? For Stm+ ~ is 24 mo. Too young to transition out of the crib?

Magnolia+Mama · August 2015

yes or no and what are your reasons? When did you transition yours kids? To what (toddler bed v. Full sized twin v. Something else)? How did it go?

Kattank12 · August 2015

No, it's not too young. We put DS in his full size bed when he was 23 months old. It was just hard for him the first day because he kept wanting to get up instead of sleep. Every kid is different though and some take much longer.

redfallon · August 2015

We put DD in her toddler bed a month and a half ago, when she was 22 months. She was able to climb up onto the changing pad/dresser out of her bed, so that's why I wanted to move her. I wanted to do it before she was able to climb out of the crib or had climbed out of it. It's been going fine so far. She stays in it once she's in there for nap or bedtime. Some kids don't stay, though.

Nataliegz12 · August 2015

My LO got her toddler bed for her 2nd birthday, its like everything else... takes time to get used to but they learn so fast. She will now be 4 next month and still uses her toddler bed with room to grow.

KRH6829 · August 2015

My son is 22 months and we are planning on having him sleep in his crib until he is at least 3. Obviously, if he learns to climb out we will switch sooner. For now though he loves his crib and is very happy sleeping in it and we don't have to worry about him getting out. We purchased a second crib for the new baby.

tesary · August 2015

We switched DD to a toddler bed around 24 months and she did great at night but nap time was a struggle for us.

hpolello · August 2015

My daughtet climbed out of crib at 13months. We moved her to a toddler bed. At 20months we.moved her to a twin bed so we could get nursery ready. she sleeps soooo much better in a big bed. She didnt have enough room in the toddler one. I guess it just depends on tje kod.

Cmagno · August 2015

My DD is 22 months and still very happy in the crib. We will buy new baby a crib eventually but at night she'll sleep with us and during day probably mostly nap while I baby wear. DD didn't start sleeping in her crib until she was a year so I'm not too worried about it. I think 23 months is a pretty normal age to transition to toddler bed though, anything between 2-3 years seems to be what my friends have had success with. Good luck!

LauraSmarterSpam · August 2015

We got DS a queen bed (queen because he is a wanderer, and it seemed big enough) right around that age because he hated being in a crib. He just never slept well since he moved everywhere and would get his limbs stuck.
He was soooo comfortable in his bed, he would finally sleep all the way through the night, and at 3.5 yrs he'll wake up and just lay in his bed with a book until he wants to have breakfast.
He's loved his bed since he transitioned.

april172010U · August 2015

My daughter we put in a twin at 19 months, she did great. My son at 22 months and he did great. My daughter's twin was really high and we put up a removable rail so she wouldn't fall out. It's surprising how well they do. It helped that we told them each how it is a privilege and we bribed with a jar and I said if you stay in bed each night you get a coin, after 20 coins you have enough for a toy. It really helped develop a habit in their new bed. Good luck!

4puddleducks · August 2015

We switched our DS to a toddler bed the night before his 2nd birthday. He was so excited to be a big boy. We moved him up to a twin size bed for his 3rd birthday. DS didn't realize for a couple of weeks that he could get out of bed by himself in the morning. He would still call for me and wait for me to come get him. I'd go in and find him standing there just like he did in the crib. Then one night, I woke up with the feeling that I was being watched. I rolled over and he was standing by the edge of the bed.

tdart14 · August 2015

No. DD was into her toddler bed at bout 20 months.

redfallon · August 2015

We are moving DD to a Queen bed when we move this new LO to the crib. He will be in our room for about 2-3 mos, I guess, and then we'll make the moves. DD will be close to 2.5 years old then.

MegStark · August 2015

DD will be 2 in October, and is still in her crib. I like her being in there, she sleeps well and doesn't try to get out (yet). I know a little girl that was switched successfully to a toddler bed at 12 months though (when they started sleeping on cots instead of cribs at daycare). I think it just depends on the child and what the parents want to do. I don't plan on switching DD until she's climbing out/attempting to get out or when she's potty trained enough that she needs to be able to get out of the bed to go to the bathroom. At that point, we'll switch the crib to a toddler bed or full size. We have everything to switch her crib to either size.

sassysister18 · August 2015

We put our DS in a toddler bed at around 18 months I think it was, he hated the cot and would scream the house down. It was hard as we would have to stay in there til he was asleep and since only about 2 months ago we've changed that. We then out him in a king single bed at about 21 months which worked a hell of a lot better. He kept falling out of his toddler bed as he is a bit of a restless sleeper and we haven't had a problem with this ever since. This baby I'm not sure I'll even bother with the toddler bed stage, straight to the bed I think.

ToneGirl · August 2015

My son LOVED his crib and was in it until he was over 3 years old. He never tried to get out and just liked being confined to a crib...he liked feeling like he had his own little place. I never pushed it. I recommend you make the transition when they are ready or they are starting to want to climb out. I would not rush it if you don't have to. It was a blessing to have my son in his for so long...he would wake up and just talk and play with toys in his crib for the longest time. I was able to get a lot done while he was content in there. The only reason we transitioned him was because he was getting too big for it...lol. We skipped the toddler bed phase and went right to a full size bed (his crib was convertible)...no problems.

elbou · August 2015

We switched all 3 of our kids around 2 years of age. I can't remember exactly how old DD1 was when we switched her, but it was around the time DD2 was born...maybe a little before...between 19 and 22 months, I think. We switched DD2 at 26 months when we moved...we figured it would be easier to just set up the bed right away, and it worked out well for us. DS figured out how to climb out of his crib about a month before he turned 2, so he got switched at 23 months.

