Transition from Crib to Twin Bed - Mountain View,WY

If she is still staying in the crib and not climbing out, I would keep her in it as long as possible so that you don't have to worry about her playing.

I agree - keep her in until she tries to climb out. My son will be 3 in march and he is still happily in our crib : )! I took my daughter out too early and it's been a struggle to keep her in bed ever since - she's 4 1/2. Enjoy the crib time : )

When she is able to climb out...good time then to transition. If she isn't climbing out...don't worry. My DD didn't transitiion until 2 1/2

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When she is able to climb out...good time then to transition. If she isn't climbing out...don't worry. My DD didn't transitiion until 2 1/2

My Doctor always said, if what's working is working, then why change it? I liked that advice. :)

My son will be 3 march 13th, we moved into a new house so before we moved his way in a crib, but into the toddler part. When we moved we had bought his favorite things for his new bed and room,( mickey mouse). we had moved about 2 weeks before his 2nd birthday and told him that this bed was part of being a big boy, and having a big boy bed. He loves his big boy bed. He is a very high strung little kid but when its bed time...its bed time. e does tend to wake up and come into our room, but we dont mind. We loved the transition. Good LucK!!

Leave her in the crib until she starts trying to climb out! There's no reason to rush her out of the crib. We moved our first son out of the crib and into a big boy bed at 22 months because his new brother needed the crib. Now, our 30 month old little brother LOVES his crib and has no desire to sleep in the toddler bed that we have also provided in his room. I say, as long as he wants to stay in there, it's fine with me!

Our daughter could climb out of the crib by 18 months but styaed in once we told her. It was when she started staying up for 5-6 hours stretches at night that we switched. Best thing we ever did! Now if she does happen to get up in the night we can just lay with her. We use a twin bed. If you're daugter is still sleeping well keep her in the crib, if there is a problem switch. Do whatever works best for you! BTW my daughter is 22 months.

With all of my kids if they can walk they can have their big kid bed. I have not had one fall out of bed yet and my oldest is 7 and my twins are 4.

What I did was make a HUGE deal about their bed. I got all excited they get a new bed and talk up about how neat it is, etc. Also talk to them through the day about having to stay in bed. I told my boys they were big boys now like daddy and daddy stays in his bed all night so he can have fun and play the next day, and I told my daughter pretty much the same thing except the mommy spin.

I kept the crib in my daughter's room for a week or so and just started asking her if she wanted to sleep in her big girl bed. Indeed she did, so I would lay with her for the first few nights and read stories and such until she fell asleep. Now she practically puts herself to bed.

The odd thing is that about once a month, she decides that sleep is overrated and will get up around 1 or 2 in the morning and stay up until 5am. She is quite independent so she will just sit in her room and play with her toys. I have driven myself crazy trying to get her back into bed with no avail. Now days I just let her have her crazy little 2 nights a month where she just has her own personal play date. The good thing is, she does not like dark and the rest of the house is dark, so she stays in her room. I have never heard of a kid doing this but evidently it works for her. She is 2 1/2.

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My son turns 3 on the 6th of March and he's still in a crib. he has been climbing out for about 2 months, so we are in the process of getting him a bed, but really don't want to until May as we are moving, and hate to have it set up and then moved in less than 3 months. If she is content, I say keep her in it as long as you can. :-) thanks teh advice I got, and it has worked wonderfully.
Good Luck!!
Bianca

Our daughter was just shy of 2 1/2 when she officially transitioned to her big girl bed (it's a double bed because it's what we already had). However, she started napping in the bed a couple months before spending her first night in there. Her transition was also to a whole new room (right next door). She never climbed out of her crib and after moving to her big girl bed we never had any issues with her getting up in the middle of the night. I would try having the bed and crib up at the same time, if you have the space, and let her nap in the bed and see how that goes. You can always put a gate on her doorway so if she does get up during the night she'll at least stay in her room and stay safe.
The other reason we made the move when we did is that it coincided with potty training and we wanted her to have free access to her bathroom.
Good luck! :-)