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We moved our son to a floor bed, very early on, probably around 14/16 months (I can't remember). It mainly happened because I was still nursing and co-sleeping at night with him some. We use these still, he is 27 months (https://www.amazon.com/2-Pack-hiccapop-Bumpers-Toddler-Water-resistant/dp/B01DTBFB5U/ref=sr_1_2_sspa?ie=UTF8&qid=1524767520&sr=8-2-spons&keywords=bumper+bed&psc=1).

He basically transitioned to it with me sleeping with him so it was very easy and he is still on a floor bed with no plans to put a frame on it. Only thing that becomes tricky as they get older, they will realize they can get out of their room. We continue to deal with this on and off.

My advice is to basically treat her whole room like a crib. So basically treat it like a prison cell. We took everything out of DS1's room, locked his closet door, put a doorknob cover to prevent him from getting out, and wall mounted his monitor camera and white noise machine.

When he first transitioned from the crib, we put him in a Privacy Pop tent with a mattress inside (basically an enclosed floor bed) because it gave the secure feeling of a crib. We zipped it up and he basically just went to sleep. A few months after he turned 3, he started taking his damn pull-up off in bed! He would never call for us to take him to the potty and he wasn't ready for the freedom to leave his room at night, so we got rid of the tent, moved a potty seat into his room, and transitioned him to the Ikea Kura bed with the big house canopy tent. He's 3.5 and still sleeps in his "house." We still have to keep everything out of his bedroom so he doesn't mess around in there (he just has a few books, some stuffed animals, and a puzzle or two), but that's how we did it.

We switched D's 1 at 20 to a floor bed. It was a non-issue. We had nothing in his room and he just stayed in his bed and slept them waited on his bed for us to get him in the morning. He did this for 5 months.

We switched ds2 to a low double bunk around 18 months because he was crying a lot and we thought he might like a bed better. He started in his bed for a few nights before learning he can play in his room forever before sleeping. Now he sleeps everywhere, most frequently in his rocking chair. We just move him back to his bed before we go to bed. He is more of a night owl than his brother but they both go in their rooms at the same time and go to sleep when they are ready.