https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Thu, 30 Apr 2026 13:21:56 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-time-does-your-6-month-old-go-to-bed#post-2784239 Sun, 05 Nov 2017 04:34:59 +0000 cake2017 2784239@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Pepper: I know this old but how long was your baby on this schedule and what was their wake time? Thanks! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/potty-as-a-bedtime-delay-tactic#post-2595610 Fri, 29 Jul 2016 20:35:48 +0000 babypugs 2595610@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@pinkb: @yoursilverlining: @Smurfette: Thanks guys. Sounds like it'll pass eventually and in the meantime I'll just make it as boring as possible! And yes looks like working out and cooking are just becoming things of the past haha.</p> <p>@MrsSRS: I totally tried and somehow we still wind up super late...toddlers have some kind of crazy magic time control! Maybe I need to start at like 5:30 pm. :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/potty-as-a-bedtime-delay-tactic#post-2595601 Fri, 29 Jul 2016 20:17:46 +0000 MrsSRS 2595601@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Maybe bedtime 15 minutes earlier to compensate? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/potty-as-a-bedtime-delay-tactic#post-2595599 Fri, 29 Jul 2016 20:17:02 +0000 Smurfette 2595599@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Mine does this. We leave her room and within 10 mins she comes cause she has to go potty. 60% of the time she doesn't go. But we tell her she can come out once but that is all. She goes in the bathroom by herself and I check on her if I think she is taking too long.</p> <p>What is this cook and work out you speak of? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/potty-as-a-bedtime-delay-tactic#post-2595574 Fri, 29 Jul 2016 19:18:18 +0000 yoursilverlining 2595574@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My LO did this as well. I never deny her the bathroom - if she says she needs to go, we go, even when I know full well it's a lie/delay tactic. I do only let her have maybe 20 seconds to "try to go" and then I let her know that 1) it's bedtime, ) she needs sleep to be strong, and 3) she has to the count of 5 to go or we are going back to bed and we can try again later if she needs. </p> <p>She only did that for a few weeks, and then eventually gave up that delay tactic. Good luck! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/potty-as-a-bedtime-delay-tactic#post-2595573 Fri, 29 Jul 2016 19:17:41 +0000 pinkb 2595573@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DD was doing this. We put her in bed and leave her room. If she says she needs to go potty we tell her to go, she doesn't have to ask permission to go potty and leave it at that. We do not go with her to the bathroom. It took a week or so but she soon realized it wasn't fun and she would be sitting by herself in the bathroom. Now if she really has to go she gets up and goes, but when she is just saying it to delay we just repeat that if she has to go to just get up and go. We just tried to make it no big deal and she seemed to lose interest. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/potty-as-a-bedtime-delay-tactic#post-2595564 Fri, 29 Jul 2016 18:54:07 +0000 babypugs 2595564@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Help! My almost three year old daughter has been saying she needs to poop every night after we do her bedtime routine and put her in the bed. She never poops, but will sit there forever and I know she doesn't have to really go, but I can't just stop her from using the potty when she said she "needs" to! I try to make it as boring as possible--no books or songs--but nothing is working. She needs to sleep and I need to cook and workout and clean the house! Aghhh--any advice? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/big-girl-bed-or-second-crib/page/2#post-2536520 Thu, 28 Apr 2016 22:48:39 +0000 QBbride 2536520@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>A second crib. The answer is always a second crib. </p> <p>My kids are two years apart and I didn't buy a second crib right away because I didn't know whether my oldest would still be in his. Welllll he's almost three and LOVES his crib! He's a great sleeper, why would I mess with that?! I know he'll be a nightmare when he's in a big boy bed. Do not poke the bear. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/big-girl-bed-or-second-crib/page/2#post-2536277 Thu, 28 Apr 2016 16:59:03 +0000 Mrs. Deer 2536277@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Our girls were 22 months apart. I'm pretty frugal and couldn't stand to purchase another crib. She transitioned to a twin bed with a toddler railing right before her 2nd birthday. She went bed shopping with us and loved it. :) we kept her in her sleep sack and just had a fitted sheet on the bed. She'd already been sleeping with a small toddler pillow in her crib and was pretty good about staying on it. She also loved her crib aquarium and would use it to look at books so we actually mounted it to the wall right next to her. :) after a few months we put the sheets and blankets on, just needed to re-tuck her in sometimes. All in all it went much smoother than my anxious-self predicted. