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My son stayed in his crib until he was about 18 months old, at which point he started to climb out. If the crib mattress is set as low as it can go and he is not able to climb out, I think it's fine to leave him in the crib. Once he starts trying to climb out, though, it is a safety risk to leave him in it.
I was worried about the transition to toddler bed, but my son did well. We also have a convertible crib, which I think made it easier. Since it was still the same crib, but with one side rail removed, it was familiar and comfortable for him. He liked being able to get in and out of bed by himself. |
| posted by Marcia on 10/14/2008 03:18 PM
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| Yea i love our crib! we have the mattress all the way down but hes just now learning to climb stuff (on the couch, on his toys etc.) and i dont want him to learn to climb out of his crib in the middle of the night! But i was just weary of putting him in the toddler bed bc if he woke up one night id hate to wake up with him getting into stuff! |
| posted by Stephanie on 10/14/2008 03:21 PM
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| My son is only 10months and we have a 3 in 1 crib also but we will use it with the next baby. BUT we aren't planning on having another one until our son is 2. I wouldn't move him to one if you don't want to...If you aren't comfortable with it then don't do it. I'm not going to move my son into a toddler bed until he is 2. We are going to start trying for a 2nd then and we will redo his room to a big boy room for his 2nd birthday and thats how we will move him from the crib to the bed. |
| posted by Amers on 10/14/2008 05:14 PM
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| We moved my girl at around 20 months. She couldn't climb out of her crib yet but she was trying. As far as her getting into stuff, we gave her room a good cleanout (we were using it for extra storage space as well). We basically left only her toybox, chair, dresser and a couple of other things in there that she couldn't reach. I figure if she wants to sleep in her bed, she can, and if not its ok too. The transition was easy for her because we made such a big deal about how she is a BIG girl now! She doesn't always sleep in her bed, sometimes she sleeps on the floor, I have found her underneath the bed, in the chair (alot!) and a couple of times she was sleeping in her toybox! It doesn't really matter to me as long as she is sleeping. I figure if she wants to be in the chair, i'm not going to fight it. She doesn't get much choice throughout her day (since she is only 2) so she should get the choice about where in her room she wants to sleep. |
| posted by Katie on 10/15/2008 09:37 AM
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| lol katie thats so cute!! I could see me finding my son in the toybox sleeping!! His whole room is nothing but his furniture and now toys since he just had a bday, so im not too worried about him getting into stuff, but im not sure if he would stay in his room. I hate closing the doors so maybe ill put a baby gate up in his doorway |
| posted by Stephanie on 10/15/2008 10:21 AM
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| My son will be 2 years at the end of December and he is still in a crib. The way that I look at it is that he has not tried to climb out, does not have any problem sleeping in it, and it is big enough for him, so he can stay in it until we feel like changing it. Either that, or if he decides he needs to climb out one day then we will turn it into a toddle bed. Until then though, I don't see any problem with it. It is a crib that turns into a toddler bed, so the supports under the matteras will be the same, the size of the matteras will be the same, and the only change will be that he can get out himself, and we will not have to worrya bout him falling from the top of the rails. Although, I've check him before, and the crib is tall enough that he can not get his foot up to the rail right now, so unless he becomes innovative(like my brother who decided to shimmy up the slats with his feet) then I don't think he will get out. |
| posted by Casey on 10/17/2008 04:20 PM
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| I feel the same way. I doubt my son could get his leg up that high too but he never seizes to amaze me lol!! Some one told me the longer they are in the crib the more dependant they become! I didnt think so but who knows lol.I think he likes his crib the way it is cuz he feels safe in it. Another lady i know said that her son hated sleeping in his crib when he turned 14 months old so they changed it into the toddler bed and he still hated it and they left it like the toddler bed and one night he crawled in bed with them so she put the crib back together and he climbed out of that and crawled in bed with them again and now hes three and sleeps with them still! Thats my biggest fear! I dont even like sharing the bed with my fiance lol so i couldnt imagine a kid with us! fighting the dog and cat for a spot is bad enough!! |
| posted by Stephanie on 10/17/2008 04:44 PM
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| DS really loves his bed. We have him in ours for about 30 minutes before we put him in his and during that time we just lay there, talk, read a book, change into pjs and such. Once that is done though, and we turn off the lights, he rolls around and gets up on the pillows as though he is trying to get comfortable. Then he says night night and goes to his bed. Based on that, I don't think I will have a problem with him getting in bed with me and DH unless he is sick or scared. Like you, I think I would go nuts if I had DH and DS in bed with me. I already have to fight for space with DH the dog and the cats and we have a king size bed. Thats enough for me. |
| posted by Casey on 10/17/2008 05:56 PM
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I moved my son to a toddler bed at around 2 years old. I have a friend who put her baby in a toddler bed at the age of 1. Hope this helps hun!
Ericka
www.healthrepsneeded.com |
| posted by Ericka on 10/26/2008 09:15 AM
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my son was in a toddler bed when he turned one.
he didn't like the size so i upgraded him to a queen sized bed.
he loves his big bed.
sleeps soundly through the nite.
and it's a great thign to have incase we have some out-of-towners, they can bunk in his room.
get a queen sized bed, that way you don't waste your money when you have to get rid of the toddler bed when he outgrows it.
i wasted about 75 bucks selling the toddler bed half priced used. |
| posted by hoot on 10/27/2008 07:16 PM
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| lol. I don't think my son will have a queen size bed until he buys it himself. I am figuring the biggest he will need is a full, unless he grows to be a really big guy, which is possible with the way his dad's side of the family is. I figure that will not be until he is a teenager though so buying a full or even single right now would be not be a waste of money to me. I guess it is all up to the person and what they think their kid needs. I don't figure DS needs a queen size bed at his age. |
| posted by Casey on 10/28/2008 12:20 AM
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| i liked the idea of the toddler bed at first, so i went and bought a todler bed set. I noticed he liked to move around alot while sleeping so upgrading wasn't such a bad idea. |
| posted by hoot on 10/28/2008 01:22 PM
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