If your toddler never a attempted to climb out of the crib, when did you move them out of the crib? How did you know it was time?
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I guess I'm cheating because my DS actually did try to climb out of his crib just as he turned 3. That's when we put him in a big boy bed - but we left the crib in his room because we planned on room sharing with his 1 year old brother. The room sharing didn't work out and after a couple of months the 3 year old started asking to sleep in his crib again. So he slept in his crib till we moved recently, he was 3 years 9 months. (He never tried to climb out again after falling and hitting his head the first time.) He's just so big, he never complained that the crib was too cramped but we didn't want him in it much longer. He weighs 45 lbs so lifting him in was a chore, especially for me at 9 mos pregnant. We needed the crib for the new baby. And we hope he will start going potty by himself at night, he still sleeps in a diaper but we want him to be able to get up by himself when he's ready.
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We just converted my son's crib to a toddler bed with a gold down side. He's turning 3 this month. He didn't try to climb out, but I'm recovering from a cesarean and I don't have anyone else to help me get him in and out of bed in the morning and for his nap. I didn't really have a choice, but I would have kept him in the regular crib longer if I could.
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I converted LO 1's crib into a toddler bed 3 months before she turned 3. It just felt like a good time! We moved her into a twin bed 6 months after that.
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Following. N is 3 and still in a crib. He asks for help in. I am scared to rock the sleep boat!
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My son never tried to climb out, but we decided to convert to a toddler bed around 2.5 because I was pregnant and not wanting to lift him. He definitely experimented with getting up and playing, particularly with daytime naps. Six months later, he still does that a bit. But I wouldn't say the transition has been too bad. We just had to make sure our expectations for him lined up with what we know about his age and development (wanting to gain independence, etc.)
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lo started sleeping in her bed about 23 months. We had moved house and set up her crib and bed in her bedroom, took about a week before she decided she was ready for the bed exclusively. She had never tried climbing out of her crib previously.
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I have this same question! I always thought LO would climb out or we would have another baby who would need the crib. I don't think either is likely to happen anytime soon! She sleeps SO awesome in her crib right now I don't want to change things.
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LO never climbed out. I switched him at a little over 2.5 to a bed since we needed the crib for a new baby. He's done really well, but I would have left him in the crib longer!!
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She hasn't tried to climb out yet and will be 3 in Dec. that's when we're going to convert though to get her used to a bed since I'm due in late Feb.
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DS is 2 and has never climbed out, but he's potty trained now, so we'll have to switch him soon so he can go potty as needed.
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DD never really tried, only a couple times and I told her sternly not to and she stopped trying. She's 2 y 10 m and still sleeps in her crib. I'm in no rush to change her to a toddler bed as I don't want to deal w/ the transition while I'm pregnant and going to have a baby soon. The longer she stays in her crib the better for me!
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2.5 ish because we needed crib for DS2.
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33 months because we need the crib for LO2.
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DD will be 3 in December and still in her crib. I see no rush, we talk about a big girl bed but since DS is in a crib I think she also likes being in a crib. We will probably change after her birthday sometime.
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Right after his second birthday, I think. He never tried to climb out, but his sleep just got terrible all of a sudden. Like up 5-6 times a night for no discernable reason. After a few days of being a complete zombie at work I converted his crib out of desperation to try ANYTHING. And it worked! I don't know if he was just tired of being in a cage, essentially, but his sleep went right back to normal after we converted it!
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C is 28 months and hadn't tried to climb out but sometimes screams and cries until we put her in the big bed in her room (former guest bed). So we go back and forth. I thought I wanted her out before the new baby was born but it's much easier having her trapped, and the baby won't be in the crib for several more months anyway. Worst case we can borrow my sisters crib or just use the pnp for the baby if c isn't ready to give it up.
We tried transitioning to the big bed right at 2 and she just couldn't stay in bed by herself so we went back to the crib for now.
@ChelseaRose: this does scare me a bit- having to put her in the crib if I have a hard recovery from birth or have a c section.
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@MrsRcCar: agreed! We had my son in the crib until about 3.5. At that point he could climb in and out safely on his own! We didn't do it sooner because bedtime is a battle because he never wants to go to bed. Now that he has a floor bed it takes forever because he is constantly in and out of his room!
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The timing just worked for us. It was slightly before 3 and we were having some sleep issues.
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Following! DD is 2.5 and we have no intention of moving her anytime soon.
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We converted to a toddler bed around 2.5. It was a surprisingly easy transition.
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~20 months. Her sleep was absolutely horrendous. Bedtime was taking over 1-1/2 hours. The second I transferred her she would start crying. We needed the crib for baby sister anyway so I just decided to switch her. Best, decision. Ever. Her sleep vastly improved!
