https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Thu, 30 Apr 2026 23:54:53 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-skipped-the-toddler-bed#post-2767609 Mon, 14 Aug 2017 11:33:42 +0000 gingerbebe 2767609@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>You can use just a boxspring and a twin mattress without an an actual bedframe or bed for awhile. It is pretty low to the ground and easy for kids to get in and out. If you're concerned about injuries, Ikea makes a padded gym mat that's like $15 that I think would cushion a fall pretty well. I'd put the bed flush against a corner and get a body pillow of some kind. Some people I know give their kids their Snoogle! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-skipped-the-toddler-bed#post-2767570 Mon, 14 Aug 2017 10:18:05 +0000 lamariniere 2767570@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We did a twin with no rail. Our twins are very low to the ground though (like 12ish inches). We have wood floors so I put some pillows and a small mattress on the floor next to the bed. My DS only fell out once and my DD maybe 2-3 times. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-skipped-the-toddler-bed#post-2767554 Mon, 14 Aug 2017 09:53:32 +0000 SweetiePie 2767554@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mae: @Jennibenni: Our friends use something very similar and they also travel with them to make any bed safe. </p> <p>Toddler Bed Rail by The Shrunks | Inflatable Safety Bed Rails for Toddlers for Travel or Home Use | Two Bed Side Rails <a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00J0YTT72/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_UKBKzbBYCEGZE" rel="nofollow">https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00J0YTT72/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_UKBKzbBYCEGZE</a> </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-skipped-the-toddler-bed#post-2767542 Mon, 14 Aug 2017 09:20:06 +0000 raspberries 2767542@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We went straight to a full size bed, without rails, and he hasn't fallen out of it (moved him at 22 months, and he's been in it for 3 months now.) He DID fall out the first time he slept in a twin bed (while we were staying at a house on vacation) but he didn't have any problems after that. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-skipped-the-toddler-bed#post-2767541 Mon, 14 Aug 2017 09:14:47 +0000 jape14 2767541@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We went straight to a twin bed at 2.5 and tried a noodle type solution (his old crib bumpers underneath the fitted sheet). He vaulted over it the second night so we switched to a mesh rail. I hate how it looks, but I like sleep more. I at least found a grey one that "matches" as well as anything. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-skipped-the-toddler-bed#post-2767540 Mon, 14 Aug 2017 09:09:26 +0000 psw27 2767540@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We went right to a twin bed, no rails or anything. He hasn't fallen out - or not that I know of! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-skipped-the-toddler-bed#post-2767488 Mon, 14 Aug 2017 06:44:50 +0000 MrsBucky 2767488@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We moved straight to a full mattress on the floor a bit after his 2nd birthday. After a few weeks we put the box Spring under it. No rails. He hasn't fallen out yet </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-skipped-the-toddler-bed#post-2767486 Mon, 14 Aug 2017 06:38:36 +0000 looch 2767486@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My son's bed is open on both sides, it's near the wall, but not flush with it and we still use a mesh rail on the side near the wall because he tends to sleep on that edge, literally. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-skipped-the-toddler-bed#post-2767460 Sun, 13 Aug 2017 21:08:03 +0000 Mrs. Turtle 2767460@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Sometimes this happens. She moves a lot. :grin: </p> [attach=5595/17/ounklf.600x450.20170804_063334.jpg] https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-skipped-the-toddler-bed#post-2767459 Sun, 13 Aug 2017 21:06:21 +0000 Mrs. Turtle 2767459@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We are using a rolled up blanket under the fitted sheet, and an old feather bed on the floor next to the bed. She fell out twice the second or third night after the switch (even with the rolled blanket) but hasn't fallen out since. I think her body just needed to learn how to sleep in a bed with edges. I really didn't want a bed rail because we are using the Ikea kura bed and it is hard enough to get in and out of with the top rails. Didn't want to add an obstacle. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-skipped-the-toddler-bed#post-2767458 Sun, 13 Aug 2017 20:58:59 +0000 ShootingStar 2767458@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DS has a really low bed because it was a convertible crib. DS kind of slid off the bed once and was sleeping half on half off. I went in and fixed him and he slept right through it. Other than that, no problems. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-skipped-the-toddler-bed#post-2767456 Sun, 13 Aug 2017 20:26:38 +0000 Mae 2767456@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Jennibenni: No, but she's 3 so she's pretty much more coordinated than I am at this point lol. My biggest annoyance with them is that sometimes when she's getting out of bed she will kind of push them over the edge (they don't strap down, they have non-stick stuff on the bottom but still can slide over the edge of the mattress) so I end up having to fix them a couple times a week before bed. But she's never pushed it over the edge in her sleep, never rolled over them, never had an issue (knock wood). She rolls into them and stops. Or sometimes pivots and uses one of them as a pillow lol. They are pretty soft. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-skipped-the-toddler-bed#post-2767455 Sun, 13 Aug 2017 20:23:48 +0000 LBee 2767455@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mae: We have those too. DS has no trouble getting over them when he wants/needs to get out of bed. He has fallen out of the bed before - they weren't high enough and somehow he managed to vault himself around them. The bed looks weird when made but that's to be expected. I don't think aesthetically they are any better than the rails, we just wanted something he could easily get around.. The only big complaint is I have trouble getting my pregnant self over them, but that's probably just me 😂. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-skipped-the-toddler-bed#post-2767452 Sun, 13 Aug 2017 20:15:37 +0000 Jennibenni 2767452@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mae: I haven't seen those before! Do they make it hard for her to climb over to get out of bed in the morning? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-skipped-the-toddler-bed#post-2767447 Sun, 13 Aug 2017 19:53:13 +0000 Alba4 2767447@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We use mesh crib rails with a full size mattress. I don't care if they are ugly. I'd rather no injuries (we have hardwood floors). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-skipped-the-toddler-bed#post-2767446 Sun, 13 Aug 2017 19:50:00 +0000 Mae 2767446@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I bought these, and I love them! My LO went right from a crib to a queen bed at 3, and I was worried because she was always all over her crib. These go under the sheets like a pool noodle but they're a little bigger and softer. My LO totally lays up against them so I feel like if they weren't there she might fall out. </p> <p><a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01DTBFB5U/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o02_s00?ie=UTF8&#038;psc=1" rel="nofollow">https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01DTBFB5U/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o02_s00?ie=UTF8&#038;psc=1</a> </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-skipped-the-toddler-bed#post-2767445 Sun, 13 Aug 2017 19:48:22 +0000 Jennibenni 2767445@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrsbubbletea: He doesn't really flail around a lot, but he does tend to end up scrunched against the rail. </p> <p>I like the pillow/pool noodle suggestions, I think that would work great! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-skipped-the-toddler-bed#post-2767443 Sun, 13 Aug 2017 19:46:50 +0000 ScarletBegonia 2767443@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We moved my son from a crib to a double bed, and he fell out the first night, and that was it. We used a bed barrier thing for about 2 or 3 nights then stopped. He's totally fine now and wakes up every morning completely starfished in the middle of the bed! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-skipped-the-toddler-bed#post-2767438 Sun, 13 Aug 2017 19:26:28 +0000 mrsbubbletea 2767438@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My son has only fallen out like twice! Does your LO flail a lot in his sleep? Mine rolls around a little bit but not that much. I think putting pillows on the ground and kind of as a wall helps. My mom used to put stuffed animals under the fitted sheet when I was little. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-skipped-the-toddler-bed#post-2767437 Sun, 13 Aug 2017 19:22:21 +0000 bees_knees 2767437@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We moved DS1 into a twin shortly after he turned two. He fell out of bed the first night (whoops!) and we just tucked a small long throw pillow under the fitted sheet. I've seen the same thing done with a pool noodle (tucked under the fitted sheet) but it was out of season so we couldn't find any noodles. Over a year later and we still have the pillow tucked in there! Ha But it's done the trick! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-skipped-the-toddler-bed#post-2767436 Sun, 13 Aug 2017 19:08:36 +0000 Jennibenni 2767436@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Did you use a bed rail on the big bed? Still trying to decide if we are going to purchase a second crib for baby number 2 or move DS to a bigger bed and I don't really want to have to buy one of those ugly add on rails if we move to a big bed, but I also don't want to purchase a "toddler bed." He's two and I'm wondering how big of a concern falling out of bed would be. </p>