XP: Toddler Bed

mellie86041 · February 2014

(I posted this over on my BMB too)

I guess this is a question mainly for those with older LO's, but any input would be helpful! When did you switch (or plan to switch) to a toddler bed?

We've got a couple crib-related issues going on with DD right now...

The first issue is that she's a major climber, and has been for months. She's already able to climb up (and down) most of the furniture in the house. So far she hasn't been able to climb out of her crib, but that's largely because she's so short (she's only 28 inches). But I've caught her multiple times trying to, so I'm worried it's only a matter of time before she has the strength to pull herself up on the rail enough to get over. Obviously a major cause for panic!

A second, sort of related issue is that she has become very attached to her Gloworm lately and HAS to sleep with it every night. She had always been really good about getting herself to sleep on her own. We don't have a strict bedtime for her, but wait for her to start letting us know she's sleepy. But lately she's not falling asleep right away, and is instead playing around in her crib for a while. Often she decides to test gravity and tosses Glo over the rails to see what happens (usually it makes Glo's music and light come on). But once she realizes she can't get Glo back, she either starts crying hysterically and won't stop until she gets Glo back, or she tries to rescue Glo herself (which means trying to climb over the rails).

We've tried having her go to bed without Glo, but it always results in crying that was way beyond the CIO level (which normally we're fine with), so she ends up getting too worked up to fall asleep.

So we're thinking it might be time for the toddler rail to get put on her crib. Her room is completely baby-proofed (unless she learns to scale the walls), and she sleeps with her bedroom door closed, so we wouldn't have to worry about midnight strolls around the house. The only thing that makes us hesitant to go ahead and do it is that she still moves around a lot in her sleep. She is never in the same place, or even same direction, as when she goes to bed. However, I think falling the maybe one foot out of bed is much better that the three feet over the rail!

Do you think (almost) 14 months is too young for the toddler bed?

minervacullen · February 2014

DD can climb pretty much everything, she pulls drawers out in the kitchen to climb on the counter, she can climb up onto her changing table (we don't even use it to change her), she pulls chairs out to climb onto the table.... But she still hasn't gotten out of her crib. She just turned 14m yesterday and I am not ok with just a toddler bed yet. I really want to wait at least another year, but we will see.

Amy11722 · February 2014

we switched when he was 18 months old.it he wanted to get out of the crib and so he would cry until one of us picked him up.also he started waking up in the middle of the night and cry till we took him to bed with us.we tried the cio but it didnt work for us and we decided to give the toddler bed a try.first day he got out two times but after i put him back in the bed he smiled and played for sometime and then slept off.once he figured out he could get out of the bed if he wanted then he was ok with sleeping in his own bed.it worked for us.although i should say i have found him on the edge of the rail twice about to fall off the bed.so we have put some cushions near the rail on the floor just in case he falls out of the bed.

jlt3357 · February 2014

You could also try a crib tent to prevent her from crawling over the rail. There are mixed feelings regarding their safety but some people like them, kind of like bumpers or co sleepers

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