Toddler Bed Conversion

If there is no reason to move him and he happily sleeps there, keep him in his crib for as long as you can.
We recently had to switch to a toddler bed (at about 27 months) as my son refused to sleep in his crib. This happened after he was sick one night and he preferred to sleep on the floor rather than go in his crib. He slept on a mattress on the floor for some time, and then we put together a toddler bed together with him. He was very excited and loved the big blue teddy bear bed :-)
So I would recommend to get him involved in making/selecting the bed/sheets etc so he gets excited, when switching to a big boy bed.
GL!

We did this right before my son turned 2... ONLY bc he was climbing out of his crib, keep him in as long as you can. After we converted the crib he didn't want to take naps anymore :(

Toni

If you would look at the manufacturer's instructions and direction booklet, you will see the suggestions: child needs a crib until the age of 3 (ie: manufacturer's will not be held responsible for injuries of a child over the age of 3)
Simple rule: when the child can climb out of the crib, then it's the time to take child out of crib; the crib's basic use is to protect the child from falling out and to prevent the child from walking around your home while you are sleeping, to keep the child safe; if the child has the ability to climb out of the crib, then this defeats the purpose of the crib.
I, myself, would suggest to wait until your child is older...you wouldnt want your child to be able to climb out (may fall and get seriously hurt), then again, you wouldnt want your child not to feel safe or secure being outside the crib.

Leave him in until he starts to climb out.

There's no harm in leaving him in a crib if he's happy in there. I have friends who have 3 year olds still in the crib.
My oldest climbed out at 21 months old and I immediately turned his crib into a toddler bed. I moved my middle to a toddler bed at 14-15 months old because I was pregnant and couldn't bend over to put him in bed. My 3rd was just moved into a toddler bed at 15 months old.

As far as the transition: I didn't make a big deal out of it. One morning they woke up and they were in a crib, by the time they went down for a nap I had converted the crib to a toddler bed. No fanfare, no fuss and they all just accepted it as normal and never had a problem.

If he's doing well in the crib, I'd leave him! Since moving to a bed, we've gone through a lot of ups and downs, failed naps, getting out of bed in the morning, etc. I don't think there's any harm in keeping him in until he refuses it or climbs out. Good luck!

We put my son in a toddler at about 27 months. He wasn't crawling out, but his crib was recalled, and he borrowed the baby's (who was still in our room). By the time his crib came, my husband was so tired of putting up and taking down cribs that he set it up as a toddler so that he wouldn't have to do it again in a couple of months! If it wasn't for that, I think he would still be in a crib right now.

My kids are spending their two year old year in a crib, like their big sister did. I transitioned her at a few months over three because I needed her crib for a sibling. I may wait until I am doing nighttime potty training with the twins. Obviously if one climbs out of the crib, I would do it sooner. I would rather they are older before fighting the "you need to stay in your bed battle." My daughter actually transitioned well and learned to stay in her bed easily.

I wouldn't rush it unless you have a reason. We converted my son to a toddler bed because we were staying overnight monthly and he didn't fit in the pack and play anymore so we wanted him to get used to sleeping in a regular bed at the hotel. It turned out fine in the long run but like your son he was comfortable in his crib and never tried climbing out. Looking back I wouldn't rushed were it not for the overnight thing.

If my opinion....If your sleep routine is not broken , don't try to fix it....

My first son went into a toddler bet at 18 months, because I had twin babies coming home , and needed that 2nd crib.
His new freedom to get out of bed turned a short bedtime routine into a long drawn-out battle... and has turned me into a mean mommy at bedtime.... Only now at age three are we finally back to a nice bedtime routine.....but midnight runs into mom and dad's bed still persist.

Since you didn't mention that you need to use the crib for something else, then I assume there is no rush.
I would start out with some naptimes in the toddler bed, and then see if he wants to sleep in the toddler bed at night.
I know some kids that can't wait to lay down for a nap or bedtime.
I don't have those children.... maybe you do.

Good luck

Our daughters never really tried to climb out, so we left them in the cribs until we wanted them to be able to get out by themselves for nighttime potty training -- in our case, this was at around 3 and 4 months. I think the longer you can wait to convert, the better, because he will have more self control and won't be getting out all the time just because he can.

Good luck!
A.

Keep him in it till he starts to climb out. Then you will know he is ready to go to a regular bed..

We left my son in his crib until just recently - he is 3.5 now. We did it in June...he turned 3 end of March. I was crazy about deciding whether or not to convert the crib or get a twin bed. I love our convertable crib and planned on using it BUT I guess I didn't consider the age...at his age it didn't seem worth it to use the toddler bed, so I opted for the twin and its worked out perfectly fine. Oh most importantly I wanted to tell you that theres no rush to get him out of the crib...I loved having my son in the crib - the main reason I took him out was b/c he wasn't falling asleep in the crib so it was hard for me to lift him over the rail to put him in when he was sleeping...how I didn't wake him is beyond me - LOL. And even in the morning, just lifting him out was not great on my back. Honestly though, waiting until he was older was good for us too b/c he doesn't get up a lot, once he sleeps he sleeps and if he wakes in the middle of the night he just calls me - same as he did in the crib. He does get up in the a.m. and come into my room to get me, but thats perfectly fine. If its not a problem for you then I wouldn't change it yet.

My son is almost three and still sleeps in his crib. I don't see any issues as he shows no interest in trying to climb out. He still moves around a lot while sleeping so this seems safest. Also, I figure we paid good money for the crib so why not continue to use it for as long as possible.