https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sat, 04 Apr 2026 03:04:39 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-do-a-transition-room-for-your-toddler#post-1830780 Fri, 22 Aug 2014 10:25:43 +0000 linzeelou 1830780@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mediagirl: I'm not sure what to do! The plan was to designate one room as the nursery with a crib and then have another room for my son. However, maybe since he'll only be 17 months we should consider keeping him in a crib and not a floor bed or toddler bed. Hmm....I might have to dig through some old posts and see when most people transition from crib to bed.</p> <p>@AUTUMNLOVE: So how long did you or do you plan to leave LO1 in the crib? He'll be walking soon so it would be nice to be able to keep him contained as long as possible. :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-do-a-transition-room-for-your-toddler#post-1827713 Thu, 21 Aug 2014 09:08:00 +0000 mediagirl 1827713@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@sslm: hahahaha. Maybe consider a changing pad - like one of the ones you carry in a diaper bag for the floor? That would save your rug if she peed! :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-do-a-transition-room-for-your-toddler#post-1827695 Thu, 21 Aug 2014 09:03:29 +0000 allison 1827695@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Following this thread! LO is 18 months now, I'm due with #2 in December, and we're moving in two weeks. We've already sold his dresser and changing table because we don't have room for them in the moving trailer. So we're basically starting from scratch! Not sure what exactly we'll do. </p> <p>He's currently still in his crib, but I will need to transition him out of it (to a floor bed?) before the baby is here. Maybe I should go ahead and turn the crib into a toddler bed when we move?? </p> <p>Then maybe just get a dresser for his clothes and let that be it. Hmm. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-do-a-transition-room-for-your-toddler#post-1827654 Thu, 21 Aug 2014 08:55:09 +0000 sslm 1827654@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mediagirl: we have hardwood. She has an area rug in her room but I'm still scared she'll pee all over it!!! Haha. </p> <p>@autumnlove: right, some people have more than one child :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-do-a-transition-room-for-your-toddler#post-1827618 Thu, 21 Aug 2014 08:50:37 +0000 Dandelion 1827618@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>D and I lived with my parents during that time, and since his crib was basically in the guest room, he just switched to the big bed from the crib when he was ready and we took the changing pad off the dresser. He didn't have a lot of toys at that point. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-do-a-transition-room-for-your-toddler#post-1827595 Thu, 21 Aug 2014 08:47:28 +0000 babynumber1 1827595@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We haven't really transitioned LO's room at all. We transitioned her crib to a toddler bed about 4/5 months ago. We used a dresser as her changing table, and still use it every day. She prefers to get dressed on the changing pad even at 28 months. It also keeps her from running away while getting dressed. We also still have the glider in there and use it frequently at bedtime. The only transition we will make is when she outgrows her toddler bed, the changing pad off the dresser and the glider. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-do-a-transition-room-for-your-toddler#post-1827589 Thu, 21 Aug 2014 08:46:38 +0000 Bluebonnet 1827589@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We put LO's big girl bed in her room (in addition to her crib), and got her a chest of drawers (the dresser/changing table and glder went to the nursery for LO2). Once we moved the crib out, we moved a book shelf in. </p> <p>Our plan was to keep LO1 in her crib as long as she was happy. We started reading books in her big girl bed and soon enough she transitioned herself. We kept the crib in there for a month or so, then took it out and put it in the nursery. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-do-a-transition-room-for-your-toddler#post-1827558 Thu, 21 Aug 2014 08:41:47 +0000 Weagle 1827558@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I've been trying to decide how much effort I want to put into doing this. LO doesn't really play in her room, though I'm getting to the point where toys need to be there instead of the living room. However, when #2 starts sleeping fairly well we will have them in the same room. So, is it worth it to make it a more "transitional" room? Any ideas? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-do-a-transition-room-for-your-toddler#post-1827545 Thu, 21 Aug 2014 08:40:09 +0000 mediagirl 1827545@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@linzeelou: would you be willing to keep your son in a crib even after the new baby comes or do you need it for the new baby? I don't have two but I think I would have left our daughter in her crib and bought another ($100 ikea) crib for the new baby. I'm all about keeping her contained as long as possible. :grin: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-do-a-transition-room-for-your-toddler#post-1827541 Thu, 21 Aug 2014 08:39:23 +0000 autumnlove 1827541@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@sslm: Ah, my 2.5 year old is potty trained but we still use the pad for diapers for LO 2! :P</p> <p>@linzeelou: Hi! My LOs are almost 16 months apart and LO 2 slept in a PNP in our room for the first 3 months. We decided to keep LO 1 in a crib so we bought a second one! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-do-a-transition-room-for-your-toddler#post-1827529 Thu, 21 Aug 2014 08:37:42 +0000 mediagirl 1827529@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@sslm: what type of flooring do you have? We have carpet so she just lays down on the ground and I change her directly on the carpet. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-do-a-transition-room-for-your-toddler#post-1827528 Thu, 21 Aug 2014 08:37:40 +0000 looch 1827528@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We started from a fresh slate last year...we have a full sized bed and my old bedroom set, it is considered "youth" furniture, so it's a bit smaller in scale. We have the desk/hutch set up and I use the desk portion as a bookshelf because we don't have a lot of wall space.</p> <p>The biggest thing for me to let go of was actual decor. I should take a photo of how my son has styled one of his dressers...he uses it to park his collection of cars and I have had to kind of step back and let him do his thing, where I would have put cute accessories. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-do-a-transition-room-for-your-toddler#post-1827511 Thu, 21 Aug 2014 08:33:42 +0000 sslm 1827511@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mediagirl: @autumnlove: thread jacking... But how do you change diapers without a change pad? We moved our off the dresser but still use it on the floor. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-do-a-transition-room-for-your-toddler#post-1827501 Thu, 21 Aug 2014 08:30:36 +0000 autumnlove 1827501@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Not yet, I still use the changing pad occasionally when I torture her with sunscreen! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-do-a-transition-room-for-your-toddler#post-1827494 Thu, 21 Aug 2014 08:29:41 +0000 LuLu Mom 1827494@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We pretty much transitioned to a big girl room right away. She was crawling out of her crib so we got a twin mattress and just decided to do new furniture and keep the nursery stuff together for baby #2 (which was conceived about 3 months later.) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-do-a-transition-room-for-your-toddler#post-1827490 Thu, 21 Aug 2014 08:28:53 +0000 ValentineMommy 1827490@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We just removed the changing table top off of our dresser (it's one of those convertible things) and rearranged some of his stuff to make it more accessible to him and also safer. We haven't bought anything different, however. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-do-a-transition-room-for-your-toddler#post-1827489 Thu, 21 Aug 2014 08:28:47 +0000 Mamaof2 1827489@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We didn't really change anything - we turned the crib into a bed and that was that. Maybe a few more toys ? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-do-a-transition-room-for-your-toddler#post-1827481 Thu, 21 Aug 2014 08:26:34 +0000 Mrs. Jump Rope 1827481@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yeah, I guess we technically did!</p> <p>We never had a changing table, but we did do small "upgrades" to her room when we turned her crib into a toddler bed. We allowed her to have toys in her room, which we hadn't before.</p> <p>Now she's got a big kid room! I think the slower transition helped her not feel like she was being bombarded with changes. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-do-a-transition-room-for-your-toddler#post-1827480 Thu, 21 Aug 2014 08:26:32 +0000 linzeelou 1827480@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I hope you don't mind me piggybacking but I have similar interests and questions. We have a 10 month old but are also expecting a baby in March. Our son will be 17 months when the baby arrives. We'll be moving into a new house in the next couple of months and they'll each have their own rooms but I don't know if I should get a toddler bed for our older sons room or which direction to go.</p> <p>For those of you with kids close in age, how did you handle it? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-do-a-transition-room-for-your-toddler#post-1827467 Thu, 21 Aug 2014 08:23:33 +0000 Bao 1827467@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Once I got pregnant with E we started transitioning her room. She is also still in a crib but we got rid of the changing pad that was on her dresser, as well as the glider/ottoman. We replaced that corner with a small bookshelf and a little chair. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-do-a-transition-room-for-your-toddler#post-1827444 Thu, 21 Aug 2014 08:19:28 +0000 mediagirl 1827444@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We are keeping the crib as long as possible but I'm ready to get rid of the changing table and put up some book shelves. I feel like we are going to have a transition room for a while. Not a nursery, but not a big girl room either. </p> <p>If you did, what did/does yours look like?</p> <p>(she isn't potty trained, I just don't use the table anymore) </p>