Toddler bed

fastcarsandfreedom3319 · December 2013

What is your plan for transitioning to a toddler bed? It's not even on the radar for us until he starts climbing his crib, which he doesn't...yet. What cues are you waiting for? Any babes in big kid beds already?

I just saw a friend of mine transitioned her daughter, who is 18 months, into a toddler bed. That's right around the corner for us!

twinkletoes3126 · December 2013

Our crib is convertible so when he starts to climb out of his crib then we will replace one side with a toddler rail.

PaisleyRuth · December 2013

It's so crazy that DS was in a queen size bed by this age (moved him at 15 mos in preparation for DD coming). I have no plan yet about moving DD. Maybe around age 2?

Reilly626 · December 2013

Not until 2 for us and later if they still don't crawl out. My niece lasted till 3.

stlmomma27 · December 2013

Haven't given it much thought. I saw a girl on my Facebook, she has a little boy about a month younger than my son...she already has him in a toddler bed.

So, is the rule of thumb, once they start crawling out then it is time to do a toddler bed?

CoUnTryBB1 · December 2013

@nobadwriting Congratulations!!!!

binklesss · December 2013

When she climbs out or when we need the crib for baby #2 (which we are not ttc yet).

piphigirl · December 2013

DD's room is too small for a twin bed and I don't want to waste money on a toddler bed. One of her crib sides can be lowered so we'll do that when she starts to climb. Then we can take a side off entirely so it's basically a daybed with high sides.

We'll get her a "big girl bed" (twin size bed) when we move to a house with a larger second bedroom. The bed she'll graduate to is one of the two Jenny Lind beds stored in my parents attic from when we were kids, or the daybed from my sister's college days that is stored in our basement. I am cheap.

BatDaughter4Eva · December 2013

Like most everyone else said, not until J starts trying to climb out. We're in no hurry.

sdlaura · December 2013

I see no reason to transition assuming she sleeps well and doesn't try to climb out. She can be in the crib till age 3 or 4 and that would be fine with me

Our second baby is arriving when DD is 17.5 months, and I wasn't ready to try to transition her now, so we got another crib. DD will move to the new crib because it transitions easier into a toddler bed (we already have the half rail that we can slap on the front since it came with the crib).

austenfan919 · December 2013

I think we will also wait until DS is trying to climb out before moving him to a toddler bed (or converting the crib to one). Or I guess maybe if we have a #3, but we don't plan to TTC until later 2014.

With DD, we did move her at I think 22 months even though she wasn't trying to get out. But that was because DS was on the way and we didn't want her to feel like he stole her bed. She actually did really well with it. She napped better than she had been doing in her crib, and she didn't really get out of it until we started potty training several months later.

ETA: There really isn't room in the kids' room for two cribs because of where the windows and closets are located. Maybe we would have had two cribs for awhile if there had been room.

alake · December 2013

we don`t do toddler beds. I transition right around 18-20 months to a regular bed. I had done twin sized beds with DD1 & 2, but am planning on converting the cribs into double beds.
DD1&2 and DS are all in queen size beds. We will wait until after the move to switch Eryn, as her and Mallorie will have their own rooms. We built a house to fit everyone and have room to spare, all though it is just over half the size of the house we are in now.
I transition before they start climbing out due to a non personal experience, but one of my BIL`s friends had. I don`t want to give them the option of climbing out, as it scares the crap out of me.

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