Hellobee Boards Topic: Toddler bed or single bed?

Hellobee Boards Topic: Toddler bed or single bed? https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Thu, 23 Apr 2026 21:00:35 +0000 avivoca on "Toddler bed or single bed?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/toddler-bed-or-single-bed#post-1975612 Mon, 08 Dec 2014 14:29:44 +0000 avivoca 1975612@https://boards.hellobee.com/ The plan is to go straight to a twin bed because future baby #2 will need the crib. BabyPenguinXO on "Toddler bed or single bed?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/toddler-bed-or-single-bed#post-1975583 Mon, 08 Dec 2014 14:17:13 +0000 BabyPenguinXO 1975583@https://boards.hellobee.com/ My thoughts are to go straight to a big girl. Whether that's a full or a twin idk. My son will be about 18 months when my second arrives and he will go straight to a full size bed. A toddler bed and a big bed are essentially the same concept just different sizes. And he's in the 90th percentiles so he is rolling like crazy and smacking the sides of the cribs. I just don't see the point in transitioning into a toddler and then A full size bed. My little brothers both went to full size beds from a crib at 18 months. I think if you do it before they are old enough to learn to get out and run around then you're better off. My son goes to bed easy peasy right now. And I have used a full bed for him before and he just laid there and went to sleep. edelweiss on "Toddler bed or single bed?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/toddler-bed-or-single-bed#post-1975343 Mon, 08 Dec 2014 12:14:11 +0000 edelweiss 1975343@https://boards.hellobee.com/ our crib converted to a toddler, so in the interest of making the most out of the purchase and being too lazy to buy another bed, we just used the toddler bed option. if it did not have a toddler bed option, i would have gone for a twin. LuLu Mom on "Toddler bed or single bed?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/toddler-bed-or-single-bed#post-1975325 Mon, 08 Dec 2014 12:05:51 +0000 LuLu Mom 1975325@https://boards.hellobee.com/ We very briefly went to toddler bed but then a month later upgraded to a twin. We wanted her out of the crib for baby #2 and didn't want her to get too used to using it. oliviaoblivia on "Toddler bed or single bed?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/toddler-bed-or-single-bed#post-1975318 Mon, 08 Dec 2014 12:02:58 +0000 oliviaoblivia 1975318@https://boards.hellobee.com/ We moved her directly into a twin. I knew we'd need the crib for #2 six months later and didn't want to do multiple transitions. mrs. tictactoe on "Toddler bed or single bed?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/toddler-bed-or-single-bed#post-1975234 Mon, 08 Dec 2014 11:23:46 +0000 mrs. tictactoe 1975234@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Liam's crib does not convert to a toddler bed, so we will probably get a twin sized bed when he's ready to switch and skip the toddler bed. We actually have a futon in his room now that we all sit on to read books together, so I might end up just using that, or put that mattress on the floor and use it as his bed at first. Mrs. J on "Toddler bed or single bed?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/toddler-bed-or-single-bed#post-1975225 Mon, 08 Dec 2014 11:20:22 +0000 Mrs. J 1975225@https://boards.hellobee.com/ My husband's grandfather made little low beds that fit crib mattresses for my husband and his sister, so that's what we'll use for LO. We'll need the crib for number 2! BananaPancakes on "Toddler bed or single bed?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/toddler-bed-or-single-bed#post-1975217 Mon, 08 Dec 2014 11:18:51 +0000 BananaPancakes 1975217@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Both. At home for night sleep we went with a twin, and then took his crib mattress and put it into a super cheap toddler bed at work since he goes to work with me and naps there every day. I'd start out with the toddler bed if you already have it. I would have done it that way, but the toddler conversion for our crib was like $150, so it made more sense to buy a real twin bed. Mamaof2 on "Toddler bed or single bed?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/toddler-bed-or-single-bed#post-1975201 Mon, 08 Dec 2014 11:09:10 +0000 Mamaof2 1975201@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Our crib converted to a toddler or a full - we went straight to the full szie Lindsay05 on "Toddler bed or single bed?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/toddler-bed-or-single-bed#post-1975103 Mon, 08 Dec 2014 10:21:34 +0000 Lindsay05 1975103@https://boards.hellobee.com/ We went straight to the single bed. We had to use the crib for #2! lamariniere on "Toddler bed or single bed?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/toddler-bed-or-single-bed#post-1975080 Mon, 08 Dec 2014 10:11:01 +0000 lamariniere 1975080@https://boards.hellobee.com/ If you don't have to buy anything to convert to the toddler bed, I would probably just do that, then buy a real bed when she outgrows the toddler one. We went from crib to a twin since we would have had to buy the conversion kit, plus, we needed the crib anyway for LO2. looch on "Toddler bed or single bed?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/toddler-bed-or-single-bed#post-1975057 Mon, 08 Dec 2014 10:02:17 +0000 looch 1975057@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I feel like we tried it all, lol. We put up the toddler rail (taking off the front of the crib), my son wasn't interested, he thought it was a toy box. Then we tried a twin bed and it was a bust. We briefly thought about going to a full using the crib as the headboard and footboard, but the conversion rails were no longer available and my mom wanted the crib for my nephew. So, we ended up getting a full sized bed frame and mattress set. pinkcupcake on "Toddler bed or single bed?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/toddler-bed-or-single-bed#post-1975056 Mon, 08 Dec 2014 10:01:54 +0000 pinkcupcake 1975056@https://boards.hellobee.com/ We went toddler bed. Took the side off, put up a toddler rail (which I actually had overnighted to us, since LO decided one day that she would start climbing out of the crib)... and then she refused to sleep in it so she moved into our bed and has been there ever since :D autumnlove on "Toddler bed or single bed?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/toddler-bed-or-single-bed#post-1975054 Mon, 08 Dec 2014 10:01:46 +0000 autumnlove 1975054@https://boards.hellobee.com/ We converted her crib to a toddler bed. We plan on moving her to a real bed next year! mediagirl on "Toddler bed or single bed?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/toddler-bed-or-single-bed#post-1975049 Mon, 08 Dec 2014 09:59:45 +0000 mediagirl 1975049@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Our crib converts to a toddler bed and we have toddler rails to put up on it. I'm trying to decide if we want to go the toddler bed route or just go all big girl and get a single bed to start? What did you do?