https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Mon, 25 May 2026 21:19:58 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/new-baby-bed-roulette-which-kid-in-which-bedcrib#post-2597325 Tue, 02 Aug 2016 18:04:20 +0000 MrsSRS 2597325@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>What if you just left everyone until the baby was 3 or 4 months and you were over the newborn hump? Just have the newborn sleep in a RNP or a PNP until then. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/new-baby-bed-roulette-which-kid-in-which-bedcrib#post-2597319 Tue, 02 Aug 2016 17:51:05 +0000 Smurfette 2597319@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I would not buy another crib. Get your oldest a bed for sure. Maybe even invest in a day bed. Then you have a trundle for baby #2 when she is older. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/new-baby-bed-roulette-which-kid-in-which-bedcrib#post-2597312 Tue, 02 Aug 2016 17:30:19 +0000 KayKay 2597312@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I also wouldn't buy a new crib. Are you using a bassinet or PNP or something for DD3 for the first bit? That gives you a bit of extra time to leave the older girls as-is, if you want. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/new-baby-bed-roulette-which-kid-in-which-bedcrib#post-2597248 Tue, 02 Aug 2016 15:35:41 +0000 PinkElephant 2597248@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@avivoca: 27 months (so about 3 months shy of 2.5).she's....umm...adventurous, to put it nicely. 😜But like your LO, I suspect she COULD climb out of a crib if she felt like it, so maybe her bed behavior will surprise me! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/new-baby-bed-roulette-which-kid-in-which-bedcrib#post-2597244 Tue, 02 Aug 2016 15:27:34 +0000 avivoca 2597244@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@PinkElephant: How old is DD2? H is 2.5 and we don't have any problems with her in a big girl bed. She stays in it and waits for us to come get her. She never climbed out of the crib (though she could, she showed me a couple of weeks before we made the transition). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/new-baby-bed-roulette-which-kid-in-which-bedcrib#post-2597232 Tue, 02 Aug 2016 15:18:35 +0000 PinkElephant 2597232@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@avivoca: @oliviaoblivia: I know you guys are right :happy: , </p> <p>I just SO don't know if I want DD2 out of a crib if I can avoid it - I will have to have DH look harder at reinstalling the side (we did some DIY with L-brackets to turn it into a daybed - it wasn't meant to be a convertible crib.</p> <p>As far as the sheets, I suppose I can just break out my sewing machine and alter some twin sheets from a non-IKEA source (a full size twin bed is not going to fit in the space between a weird bump out in the wall and the radiator and would be a space-hog in the bedroom - a no-go if we need the three girls to share for a year or 18 months). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/new-baby-bed-roulette-which-kid-in-which-bedcrib#post-2597210 Tue, 02 Aug 2016 15:00:12 +0000 oliviaoblivia 2597210@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'd put your oldest in a regular bed.<br /> When my third arrived my three year old was in a daybed, my one year old was in a crib in the nursery and the baby was in a cosleeper next to my bed.<br /> Six months later things have changed up a bit.<br /> DD1 is in a twin, DD2 is in also in a twin in the same room. It's a disassembled bunk so hers has railings most of the way around. DD3 is in the crib in the nursery.</p> <p>I think in the near future your oldest will need/want to be in a real bed so you should bite the bullet. Another crib will be redundant shortly. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/new-baby-bed-roulette-which-kid-in-which-bedcrib#post-2597200 Tue, 02 Aug 2016 14:47:55 +0000 avivoca 2597200@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't know if the IKEA bed is a pain, but I would go ahead and get it for your older daughter, move the second into the converted bed, and have your third sleep in the crib. At 5/6, I can't see a child wanting to sleep in a converted crib and she may have a huge growth spurt. </p> <p>Like you, we aren't planning to move to the burbs for a couple of years and our girls will be sharing a room, so we got DD1 a new twin bed/mattress and DD2 will be using the crib until then. We never converted the crib to a toddler bed though so all we need to do is raise the mattress. If we end up staying here long-term, we'll have to figure something else out (like give up our office) because I don't really want to do bunks. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/new-baby-bed-roulette-which-kid-in-which-bedcrib#post-2597184 Tue, 02 Aug 2016 14:29:37 +0000 PinkElephant 2597184@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Debating what to do about beds for our two (soon to be three) daughters - basically, I need to buy a larger toddler bed or a third crib, and I'm not sure which is the better plan. Currently, this is our sleep set up:</p> <p>DD1 - Crib converted to a toddler bed/daybed. It was broken and repaired while we were sanding it, so it will not convert back to a crib easily - it's pretty much stuck in daybed position.</p> <p>DD2 - Crib on the lowest setting. Can convert to a toddler bed/daybed later. </p> <p>Both girls are in one large room; the baby will sleep in a mini-room/alcove off of our room probably for her first year (maybe longer) - it accommodates a standard size crib.</p> <p>My options at this point are to move DD1 to an IKEA Kritter bed (I have the frame, but will need to buy the mattress &amp; new linens), give DD2 the bed DD1 currently sleeps in (which we may or may not be able to turn back into a crib), and give DD2's crib, on which the height can be changed, to DD3.....OR I can just buy a new convertible crib for the baby. I'm leaning towards the latter option because everyone is happy in their current bed, and eventually I think I'll have all three girls in one giant bedroom (probably until the youngest is 2 or maybe even 3) due to not being ready to move to the suburbs just yet, so I'm all about saving the space.</p> <p>So basically I am curious to know:</p> <p>(a) Is the IKEA toddler bed a pain (in the sense that you are bound to either IKEA sheets/mattress or custom sheets)? </p> <p>(b) Is it ridiculous to expect a (small for her age) child to sleep in a crib converted to a toddler bed until she's 5 or 6? The IKEA bed would give her an extra 9 inches, but I'm not really sure she needs it!</p> <p>Thanks for any thoughts! </p>