https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sat, 16 May 2026 10:44:23 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/upgrade-to-full-size-crib-or-wait-for-bed#post-2687475 Thu, 26 Jan 2017 15:44:38 +0000 anniefannie 2687475@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>thanks for all the feedback.</p> <p>I have no idea if he would climb out or not but based on his personality, i wouldn't put it past him. do the floor bed rails really work? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/upgrade-to-full-size-crib-or-wait-for-bed#post-2687154 Thu, 26 Jan 2017 11:27:17 +0000 BabyTsMom 2687154@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I guess it depends on if you think your guy will end up climbing out of the crib soon. If not, I'd get another crib. My LO will be 3 in a few months but I don't think he'll ever climb out. He's way too cautious. So I plan to keep him contained in the crib for as long as possible, which will probably just be until he outgrows it! You can find pretty cheap ones at IKEA that are durable. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/upgrade-to-full-size-crib-or-wait-for-bed#post-2686919 Thu, 26 Jan 2017 00:32:44 +0000 ALV91711 2686919@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'd just go with a bed and skip the crib. What is the reason for waiting until 2? If he is outgrowing the mini crib could you get a bed sooner?</p> <p>We got DS a bed at 2.5 at this time he hadn't tried climbing out of the crib. It took him a good couple months before he even figured he could climb out of the bed. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/upgrade-to-full-size-crib-or-wait-for-bed#post-2686841 Wed, 25 Jan 2017 20:35:32 +0000 snowjewelz 2686841@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'd say real bed at 2 (we transitioned at 2 but from bedspring) unless you plan to have another and would ditch the mini crib and let the baby use a real crib... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/upgrade-to-full-size-crib-or-wait-for-bed#post-2686650 Wed, 25 Jan 2017 16:12:28 +0000 sapphire 2686650@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My LO transitioned to a bed at 21 months so my vote would be to do that soon rather than buy a new crib. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/upgrade-to-full-size-crib-or-wait-for-bed#post-2686619 Wed, 25 Jan 2017 15:42:04 +0000 LemonJack 2686619@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think I would just save the money and move to a regular bed. You can put guard rails on it. DD is 2.5 and we converted her crib to a toddler bed because she was climbing out, but if we hadn't had that option we would have just put her in a regular bed. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/upgrade-to-full-size-crib-or-wait-for-bed#post-2686614 Wed, 25 Jan 2017 15:38:17 +0000 looch 2686614@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My son was done with his crib by the time he was 20 months, but I wouldn't have known it at the time it was happening.</p> <p>He moved to a full sized bed with rails. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/upgrade-to-full-size-crib-or-wait-for-bed#post-2686611 Wed, 25 Jan 2017 15:35:55 +0000 Mrs. Lemon-Lime 2686611@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Real bed at 2. You can always get a rail or two for the open sides of a twin or full bed </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/upgrade-to-full-size-crib-or-wait-for-bed#post-2686602 Wed, 25 Jan 2017 15:28:59 +0000 T.H.O.U. 2686602@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think I would buy a cheaper crib. WEve been really happy with our graco. It technically can convert but weve just used it as a crib. I feel like using a mini crib would be hard until age 2. My guy has done it when we visited my mom but he was all pressed up against the sides. He slept much better in the full size crib. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/upgrade-to-full-size-crib-or-wait-for-bed#post-2686585 Wed, 25 Jan 2017 15:15:04 +0000 MrsSRS 2686585@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>There isn't really a wrong option. We moved our first to a crib and stayed there until he was well over two. Now at 3.5 (and 40 inches tall!) We need to buy him a big bed because he's in a toddler bed which is a crib size mattress. He doesn't seem to mind it though.<br /> But our second child got moved to a queen sized floor bed before she turned one. That's worked well for her, too.<br /> In general, I think that if you transition to a bed before a child climbs out of the crib, they often tend to treat the bed like a crib and not climb out. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/upgrade-to-full-size-crib-or-wait-for-bed#post-2686536 Wed, 25 Jan 2017 14:41:16 +0000 anniefannie 2686536@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My little guy is 19 months old and has been sleeping in a mini crib since day 1. We had always lived in a tiny 1 bedroom apartment, but now we've moved to a new city and live in a spacious house. He's still happy in his mini crib, but hes getting to the point where he needs more room.</p> <p>SO!</p> <p>Do I buy a full size crib at this point (maybe a 4 in 1 so i can keep using it?) or wait it out with the mini crib until 2 or so when I could in theory put him into a real bed or a floor bed? </p> <p>He likes sleep and sleeps well and I really don't wanna mess with that. And I like knowing he's contained in the crib and not roaming around his room. However, I also dont wanna buy unnecessary things nor spend money in the wrong way. </p> <p>Thanks!! </p>