Opinion about sleeping arrangement for LO #2

526SadieSadie · September 2014

DD will be nearly 3 when LO#2 arrives in February. She has been sleeping in her convertible toddler bed since just before her second birthday. My question is: should we buy another convertible crib for the new baby or buy DD a toddler bed and set her crib up again?

Pro's? Con's? Overthinking?

526SadieSadie · September 2014

CTGirl30 said:

Toddler beds have such a limited lifespan

This is what made me wonder about it in the first place. Buying a twin bed makes sense.

tbmadeamistake · September 2014

Twin. You can always put just the mattress on the floor for a while if you worry about her falling out. We have that set up for C and she loves it.

MrsT0514 · September 2014

Yep, I vote just buy a twin if you're going ro buy anything.

Now...sorry to hijack your thread, OP, but question for y'all. If you already had a perfectly functional queen bed, would you move said toddler into the queen bed or buy a twin? Im thinking we'll just use the queen to save us the money, but I didn't know if there was a benefit to going with a twin.

tbmadeamistake · September 2014

@MrsT0514‌ I would go with the queen to save money. The only thing would be if you plan for toddler to eventually end up in a twin, they might not like the change to less space at that point. That said, my kids will take whatever bed I see fit to put them in and like it. I once had a hallway changed into a bedroom for me, except it still got used as a hallway. I have low standards for what makes a good bedroom

nunzchucks · September 2014

@MrsT0514‌ We have a double mattress so that's what DD will be using when she's ready for a big girl bed.
OP, I'm also on team twin bed for you.

MrsT0514 · September 2014

Thanks ladies, that was my train of thought too. The queen mattress is just sitting, and its super comfy so we might as well put it to use. I also figured, this way, if DS wakes up in MOTN from.a bad dream or if he's sick, DH or I can just easily sleep with him instead of bringing him into our bed.

MrsT0514 · September 2014

@CtGirl30 yeah, lack of space in his room will be the only downside to having a queen bed in there. But oh well. It should work for now until we can figure something else out.

Pips09 · September 2014

I vote for regular bed too. We are in the same situation here. My 3 year old was using her toddler bed converted from her crib, and now we need the crib again, so we just put her in a regular size bed.

BootsOrHearts · September 2014

Ikea has a nice (and cheap!) solid wood frame twin bed. It's low to the ground and doesn't need a boxspring as it has slats (more comfortable IMHO). I bought it to 'stage' my office as a bedroom when I was trying to sell my house and now we are keeping it for when LO is bigger.

526SadieSadie · September 2014

Thanks everybody!!

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