Toddler bed transition

ChelsiAnn13 · July 2013

First sorry about the back to back posts. I have been a worry wart the last few days.

We switched DD to a toddler bed last night and her first night was a complete success. She sat up twice but slept through the night like a champ. Tomorrow will be her first nap in her toddler bed she was at daycare today and I will not be home because I have to go see a specialist for my sever anemia. I guess that has me worried.

I like to view this as trouble shooting before anything else happens but I do hope I am worrying for no reason.

1. Would you let her wander around her room and just put her back into her bed if she leaves her room?

Or and this will be harder emotionally and physically but I think I know this is the right decision

2. Put her back into bed with out saying a word every single time she get out of bed?

She is a champ at sleeping and I want to continue this trend but DH says to do the first choice. At the same time I did a method very similar to the second choice to get her to sleep so well originally. Like I said I think I know what the right choice is I just need some reassuring/ outside advice. I have been a mess lately lol.

TIA.

mamajames · July 2013

I said if its not broke don't fix it. If you went with option to the 1st time stick with. Plus kids are smart they push that envelope so the more she wanders around her room the harder it will be to break that behavior if she never really goes for the bed at nap time. Good luck!

ChelsiAnn13 · July 2013

Thank you. Day two has been a success so far too. She even sat up, her bedding slipped off her bed, she climbed immediately back onto bed and pulled her blankets back up and laid back down. I am very proud.
Now to see how nap time goes.

katie-lynn3313 · July 2013

I would do option one. Glad the second night went better.

I am dreading the change over to a toddler bed.

quietlyexpecting · July 2013

I just got our toddler bed and await people's responses. We plan to close the door and watch on the monitor to see what happens. I expect I'll have to put her back in bed a few times and eventually tell her I am not coming back in if she gets out. Fingers crossed she'll love her new bed and I won't have to do put her back in at all.

ChelsiAnn13 · July 2013

Just an update. We started her in her toddler bed on Sunday. We went out the morning and let her pick out two bed sets, she went with Minnie Mouse and then Disney Fairies which match her room. We converted her bed and let her practice sleeping in it after we put her bedding on.

She hasn't batted an eyelash at the change.

-That first night she sat up when I left the room and one other time and slept through the night. When she woke up she was just starting to knock on the bedroom door.

-The second night she didn't sit up but did cry out at first and was having trouble getting to sleep, she got out of her bed for a second causing her bedding to fall off when she stood up. She climbed immediately back into bed, pulled her blankets up one by one and went to sleep. When she woke up she waited for me and I helped her climb out of bed (she can do this by herself of course)

-The third night went great and she called for me when she woke up and asked me to pick her up from her bed.

-This is the fourth night and it is a little warm in her room so she is trying to get comfy since some dummy (me) put silk pants on her not realizing it was warm in her room but besides that she was talking to her self some while she laid down and appears to have fallen asleep.

-Naps have been good too but she has been at daycare for some and DH was watching her because I was at a doctor appointment the other day.

I am a very proud mama. I hope everyone's transitions go as smooth as ours.

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