https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Thu, 28 May 2026 01:45:02 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/crib-longevity#post-2767678 Mon, 14 Aug 2017 14:30:15 +0000 Mrs. Lemon-Lime 2767678@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@looch: this made me chuckle :silly: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/crib-longevity#post-2767534 Mon, 14 Aug 2017 08:43:29 +0000 catlady 2767534@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My girl is still using hers and she will be 4 in less than 2 months. We switched from the crib to the toddler rail at around 2.5 years. She was fallen out once (I say fallen because I honestly don't think she meant to climb out) and it scared her enough that she never did it again. We switched to the toddler rail while potty training, but could have kept her in the crib part longer.</p> <p>LO2 will inherit the same crib when we move him out of his mini crib, so our crib is going to get like 7 or 8 years of use. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/crib-longevity#post-2767531 Mon, 14 Aug 2017 08:30:34 +0000 Adira 2767531@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My oldest is 4.5 and still using his toddler bed (converted crib with same crib mattress). Doesn't look like we'll be changing anytime soon. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/crib-longevity#post-2767492 Mon, 14 Aug 2017 07:11:54 +0000 looch 2767492@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Lemon-Lime: 20 months for us...my son started vaulting himself out of his crib instead of going down to sleep. One afternoon, for his nap, he slithered off my lap and put himself into the futon and that was clearly that! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/crib-longevity#post-2767389 Sun, 13 Aug 2017 11:54:54 +0000 SweetiePie 2767389@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Lemon-Lime: it may never happen! Mine is almost 3 and has never attempted to climb out of his crib or the one gate we have. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/crib-longevity#post-2767380 Sun, 13 Aug 2017 10:31:16 +0000 Ginabean3 2767380@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>First kid about 25 months, second kid....indefinitely! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/crib-longevity#post-2767375 Sun, 13 Aug 2017 09:20:45 +0000 Mrs. Lemon-Lime 2767375@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Thanks everyone. Looks like I won't have to worry about a big boy bed alternative for quite sometime. I am dreading the day he gets the bright idea to climb out of his crib or over the baby gates leading up and down our steep stairs. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/crib-longevity#post-2767364 Sun, 13 Aug 2017 08:16:59 +0000 Mrs. Champagne 2767364@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>When ds was 2.25 I turned rhe crib into a toddler bed, but kept the low side pushed up against the wall. I had just had a c section and couldn't lift him out so I would slide the crib and he would hop down. We then flipped it around to a real toddler bed around 2.75 years old. He got a real bed at 3.25. So we got good use out of it. And will probably use it again for baby #3. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/crib-longevity#post-2767331 Sat, 12 Aug 2017 22:03:42 +0000 Mrs. Turtle 2767331@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>21 months, but not by my choice! So far it's going well though. We went right to a twin bed because we had it set up already and I like being able to lie down with her if she needs it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/crib-longevity#post-2767296 Sat, 12 Aug 2017 15:11:08 +0000 youboots 2767296@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Today is her first nap in a converted crib. She's 2 y 5 mo. We were going to do it once she started crawling out of her pnp then she broke her leg so it was on hold for another 2 months. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/crib-longevity#post-2767294 Sat, 12 Aug 2017 15:07:38 +0000 ElbieKay 2767294@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We converted the crib to a toddler bed at 2y2mo because he climbed out of it.</p> <p>We are still using the toddler bed at 3.5yo. Eventually I assume we will buy him a twin. We have been unsuccessfully TTC a second for a year and a half, and when we started that process I figured that we would get him a bed when we needed a crib again for a baby. At some point we may just do it anyway. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/crib-longevity#post-2767289 Sat, 12 Aug 2017 13:40:18 +0000 oliviaoblivia 2767289@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>None of my three made it to 18 months in the crib. I make early climbers. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/crib-longevity#post-2767282 Sat, 12 Aug 2017 12:03:16 +0000 PinkElephant 2767282@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Til 4.5 years. And it was smaller than a typical US crib (UK "cot" size). At 5.25 she still sleeps in it sometimes for fun (it's still in her bed set up as a sofa/reading area). We lived in NYC though, so were in no hurry for larger furniture. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/crib-longevity#post-2767275 Sat, 12 Aug 2017 10:47:56 +0000 pachamama 2767275@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I hope my son stays in his til he's 10 years old. He's 19 months old now and doesn't realize he's tall enough to get over it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/crib-longevity#post-2767264 Sat, 12 Aug 2017 09:54:38 +0000 Alba4 2767264@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>3 years 4 months for DS1.