https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Wed, 06 May 2026 00:02:07 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/transition-to-toddler-bedbig-bed#post-2134232 Mon, 06 Apr 2015 14:52:44 +0000 rattles 2134232@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We had a pleasant experience too! DD moved from her crib to a twin bed 2-3 weeks ago with no drama at all (27.5 months, for reference). She got up once the first night and has slept through the night since. She'd been climbing out of her crib for six months or so, and we couldn't put it off any longer. Luckily, she was perfectly ready and excited. We made a fuss about it but kept the rest of her routine the same. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/transition-to-toddler-bedbig-bed#post-2134192 Mon, 06 Apr 2015 14:15:03 +0000 BananaPancakes 2134192@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DS had actually been climbing out of his crib for months before we switched, so it ended up being super easy to move him into a twin bed. I was most worried about him rolling out, actually, since there is still an opening. But it was so much easier than I thought it would be, and we didn't do anything to make it special, really. He was just so excited once it was in his room, that he couldn't wait for bedtime. So it can be a very easy/pleasant experience, without any fighting. Just to keep things positive. :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/transition-to-toddler-bedbig-bed#post-2134118 Mon, 06 Apr 2015 13:27:24 +0000 edelweiss 2134118@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>LO was going through a sleep hell period already, and started climbing and falling out of the crib on purpose because he realized that it would get us to come in the room. so we had no transition time, just converted his crib into a toddler bed one night as he watched.</p> <p>the first couple of nights were bad. he wouldn't stay in the bed. i think one night my husband actually ended up sleeping in the toddler bed instead of my LO (husband was trying to encourage LO to sleep in the toddler bed--did not work). the next night we did bedtime routine and i closed the door, turned off the lights but stayed in the room. every time he got out of bed, i put him back--no talking, singing, eye contact. just put him back in bed. i did this at least 30 times. at a certain point he got the message to stay in bed. of course when i tried to leave all hell broke loose, so a few nights later we CIO'd for about 40 minutes. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/transition-to-toddler-bedbig-bed#post-2134099 Mon, 06 Apr 2015 13:20:07 +0000 hilary 2134099@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We let our LO help build it and talked it up a bunch the week leading up to it. Also we tell her stories starring her and her 2 little friends and those always end in them each going home and going to bed in their big kid beds and staying in them all night. She loves that. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/transition-to-toddler-bedbig-bed#post-2134080 Mon, 06 Apr 2015 13:15:19 +0000 lovehoneybee 2134080@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I did it because it was taking over an hour for him to fall asleep, and he was waking up CONSTANTLY. </p> <p>Our transition was SUPER easy. I bought new "big boy" sheets, and made a really big deal about what a big boy he is now and how cribs are for babies, so this is his big boy bed now (we just did a toddler bed for now). </p> <p>I think he got out of bed once that first night, and we let him. He sat on the futon in his room for a few minutes, and then climbed back into bed. We decided that part of having a big boy bed was letting him have the freedom to get out of it. Which feels counter-intuitive to getting him to sleep in bed, but it works. </p> <p>We do have the occasional problem of him climbing out of bed, but he knows he's not supposed to...if he turns on the light or something I poke my head in and he jumps right back in bed </p> <p>But making a big deal about what a big boy he is has worked wonderfully for us for the bed (and paci weaning, and potty-training...).</p> <p>Good luck!!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/transition-to-toddler-bedbig-bed#post-2134062 Mon, 06 Apr 2015 13:05:48 +0000 Smurfette 2134062@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>After waking up Sun morning and looking at the monitor and seeing LO almost out of the crib, we have to switch her. I am not happy about this! We are going to do it on Friday when DH is back in town, cause I am not going through it alone.</p> <p>I think we should have her watch/help make her crib into her big girl bed (will just do the toddler bed for now). </p> <p>Any other advice/tips that you think helped your LO? She already fights bedtime, taking 30+ mins to fall asleep, just rolls around talking to herself. </p>