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I want to say don't fix what's not broken... lol. We had to b/c #2 arrived. We just did a twin floor bed. She was exactly 24 months when we transitioned.

Can you get bumpers so he limbs don't hang out? When they're this old, bumpers are safe right?

@youboots: I have a toddler bed in my garage I need to get rid of for free. Wish you were in my city! Any chance you're in the midwest?

just went to a toddler sleep class last night and the coach was really strongly in the camp of not moving them until three when they can learn the sleep rules of not leaving the bed, etc. It made sense if nothing is broken to not mess with precious sleep.

@youboots: DS1 transitioned at 18 months, and DS2 at 13 months - both of them to "big kid" beds. We skipped toddler beds entirely. I would have transitioned DS2 even earlier, but he had such low mobility that there wasn't much point. Maybe I'm late to the party, but I'm not sure of the point of a toddler bed? DS2 just has a single step to get into his twin bed (he can get out fine without it).

@tlynne: @Alba4: I was firmly convinced to skip toddler bed since so many people say LOs grow out of them fast and they aren't worth the money. Then someone in my local group was giving away an Ikea toddler bed for free, and the thing is 63 inches long! I think not all toddler beds are the same length. There's no way my DD is growing out of this thing any time soon. 63 inches is MY height.

@youboots: I would put this off longer if you can. The crib-to-bed transition is no joke. We had to because DD was climbing out, and my google searching revealed a lot of moms about to lose their minds entirely over the process. We opted for a sleep training CIO approach which was horrible of course but we got through it and DD is now sleeping fine in her mattress on the floor. (We're still staining/sealing the newly acquired Ikea toddler bed).

I moved DS around 2.5 because he was so big. He never tried to climb out of his crib and he treated his bed like a crib for like a year. We had no sleep disruption with the transition. My daughter had a more typical transition. How about just using the mattress you will eventually use with the big bed and doing a floor bed for a year, then using the big bed with pool noodles under the fitted sheet on the sides.