</p> <p>I doubt we'll go that long with #2. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/crib-longevity#post-2767261 Sat, 12 Aug 2017 08:36:05 +0000 Mrs. Deer 2767261@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>L used her crib until 23 months when we swapped to a twin so baby sister could have it. R was in the crib until 25 months when she switched to a twin (bunk beds and sharing a room with big sister) since we were moving. Both transitions went well. Both times there was a reason we needed to move them out, but if there wasn't I probably would have left them in longer. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/crib-longevity#post-2767254 Sat, 12 Aug 2017 07:12:54 +0000 lamariniere 2767254@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Each of my LOs stayed in the crib until about 2.5. LO 1 could have stayed much longer, but we needed it for the baby. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/crib-longevity#post-2767231 Fri, 11 Aug 2017 21:44:47 +0000 maddyz 2767231@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>2.5 year old is in a toddler bed, same crib mattress but different bed because our crib was super cheap and didn't feel so study minus a wall. I hope he will be in that toddler bed until he is ready for a bunk. He's huge, so I am for sure pushing it, but there's not much choice. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/crib-longevity#post-2767227 Fri, 11 Aug 2017 21:14:13 +0000 travellingbee 2767227@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Pickle: hmm interesting. I'd like to transition DS2 sooner rather than later because I want to put the boys in the same room and have a guestroom again finally. I'm thinking sometime after Christmas, when DS2 will be two. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/crib-longevity#post-2767226 Fri, 11 Aug 2017 21:10:08 +0000 Mrs. Goose 2767226@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>19 months and then into a twin bed. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/crib-longevity#post-2767224 Fri, 11 Aug 2017 21:00:14 +0000 Silva 2767224@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>we have a mini crib, so its smaller. my daughter moved into a full sized bed at age 25-26 months. we moved her into her new room in her crib, but the bed was set up too. we let her tell us when she was ready. it took about a month or two of being in the room with the bed. she has never gone through a phase of climbing out, and has never fallen out....but she's kind of a rule follower. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/crib-longevity#post-2767199 Fri, 11 Aug 2017 19:29:23 +0000 Mrs. Pickle 2767199@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@travellingbee: she's in a toddler bed. Since DH and I built her crib it didn't convert. She transitioned really easily, even though we were dreading it. We thought about going straight to a twin but decided to get something lower to the ground. I think we'll keep her in the toddler bed until DD2 learns to climb out of the crib. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/crib-longevity#post-2767195 Fri, 11 Aug 2017 19:17:18 +0000 Mae 2767195@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>She made it 3 years + 1.5 mo in a full normal crib! She got upgraded to a big girl bed (we went right to a platform queen bed-- because we had an extra queen mattress and buying a platform frame only cost us like $120) and the crib is now waiting for 2.0, due in Sept. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/crib-longevity#post-2767191 Fri, 11 Aug 2017 18:56:19 +0000 catgirl 2767191@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DD is 2.5 and really tall but still using the full crib </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/crib-longevity#post-2767182 Fri, 11 Aug 2017 18:24:21 +0000 travellingbee 2767182@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DS1- 2 1/2 years, the last 6 months as a toddler bed. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/crib-longevity#post-2767181 Fri, 11 Aug 2017 18:23:10 +0000 travellingbee 2767181@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Pickle: so what kind of bed is she in now? How'd that work? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/crib-longevity#post-2767175 Fri, 11 Aug 2017 17:34:21 +0000 peachykeen 2767175@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DD1 turns 3 in another week and is still in her crib - she's never tried to climb out, sleeps well, and we like knowing she's contained now that we have a newborn as well. I'm guessing we'll had to transition to toddler bed in the next 6 months or so as she's asking to use the bathroom in the middle of the night more often now. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/crib-longevity#post-2767174 Fri, 11 Aug 2017 17:29:39 +0000 Raspberry 2767174@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DS is 2.5 and we will have to go shopping for a bigger bed this weekend. He is very tall, though. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/crib-longevity#post-2767172 Fri, 11 Aug 2017 17:14:12 +0000 birdofafeather 2767172@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>26 months full crib, another 7 months in the toddler bed version. Then we moved to a twin to have some transition time for baby to use it later. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/crib-longevity#post-2767170 Fri, 11 Aug 2017 17:09:58 +0000 Mrs. Pickle 2767170@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>17 months </p>