Toddler bed transition ?

luvmyducks · April 2013

DD is 19m and we are going to transition her to a toddler bed in the next couple weeks. We want to get her out of the crib and used to the bed in plenty of time for when her little sister arrives in early July. She's great in the crib, and I know it would be ideal to just keep her in there, but with a new little one coming, that's not going to work. So toddler bed it is.

Anywho, I'm wondering how you went about it. We will put a gate up on the outside of the door so she can't roam around. We will take all toys out of her room besides books and stuffed animals. Everything will be "baby/toddler proofed."

My question is, how do you handle it when they get out of bed (if this issue arrises for us--I am preparing myself for the worst)? Do you go in a few times and say it's time for bed and have them get back in? How many times do you do this? Do you eventually just let them be and if they fall asleep on the floor, do you leave them? Or do you pick them up and put them in their bed? If you do eventually ignore them getting out of bed, how many times to you go in before you stop?

TIA ladies

ksyknelvr73 · April 2013

We transitioned DS at 22 months and he has always been a great sleeper and never tried to climb out of his crib. The first night was a little rough, he got up a couple times - whenever he got up, we'd walk him back into his room (this was before we tri

Grk_Natasha · April 2013

Ugh we did this a week ago for DS. It's been an absolute nightmare. Like your, he was a great sleeper in his crib. After he figured out his freedom he would get out several times a night. Once I woke up to get DD at 5 am and he was standing next to our

TriciaandSean · April 2013

We switched my son at the end of January and he has done great. Like you we basically gave him an empty room except for a few books. He has always slept with the door shut so he has the door shut and he's too short to open it.

The fir

bridetobe920 · April 2013

We transitioned DD a few months ago, and it went amazingly well! She was very happy in her crib, and never tried to climb out, but we wanted her in her bed well before the baby comes in June.

We put up bed rails, but she can still g

Kie310 · April 2013

My DS2 was home for about a week or 2 when my oldest told me he was ready to move to him big boy bed. I just followed his cues & we never had a nights issue. My DS2 is still in our room anyway, so there was no rush to get my oldest out of the

Leap08 · April 2013

We transitioned DD1 at about the same age for the same reason. We really talked up her "big girl" room and bed. She was really, really excited about it and I think that made it easier. She did pretty well at staying in bed when we did the initial trans

logoz80 · April 2013

We transitioned Emma a few days after her 2nd birthday. She never tried to climb out of the crib, but being pregnant and short I had to get her out of there and quick(we need the crib as well). She was great in it since day 1. She never climbed out of bed

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