We went straight to a twin sized bed with all of them as we already had a twin bed on hand when it was time to switch DD1. Then we were given a set of bunk beds when DH's grandparents were downsizing their house just as we moved and DS got the twin bed DD1 used at first. We figured it would be silly to go out and buy toddler beds, when we already had beds for free! We just used a bed rail while they were getting used their new beds. DS was done with the bed rail about a month ago, and he just switched to the twin bed in April of this year. He adjusted quick.

kerrderr · August 2015

Dd has been out of her crib since she was a year old. We just had her mattress on the floor beside our bed haha. She got in the habit of knowing when it was time to sleep and time to get up and just walks out when shes awake. She comes into our room every morning though.

We put her into her own room in a twin at 17 months and she loves it. Though, she JUST started to actually use her pillow.

I think we will do things similarly with this LO however, I breastfed dd until 17 months too so having her in our room just beside our bed made sleepyfeeds realllyyyyy easy. And she took the transition really well! We put her in her own room and its been fine since night one

Mags128 · August 2015

DD just turned 2 this weekend and we are moving her to a twin bed next week. I'm a little nervous but we need the crib for the baby and I don't want her to think we are taking the crib from her for him. Hopefully it goes well

redfallon · August 2015

@Mags128 said:

DD just turned 2 this weekend and we are moving her to a twin bed next week. I'm a little nervous but we need the crib for the baby and I don't want her to think we are taking the crib from her for him. Hopefully it goes well

Happy birthday, S13 baby!!!

<:-P

ljhgrey · August 2015

Every child is different. I was still BF DS at night through 21 months. At 16 months we made a switch to a full bed with side rails. He slept horribly in his crib. And with the bed it was so much easier to nurse him at night. My only regret is we purchased the toddler conversion kit in advance and never needed it! We won't be doing that for this baby.

Mizuiro007 · August 2015

I'm nervous about how it will go with DS. He's ten months and we're just barely managing to keep the little monkey in by having the crib turned around and shoved in the corner. The back is higher and the crib so other is against the wall so he wakes up and goes right for it to play. Since he has climbed out and it's a matter of time before he does again, our goal is to get him transitioned to a toddler bed by his first birthday in October.

There are so many things with it I worry about. He's been taking naps on a mat on the floor and hasn't rolled off so I feel odds are good he won't roll of the bed either (even if he does it's a much shorter fall than off the crib rail). I worry more about things like if he wakes up in the night, will he stay in bed and put him back asleep or will he want to get up and play. With sharing a room with his sibling will he ever try climb in the crib to share.

elbou · August 2015

Mizuiro007 said:

I'm nervous about how it will go with DS. He's ten months and we're just barely managing to keep the little monkey in by having the crib turned around and shoved in the corner. The back is higher and the crib so other is against the wall so he wakes up and goes right for it to play. Since he has climbed out and it's a matter of time before he does again, our goal is to get him transitioned to a toddler bed by his first birthday in October.

There are so many things with it I worry about. He's been taking naps on a mat on the floor and hasn't rolled off so I feel odds are good he won't roll of the bed either (even if he does it's a much shorter fall than off the crib rail). I worry more about things like if he wakes up in the night, will he stay in bed and put him back asleep or will he want to get up and play. With sharing a room with his sibling will he ever try climb in the crib to share.

I used to worry about that too. What I ended up doing was making sure that their room was completely safe for them to play in alone, and then I put a door-knob cover on the inside of the door so they couldn't open it themselves. (A baby safety gate would also work.) That way if they did wake up in the middle of the night and decided to play, they could do so by themselves, and would eventually get bored and go back to sleep. I don't remember that ever happening at night though...mostly at naptime. If your son sleeps through the night and is good with naps, you will probably be fine.

With climbing into the crib, remember that it is a lot easier to climb out of a crib than back in from the ground. DD1 did that once, but she was more like 3 at the time, and there were some totes right beside the crib that I think she used to help herself up. So at the very least, you likely have some time before it becomes an issue. GL!

Mizuiro007 · August 2015

@elbou Thank you! Yes, I'm thinking the same thing you mentioned about completely baby proofing the room and I think trying to keep it for sleep. He plays in the living room and mostly takes his naps there. Will probably do the door know cover so we can keep the door closed and the cat out.

I keep trying to remind myself just what you said, that it's a lot harder to climb back in. Then I watch him do things like climb all over the cat tower and I don't feel very reassured.

elbou · August 2015

@Mizuiro007 Yikes! I don't think I would be very reassured watching that either! Perhaps a different location for the new baby to nap and putting him/her to bed in the crib AFTER your son is already asleep would ease your mind a bit more?

I guess I didn't think of hardcore climbers when I was posting as none of mine have ever been that determined to get somewhere high when they were that little!

Mizuiro007 · August 2015

@elbou I'm hoping maybe he just won't be interested in getting in the crib. It will be a while before we have Bun sleep in there but we'll leave the crib set up since it's already there. Maybe it will give us the chance to see if he'll climb in it without the baby there.

Hardcover climber seems accurate. My mom has been a little helpful since she talked about I was the same at this age. Although mostly she just likes to say things like "feel my pain".

Rratledge · August 2015

We set my son's big boy room up a week after he turned 2, just to be prepared because we planned to keep the nursery as is for the new baby. He loved playing in the big boy room and wanted to sleep there so badly, but we weren't ready. A couple days later at his 2 year check up, his pediatrician said to transition him. He was thrilled to get to sleep in his big bed and wouldn't get out unless we were there (maybe because I told him not to). He had no problems at all. I set the camera of my phone under the door to peek in and make sure he was in bed because I don't have a baby monitor. I felt a little creepy doing it, but it worked.

About 5 months later he started to get up and play at nap time, but everything's baby proofed and the door is closed to keep the cats out. I think not letting him sleep in his bed at first might have made the transition easier.

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