https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Thu, 16 Apr 2026 11:54:05 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/2-25-age-gap-did-you-move-lo-1-to-a-big-kid-bed-before-2-was-born#post-1616028 Tue, 06 May 2014 11:20:50 +0000 Mrs. Yoyo 1616028@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Same age gap. Transitioned him to a twin a few months before baby came so we could reuse the crib. So he was 25 months. Zero issues! We just talked it up a lot, kept the rest of the routine the same, etc. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/2-25-age-gap-did-you-move-lo-1-to-a-big-kid-bed-before-2-was-born#post-1616012 Tue, 06 May 2014 11:12:16 +0000 lemondrop 1616012@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>26 months apart- and no way! My oldest has slept great in the crib, so we have the newborn in a pack and play for now. It works well for nursing since he's right next to the bed. We are starting the transition soon because our oldest is starting to look for escape routes, but I was going to take full advantage of good sleep while I could and make the switch when I was already missing sleep. </p> <p>We did have regression in so many things for about 6 weeks until he settled back down again, we didn't change beds or potty train for that reason. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/2-25-age-gap-did-you-move-lo-1-to-a-big-kid-bed-before-2-was-born#post-1615878 Tue, 06 May 2014 10:31:26 +0000 Maysprout 1615878@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My LOs are 2.5 yrs apart. My LO1 hated the crib so she was on a floor bed for awhile. A couple months after I found out I was pregnant we got her a full bed and put up guardrails that works wonderfully. She loves her bed. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/2-25-age-gap-did-you-move-lo-1-to-a-big-kid-bed-before-2-was-born#post-1615859 Tue, 06 May 2014 10:27:02 +0000 Mamaof2 1615859@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Nope we waited until he was climbing out of the crib which was age 3.</p> <p>We buy convertible cribs so I needed one for DD anyway - so we moved DS and his crib to the other bedroom - about 6 months later he moved to a big bed </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/2-25-age-gap-did-you-move-lo-1-to-a-big-kid-bed-before-2-was-born#post-1615259 Tue, 06 May 2014 07:30:14 +0000 Canoli 1615259@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My son is 30 months and still in his crib. He shows no signs of trying to climb out and I will keep him in there as long as he is interested. Otherwise I think we will have a nightmare for naps and bedtime and I'm just not up for that battle in addition to having a newborn. We bought another crib and mattress for #2. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/2-25-age-gap-did-you-move-lo-1-to-a-big-kid-bed-before-2-was-born#post-1615217 Tue, 06 May 2014 07:07:08 +0000 Weagle 1615217@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We're not unless she decides to climb out before then. We'll probably switch when #2 is a few months old. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/2-25-age-gap-did-you-move-lo-1-to-a-big-kid-bed-before-2-was-born#post-1615213 Tue, 06 May 2014 07:05:22 +0000 HappyBaker 1615213@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Jump Rope: Yea, our crib for DD #1 was super cheap but I didn't even think of buying a second one so she could sleep in hers as a toddler bed.. Duh! It's definitely worth it to me if she stays a good sleeper, I do not want to rock the boat! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/2-25-age-gap-did-you-move-lo-1-to-a-big-kid-bed-before-2-was-born#post-1615210 Tue, 06 May 2014 07:04:04 +0000 heffalump 1615210@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We did when she was 2, lo #2 was born 6 months later. I wanted to spread all the change out so it didn't all happen at once. by the time the baby came she didn't even remember sleeping in the crib. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/2-25-age-gap-did-you-move-lo-1-to-a-big-kid-bed-before-2-was-born#post-1615209 Tue, 06 May 2014 07:03:13 +0000 Mrs. Jump Rope 1615209@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MrsTiger: ha, thanks! We planned on this baby using the same crib, but decided against it. I guess we didn't HAVE to transition her, but she's 2.5 and doing great in the toddler bed. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/2-25-age-gap-did-you-move-lo-1-to-a-big-kid-bed-before-2-was-born#post-1615206 Tue, 06 May 2014 07:01:08 +0000 HappyBaker 1615206@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Jump Rope: Thanks, that is actually a super smart way to do it! We also have the toddler bed kit so we can just try that first and if it goes awful switch it back to a crib, and if it goes well buy a twin bed. So smart you are! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/2-25-age-gap-did-you-move-lo-1-to-a-big-kid-bed-before-2-was-born#post-1615194 Tue, 06 May 2014 06:56:12 +0000 Mrs. Jump Rope 1615194@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We moved Chloe to a toddler bed this year. I blogged about it, but when we actually did it escapes me. She's 30m now and has been in this bed a few months, so..</p> <p>We converted her crib partially because we already had the kit, but mostly because it was an easy solution. Buying a new bed and mattress was an expensive gamble we didn't want to take, and we already had tried to transition once before with no luck</p> <p>This time, it stuck! Now we are working on getting her a "big bed".</p> <p>She helped us pick out a crib for little sister this past weekend &amp; she kept wrinkling her nose at them and saying, "momma, BABIES sleep in a crib! I'm a big girl!" so, hopefully no regression! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/2-25-age-gap-did-you-move-lo-1-to-a-big-kid-bed-before-2-was-born#post-1615188 Tue, 06 May 2014 06:52:10 +0000 HappyBaker 1615188@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DD will be 28 months when LO #2 is born. For those of you with similar age gaps, did you move #1 to a big kid bed before the baby was born? How many weeks/ months? Did they regress at all? </p>