From Crib to Toddler Bed - Bryant,AR

I had the same problem with my son, so I bought a crib tent. I was not ready to have him in a bed, and this works great for us. he does not mess with it at all and likes going in his "tent". I bought it about 6 months ago, he is now 2 1/2.

She is old enough to be in a toddler bed, she is after all a toddler. Every one of my grandkids went in to a toddler bed at 14-15 months and by 18 months they were in it staying all night ad at nap time.

I have a vast background in child care so I fall back on my experiences there. At about 10 months a baby starts sleeping on a cot to prepare them for moving up to the toddler room where they sleep on cots full time. So, I think if kids in child care are sleeping on a cot they are totally prepared to sleep on a toddler bed. Supposedly their room is baby proof and if I put up a gate or some sort of safety device where they can't roam anywhere in the house they are safe, even if they get up in the middle of the night. Our shelves are bolted to the walls, the toys are absolutely non choke hazards, every toys is the proper size so that it can't be put inside the mouth, the bathroom has a child safety device on the doorknob so they could not get in and drown in the toilet, which did happen to a family I knew.

I felt completely safe with my choices and think it is totally appropriate for a toddler to be in a toddler bed when they start showing any signs of getting out or even wanting to. When they are fully walking they go to a toddler bed in my house.

I've never heard that you shouldn't do a toddler bed until 2. Is it because they might roll off? I think if you really think she can climb out of her crib, then you should move her to a toddler bed. Or another option is to just take the mattress out of her crib and put it on the floor. Then she can't fall. This is what I did with my son. I don't remember exactly how old he was, but it was well before he was 2 years old. The first couple of nights were hard because I think he liked the confined feeling he had in the playpen (what he had been sleeping in), but after he got used to it being "his" bed, it has worked fine. Sure, we deal with him getting out of bed many nights, but overall, he has done pretty well with it. So I guess the toss up is the danger of falling vs the hassle of having to put them back in bed when they get out of it.

It's really up to you. I know 2 year olds that are still in their cribs, and many less than 2 year olds who are in toddler beds. So it is up to you and how soon you think she will actually be able to accomplish climbing out of her bed.

i never read waiting intill they are two. what i have read says they are ready when they start climbing out of the crib. (but she has to be sucessful at it, make sure your crib is at the lowest setting. my son tried to climb out so i lowered the matress. the bars now come up to his chin and he hasnt tried to climb out again) if your little monkey is already doing that she might be ready

I have friends who have put there kids in a toddler bed as early as a year old (with the guards) and they have done just fine. It just all depends on your patients and how your kids does with the toddler bed.

I never read anything about waiting until they are 2 to put them in a bed, but I'm sure it's out there somewhere. Seems like everything I do is against recommendations. We put our son in a twin size bed when he was about 12 1/2 months or so. We just moved to a smaller house, and I didn't want to put his crib up if we were just about to take it down since there is so little safe storage places from mice. We already had a twin so we just switched him to that. He has never had any problems with it. One side is pushed up against the wall. When he goes to bed at night, we go in and say prayers, and then he knows it time for bed and climbs right in, crawls over to his pillow, lays down, and waits for me to tuck him in. His dad and I give him kisses goodnight, and then close the door as we leave. He doesn't scream or get out of bed. He just goes to sleep. Just this week he has figured out how to open his bedroom door. He doesn't try to get out of his room though at night. The only problem I have now is that he wakes up early, and now he can let himself out of his room. He always comes into our room though and wants to get in bed with us. I really don't get anymore sleep after he crawls in bed with us, so it's more like I wake up one hour earlier and get to cuddle with my sweet boy.

We did have one night where he woke up in the middle of the night and wouldn't go back to sleep. It was a painful frustrating night, but I just kept telling him to stay in bed, and eventually he did and he went back to sleep. In his defense, he had thrown up the evening before, and when we all woke up the next day, he threw up again. So he wasn't feeling well.

We put our daughter in a toddler bed at 1 year. She wasn't climbing out of her crib, but she wasn't sleeping in her crib either. She hated her crib and by 8 months I tried to put her in it for the last time. I waited until she could walk steadily and made the change.
For us it was easy. We started off wth a baby gate on her door, and the only thing in her room was her bed and a few age appropriate toys, and a night light. We sleep with our door open and I have my ihome set to a blue backlight so she can see in. Eventually we added more toys, took off the baby gate, etc etc. When she wakes up she only comes to our room, she never roams.
My SO and I are actually thankful we decided to do this so early. I couldn't imagine trying to transition her now. Back then she went with the flow, now she's so hard headed I don't think it would be an easy transition.
Good Luck!

like Spicym said there is no set age. My daughter is almost 2 and she's not quite ready for a toddler bed. But she has been able to climb out of her crib for a long time. She's done it before but didn't continue. If your daughter does climb out don't rush out and get a toddler bed. Wait and see if she keeps doing it. Some kids will try it once realize it hurts and stop. Others will continue to do it a lot. I would only worry aout it if she is continually doing it and actually hurting herself.she won't do good in a toddler bed if she can't fall asleep just laying there and naps might go out the window, I know that's happened to a few friends of mine even if they laid there with their kids. Just make sure she is read metally too when you make the switch! Good luck!

There is no set age to switch your girl to a toddler bed. when she is able to get out of her crib then do. I know people that have done it at 1 year and others that did it at 5 years. My kids were smaller and didn't try to get out till 3. So any time between is good. If she hasn't gotten out of her crib yet and you think it is too early, what you can do for your peace of mind is put pillows on the floor. She may be trying to get out of her crib now, but may not be able till for several months. But you have to do what you feel comfortable with. If your worried about her falling then take her out now.