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/big-girl-bed-or-second-crib/page/2#post-2536211 Thu, 28 Apr 2016 15:49:45 +0000 runnerd 2536211@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mfa_lady: back with my latest update :) I'm really happy we decided to go for it!! Our not-that-great-of-a-sleeper toddler has impressed us so much with how well he is doing with the transition!</p> <p>6 nights in a row tucked into his toddler bed. 3 of 6 he STTN, and cheerfully read books sitting on his bed waiting for us to come get him; the other 3 nights he slept until around 1am, and didn't want to lay back down in the bed so ended up with us, then back in crib to finish the night. Still - I have been amazed that every single night he goes to sleep without a fuss, and the nights he sleeps through, he treats his bed pretty respectfully and mostly lays there until we go get him. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/big-girl-bed-fail#post-2531206 Thu, 21 Apr 2016 15:17:29 +0000 caterw 2531206@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We had some trouble with the transition at first. I would lay down with her at first, but I would turn away from her and basically just acted as a barrier to her jumping out of bed. Once she got used to being in her big girl bed I started reducing the amount of time I spent in the bed until now I just cuddle her a little. We also put about seven trillion stuffed animals in her bed to prevent wandering to get her toys. She is allowed to quietly play with her bed lovies before she falls asleep/ if she wakes up before it's time to get up but she is NOT allowed to get out of her bed before mommy and daddy open the door. This has been working reasonably well for a few months for us. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/big-girl-bed-or-second-crib/page/2#post-2529845 Wed, 20 Apr 2016 13:47:39 +0000 mfa_lady 2529845@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@runnerd: Oooh, good luck! Hope this weekend is a huge success!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/big-girl-bed-or-second-crib/page/2#post-2529716 Wed, 20 Apr 2016 11:59:59 +0000 runnerd 2529716@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mfa_lady: he has taken naps in the toddler bed on the weekends with lots of success, but the one night I tried he ended up in bed with me after about 4 hours :/</p> <p>We're planning to do all naps and nighttime sleep in toddler bed this weekend - FX and wish me luck!! He just transitioned to all naps at daycare on a mat, so hoping that will help since he is doing well there. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/big-girl-bed-or-second-crib/page/2#post-2529647 Wed, 20 Apr 2016 11:22:34 +0000 mfa_lady 2529647@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@runnerd: Hey! Any update? How'd the transition go? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/big-girl-bed-or-second-crib/page/2#post-2521584 Mon, 11 Apr 2016 14:32:10 +0000 mfa_lady 2521584@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@T.H.O.U.: See, this is how DD is--she moves around the bed SO much and sleeps in a ball. I can't keep a blanket on her no matter how hard I try. </p> <p>@runnerd: Ahh! How's it going now? Good progress?</p> <p>@delight: @PinkElephant: @maddyz: I'm leaning in the second crib direction, too. We'll see! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/big-girl-bed-or-second-crib/page/2#post-2520702 Sun, 10 Apr 2016 09:45:28 +0000 maddyz 2520702@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Mine will be 19 months apart. Knowing lo1 there is no way he will stay in a toddler bed. He slept on a floor bed until about 9 months when he started happily roaming the house in the middle of the night getting into stuff. He's staying behind bars until climbing out becomes a problem... That might be a lot sooner then I want. The kid is not intimated by walls and climbs everything... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/big-girl-bed-or-second-crib/page/2#post-2520471 Sat, 09 Apr 2016 13:14:21 +0000 PinkElephant 2520471@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My first two are 22 months apart and we bought a second crib. DD1 still sleeps in her crib at nearly 4 (we took one side off around the time she turned three, so it looks like a crib-sized day bed). DD2's crib is still set up like a crib at almost 2 years old, and I'll be leaning towards converting her bed to a daybed like DD1's and buying baby #3 yet another crib. I have a toddler bed from friends on hand if we opt to give it to DD2 instead of her current crib.</p> <p>Both cribs are actually UK "cots" rather than "cot beds", which makes them a bit smaller than most US cribs that convert to beds, and they're plenty big enough. I like the versatility of a small crib/bed because it allows me to play with room set up and leaves more space for other furniture and toys. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/big-girl-bed-or-second-crib/page/2#post-2520461 Sat, 09 Apr 2016 12:46:20 +0000 delight 2520461@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>At that age I would have kept my DD in her crib. She's 32 months and has always been a great crib sleeper. We are planning on transitioning this summer when she turns 3 so the new baby can have her crib. But if she had been under two I would have invested in a new crib or borrowed from a friend! You could still have months and months and months of great crib sleep!!