https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Tue, 07 Apr 2026 14:56:41 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tips-for-transition-to-big-kid-bed#post-2692820 Tue, 07 Feb 2017 09:39:54 +0000 erinbaderin 2692820@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have a nightlight. Our sleep consultant also suggested taking most of the toys out of his room, and putting a gate on the door. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tips-for-transition-to-big-kid-bed#post-2692739 Mon, 06 Feb 2017 22:45:47 +0000 travellingbee 2692739@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Sounds like you have a good plan! We use a nightlight and our sleep consultant recommended this stuffed animal that projects stars onto the ceiling (it auto turns off). That worked well to get him to fall asleep on his own. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tips-for-transition-to-big-kid-bed#post-2692728 Mon, 06 Feb 2017 21:49:28 +0000 SweetCaroline 2692728@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DD is almost 2 years old and it's time to move to a big girl bed. She was crawling out of her crib despite wearing a sleep sack (strictly to restrain her :silly: ). We took the side off her crib and threw a spare futon mattress on the floor. Well--she sleeps on the futon mattress every night, so we're going to put the crib and futon mattress away. I ordered a twin bed with railing--help me decide how to do this.</p> <p>DD has always been a pretty decent sleeper and we used CIO. We've had a few rough nights since the mid-term transition (which I regret--wish she had stayed in the crib until we had a twin). Other nights have gone fine. On bad nights, she will want to rock in the chair, and then she'll want to lay in bed, rinse and repeat. Finally, I'll close the door and let her cry for a few minutes before she goes back to bed and passes out.</p> <p>Once the new, permanent bed comes, it's time to start enforcing a routine. The normal: bath, PJs, brush teeth, rock/stories, then bed. Probably a story in bed, a kiss and stay.in.bed. I think we will pick her up and take her back to bed each time she gets up. I'm okay with laying with her for a while.</p> <p>I don't know what to do about the nightlight thing either. She's always slept in pitch-black, but I'm wondering if the new bed freedom calls for a nightlight.</p> <p>Suggestions? Tips? Bad habits to avoid? </p>