic sleeper. And honestly, I probably won't even consider it until the baby is sleeping better at night. I'd like to limit myself to only one child awake during the night, if at all possible. Smile

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