At What Age Did Your Child...

I actually moved my youngest out of his crib at about 15 months because at 10 months he started climbing out on his own :) I put the bed against the wall and bought one of those guard rails and he has done fine ever since (he's 4 now) The biggest challenge was putting him in there awake and having him stay there but we got over that pretty quickly- good luck with everything

my first went to a twin bed at about 19 months, my daughter started sleeping with her older bronther around 14 months (by her choice) -- both of their twin beds have trundels under them, I stared out by pulling the bottom bed out while they slept, so if they fell out, they would fall on a bed -- but no one ever fell out. -- the pillow came with the big bed.

The spoon, I always gave them their own from about 10 months on -- they didn't realy use it at first, just played, but they were each eating with it by themselvs by 18 months.

Hello S.. I think you should get a twin bed for your little one instead of buying another crib. If the twin bed does not work, you can always move your daughter back into the crib if the bed doesn't work out, and you will eventually need the bed anyways. I personaly wouldn't want to buy a second crib, they aren't cheap after all. With my youngest she slept in a playpen when she came home from the hospital (I didn't want her on a diff level of our home during the night), so that is an idea for if your daughter is still using the crib when the baby is born. If your daughter is anything like mine, she will want to be a big sister once the baby comes home and not want to be in the "baby bed" anymore.
When it comes to a pillow, I don't remember how old mine were when they used a pillow. I believe your 15 month old is big enough for one if she wants one, but if she doesn't there really isn't any harm in not having one.
Self feeding is a funny thing. My baby takes the spoon from me and chews on it, but by no means feeds herself. When my 4 y/o started reaching for the spoon and "helping" me feed her I started letting her do it herself, but it is much messier and takes alot of time.
I think when your little one is big enough to do these things you will know it. And if you try one and she isn't ready, no harm done, just go back to how it was before. Best of luck.

Our son was in his own bed at 13 months old. He started using a pillow around the same time. And I started letting him use a spoon about the same time too. It was messy at first, but he had it mastered in a few months. Now, at 21 months, he hates when we help him!
Good luck!
G.

Our son moved to a toddler bed about a year old. He will be 3 in April. He is getting a twin bed for his birthday. Now my niece she has been in a twin bed for at least 6 months. She is 27 months old. She loves it.

our son was about 15 months old when he got his pillow. He loves pillows.

our daughter isn't interested in a spoon she is 17 months old. :( But it will come. Our son he was using it off and on at a year

remember each kid is different.

Our son had been sleeping in our bed off an on since he was a baby. Now he still crawls in bed with us and loves the blankets/pillows.

My daughter was in a toddler bed at the age of 11 months. She has done wonderfully in that. She uses a pillow and can also spponfeed herself and she is now 13 months :) I think a toddler/twin bed would be fine.

I have two children my son stays with his dad but my daughter is about to be two and i know what you are going through. all children do things on their own. My daughter was in a toddler bed and 18 months and did fine. she has the side guards so she wont fall out and I have had to problems. i have not yet got her to use a pillow so i am dont know about that. and to self feed When you sit down to eat dinner or any kind of meal and your chikd watches you she will learn give her a spoon and let her try to figure it out on their own. let me know how this helps.nikki

You know your child better. I too had a 14 month old daughter and was preg with my son. I didnt know what to do, as to buy another crib or get a single bed. SO I bought a single bed and figured I would try it. I put pillows on the floor, in case she rolled off she wouldnt get hurt (she never did), then i wondered how would I keep her in room when I was asleep, (i was very nervous), So I bought a gate for her bedroom door, ( i didnt want the door closed), so I would open her bedroom door and put the gate across the door. I put a baby monitor in her room, so I could hear her very well, I made sure there was no toys she could get hurt on if she got out of bed. I didnt put a dresser in her room at first, I was afraid she could get hurt on it, the only light in her room was the ceiling light, I didnt want anything in there she could knock down ( I told you I was nervous) This was my first child, I didnt know what to expect. But she did fine. She didnt fall out of bed, she never got hurt on anything. A pillow ~ I didnt give her one for quite awhile ( I was nervous), the blanket she used was a baby blanket. She had a favorite one. A spoon ~ I used the plastic covered baby spoons, from the time she was about 7 months, I would give her one and I would have one. I would feed her and she would try to feed herself too. At first it was a messy experience, but she learned to feed herself quite quickly. Good Luck.

My daughter (who is 3 1/2 now) climbed out of her crib when she was 18 months old. So, we put her in a toddler bed. Shortly after that we moved her to a twin bed. At first, we just put the mattress on the floor to get her used to it. Then, we moved the mattress onto the bed and not the box spring. When she was sleeping in her bed for about 6 months, we added the box spring. We never used rails, but rolled up a blanket and put it next to her. That kept her from falling out of bed. We started her with a pillow when she was in toddler bed. She began to use a spoon or fork at about 18 months as well.

Wow all these comments make bme feel liek the luckiest mom in the world or the worst I'm not sure, My first went into a toddler bed at about 13 or 14 months, so the transition wouldn't completely coninside with his brothers birth, we had some typical problems getting him to stay down for naps but he slept just fine at night, and he used a pillow and blankets just like you would on a bed at that age, the bed switch was made again when my second son was about 18 months and he went into the toddler bed and my oldest into a twin(he was 32 months at this point. and My daughter well she skipped the whole toddler bed thing and was in a twin by her first birthday cause she wanted to be like the boys and we couldn't keep her in the crib. so my only advice to you really is if you need the crib for baby number two make the transition a few months prior to the birth so that your oldest has some time and doesn't just feel like you are taking her bed away and giving it to the new baby, there are kids out there that never see a crib, it isn't a must, she'll be fine at almost 2 just make sre that her room is safe if she does get up at night(most nightlights get hot enough to burn a child) and a baby gate in the door will at least keep her from leaving her room at night. good luck

Becca is still in a crib at almost 3, she loves the security and sleeps longer so we don't mind her in there. She uses a pillow since she was 9 months old with no problems. She began to use her own spoon at about 12 maybe 13 months, but we worked really hard with her on that.

I put my 2 older kids in a twin bed when they were 2 and that's also when they got a pillow. You know, they are 11 and 10 now and I can't remember when they started using a spoon to self feed and my 11 month old doesn't do it yet. I know my girlfriends daughter is 23months and she's just starting to use her utensils but my sisters daughter who is 26 months has probly been doing it since she was 19months or so.

S.