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My LO will be 20 months when LO2 arrives. We decided to get another crib instead of transitioning him to a toddler bed. He sleeps so well in his crib. We moved him into a big boy room though and we did that 2 weeks ago (18.5 months) and it went really well.
He's not really showing interest of getting out of the crib - I think that will be when we transition him out or it.

I would do exactly what @HappyBaker: did- get a second one for cheap and eventually Give the baby the nice one. You do not want to mess with good sleep while really pregnant or with an infant.

My LO figured out that she could climb out when the baby was a few weeks old.

Got a second crib here. They will be 27 months apart. Not ready to mess with his sleep while I'm pregnant/soon to have a newborn.

ETA his turns into a toddler bed anyway so we can keep using it for a while.

DD1 was climbing out at 18/19 months. We actually found her one morning sleeping in the day bed we had in her room.
My first girls are 23.5 months apart.
Our plan with 2&3 is for C to stay in the crib until A needs it in about four or five months. I've seen C try to swing a leg up so I know it's only a matter of time before she's climbing out. I'm not buying a second crib when we'll probably only get a couple months use out of it.

Mine will be 36 months apart and we are moving H to a big girl bed. I am not interested in buying a second crib.

@mfa_lady: it was no big deal. I thought it would have been way harder. She still STTN.

@mfa_lady: she was a bad crib sleeper so it wasn't really a big risk we did end up putting a gate at her door to keep her in the room and there were tantrums, but no worse than the crib ones. There were some rough times, but I think establishing a solid bedtime routine helps a ton.

@mfa_lady: So crazy idea - what if you buy a toddler bed that is really a crib that converts to a toddler bed? That way you can try the toddler bed out and if it doesn't work just use that as the second crib?

@mfa_lady: Very true!

@mfa_lady: If you can do the transition before the baby comes here, then go for it. I just don't want to deal with it while juggling a newborn!

For my part, I'm hoping DS will sleep in his crib for another year. We already own a spare twin bed and a bed rail, so over the course of the year, my plan was to move it into his room across from his crib and use it as a snuggle/reading spot, and then when he's 2.5 be like "Yo, you look like you're kinda smushed in that crib because you're such a big boy, and little brother looks like he might want a roomier bed too cuz you're both turning into a bunch of bigguns. What do you think about moving to a big boy bed and letting your brother stretch out in the crib?"

@gingerbebe: that sounds just like the Bernstein bears new baby book.

@mfa_lady: at least you aren't moving her into a new bed, in a new room, with her night owl big sister. Your transition should be so much easier than mine

@mfa_lady: my LO started refusing the crib right when she turned two, so we started letting her sleep in the big bed (we already had a queen bed in her room because it was previously a guest room). Then she started getting out of bed all the time and we ended up switching back to the crib for another 6 months, without too much trouble- until she realized she could climb out. This time around she is way better at staying in. So I don't necessarily think it would be a horrible message to switch back if she just isn't ready or it's not working.

Second crib all the way.

We now own a toddler bed and two cribs for two kids (lo1 is 3 in May and lo2 is 4 months). Both boys still sleep in their cribs. The planned toddler bed transition pre baby failed. At 27 months, Lo1 did not want to be left in his toddler bed at all, repeatedly asked to be back in his crib. He's still sleeping in his crib and I am SOO thankful. I already have to wake 2-4 times a night for the baby; don't need to be dealing with more bedtime problems for the toddler. He will not be moving out of the crib until he asks to.

We moved our LO to a toddler bed at 14 months with amazing success.

Ours are 26 months apart and we bought a second crib that converts. DS moved into a toddler bed after he was fully potty trained, and when he started asking us for a big boy bed. No regrets because it made it made the transition that much easier when he could tell us he was ready.

We moved DS to a toddler bed (well, we converted his crib) at 20 months and we had absolutely no problems. He just stayed in bed like it was a crib. He continued to do that even after we switched to a full size. We baby proofed his room so even if he got out of bed it wouldn't matter, especially since at that age he couldn't work the doorknob. Now at almost 2.5 he started getting out of his room in the morning, which I think DH accidentally taught him.

@mfa_lady: yeah, but how awesome to have that homemade memory piece