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/big-girl-bed-or-second-crib/page/2#post-2520452 Sat, 09 Apr 2016 12:30:47 +0000 runnerd 2520452@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mfa_lady: had to come find this thread to say I'm sitting here on pins and needles - attempting first nap in toddler bed!!! Eeeek. He's been very resistant to bedtime/naps lately but settles pretty quickly. So I fully expected he would wander his room crying, but he let me read a few books laying in bed then just stared at me as I left the room. 15min in and he hasn't attempted to get up or made a peep! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/big-girl-bed-or-second-crib/page/2#post-2504343 Wed, 23 Mar 2016 12:14:30 +0000 T.H.O.U. 2504343@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mfa_lady: My daughter was ready around 20-22 months. She slept way better in our bed than she was sleeping in her crib. So we got her room set up and she started napping in there and then we switched her. </p> <p>Now little man is 19 months and no where near ready for a bed. He still sleeps in a ball on his stomach and wouldn't know what to do with a pillow and sheets. Eventually he will move to the other twin in big sisters room, but for now we will put the baby in our room in a second crib. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/big-girl-bed-or-second-crib/page/2#post-2504333 Wed, 23 Mar 2016 12:09:50 +0000 Happygal 2504333@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mfa_lady: it's funny that this is one of the first things I started to think about early on. Probably because sleep is so precious. I'm glad you posted this question--seeing the varied responses makes me realize we should wait until it's closer to that time and we can make our decision based on whether she's ready. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/big-girl-bed-or-second-crib/page/2#post-2504308 Wed, 23 Mar 2016 11:43:33 +0000 mfa_lady 2504308@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@sharpie: So good to know!</p> <p>@Happygal: This is what I'm afraid of, too. Ha! I mean, we'll have to buy something either way, so it certainly won't kill us to buy a toddler bed and then have to buy a new big-person mattress later down the line. I think I'm being stubborn which is probably REALLY unwise--if the kids sleeps in her crib, let her sleep, right? Waaahhh. So many decisions. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/big-girl-bed-or-second-crib/page/2#post-2504009 Wed, 23 Mar 2016 08:34:03 +0000 Happygal 2504009@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I've wondered about this myself! My babies will be 20 months apart, which means I would ideally make the transition to a big bed at 19 months, if we make that switch. I'm going to wait to see if she seems ready, but imagine I'll be keeping her in her crib. </p> <p>I bought a cheapo IKEA crib, so it's not a big dent in the pocket. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/big-girl-bed-or-second-crib/page/2#post-2503977 Wed, 23 Mar 2016 08:18:44 +0000 sharpie 2503977@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We moved our son when he was 18 month old to a full sized mattress on the floor with no problem. It's only been two months but he really likes it and doesn't get out until we come get him, but I'm sure that's a personality thing :silly: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/big-girl-bed-or-second-crib#post-2503965 Wed, 23 Mar 2016 08:06:41 +0000 FaithFertility 2503965@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mfa_lady: yeah, but how awesome to have that homemade memory piece :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/big-girl-bed-or-second-crib#post-2503964 Wed, 23 Mar 2016 08:02:55 +0000 mfa_lady 2503964@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@FaithFertility: Yeah, if ours converted we wouldn't really have an issue! But it's a one big ol' piece of wood that isn't coming apart anytime soon thanks to DH's great construction skills. Haha!</p> <p>@ShootingStar: So good to know. Thanks for sharing! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/big-girl-bed-or-second-crib#post-2503961 Wed, 23 Mar 2016 08:01:23 +0000 ShootingStar 2503961@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>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. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/big-girl-bed-or-second-crib#post-2503955 Wed, 23 Mar 2016 07:54:40 +0000 FaithFertility 2503955@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DD and LO #2 will be 22 months apart too! DD's crib converts into a toddler bed so I plant to keep her in the crib as long as I can and get the same crib/bed setup for LO #2 </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/big-girl-bed-or-second-crib#post-2503951 Wed, 23 Mar 2016 07:51:57 +0000 mfa_lady 2503951@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Wow. Such mixed results! I guess we'll just have to pick one and go with it. Time will tell, I suppose! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/big-girl-bed-or-second-crib#post-2503950 Wed, 23 Mar 2016 07:51:38 +0000 mfa_lady 2503950@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@AggieDaze: @JennyD: @brownepiano: @bushelandapeck: Thanks for sharing, all! </p>