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It was the lifting that got us. We moved him to a big bed sometime around 2.5 because he wanted me to take him out of the crib every morning. I was pregnant so this was getting difficult, but every time DH got him out he threw a tantrum.
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I'm in the minority but my son never attempted to climb out of his crib and he loved it. And he slept great- so we were hesitant to mess with a good thing. Once he was potty trained even at night, on the very rare times he had to pee in the middle of the night he would call for me.
So we waited until the summer he turned 4 to get him a twin bed with a trundle and the transition was super smooth. He now will go to the bathroom by himself and then get back into bed. And he got to pick his bedding and is so proud of his new bed.
We may have heard a few comments about when we were moving him from the crib (from family of course
) but it worked for us. My motto was that he wasn't going to bring his crib to college, so relax!
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We just transitioned him to the toddler bed this summer, so around 2.5yo. He never once tried to climb out of the crib. But I got pregnant and with the expanding belly, I knew it would become increasingly more difficult for me to get him in and out, so we just went ahead and took the front off. We stuck a pool noodle under the fitted sheet so he wouldn't fall out.
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2.5 because we had a mini crib and she was outgrowing it!
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DS never actually tried to climb out, but when I'd come get him in the morning, he'd swing his leg up to the rail like he was going to try. I figured it was a matter of time before he really tried to get out. I also wanted to transition him before potty training.
At 20 months we converted his crib to a toddler bed, then about a month or so later, we fully converted to a full size bed. We've had no problems whatsoever. He never gets out of bed on his own until one of us comes in the room. I thought it was kind of weird, but a friend of mine said her DD was the same way.
He was always a good sleeper, but we did have some issues with bedtime. It's a few months later and things are so much better. Not sure it's just him getting older, or if the new bed helped. But I love not having to deal with the crib and being able to lay in bed and read stories with him.
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We converted the crib to a toddler bed around 2.5. I wanted to do transitions one at a time, so we did eliminating the paci, moving to a "big boy bed", and then potty training.
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@RLCeigh: I am so planning to be this family! LO is 3, sleeps so well and loves his crib. He doesn't climb out and is perfectly comfortable calling for us if he needs anything. And we don't have any weight issues...he's only like 25 lbs. ; )
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We moved her out a couple of months before DD2 was born because we needed the crib. Not sure when we'll be moving DD2 out because (fingers crossed) she's 19 months and still hasn't attempted to get out.
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@Mrs Green Grass: yay! Good luck. The only real issue we had was that he was really used to the crib so he may have fallen out of the bed once or twice. We decided to open the trundle bed w/ mattress so that if he did fall out he'd be fine. Now we don't need to open it and he's a bed-sleeping pro. He does sometimes scare the #*$& out of me on weekend mornings when he quietly comes into our room and taps me lightly. Ahhh!
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@RLCeigh: @Mrs Green Grass: Same here, DS is 3 and he loves his crib, his sleep is great, and he doesn't try to climb out, so I kind of want to keep him in! He's also potty trained at night, but he never goes to the bathroom during the night, so that hasn't made a difference.
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We converted the crib to a toddler bed right after he turned 3. We have a baby gate on his door so he can't just walk out of his room in the middle of the night. He's not night-trained all the way yet but usually calls us and we hear on the monitor if he needs something.
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When she was 2 and we were moving anyway. I figured why get her used to a new house and bedroom and then wait to introduce the bed and go through another adjustment. She was super excited about her new "big girl room" and we had to break the crib down to move it anyway. It was a natural transistion for us.
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when LO was 2 years and 9 months, we moved into a new house, and i was 3 months pregnant so we decided it was a good time to start him off in a bed - since he had a new room and new house. We took away the pacifier at the same time since he seemed to only associate it with his old room and crib. It worked great! He has never missed his crib and he still stays in his room until we come to get him it has been 3 months so far.
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LO1 never climbed out but also never slept well in it. We moved him to a twin bed just after LO2 was born, maybe 21 or 22 months but I think he may have started napping in it before then. It was such a non-event I can't even remember!
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He fell out once (while I was at the hospital having #2). Otherwise he would have stayed in there happily for much longer, he's not a big daredevil. We switched him at 28 months when we were ready to move our second to the crib from the P&P in our room at 8 weeks. The switch went great! I used a video monitor initially to remind him to stay in bed and we use a baby gate on the door to keep him contained.
Now my second, I am thankful for every day that he hasn't tested it, he's going to be a tough one when the time comes to convert the crib.
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@hellobeeboston: same!
We switched him at 27 months because lil
Bro was on his way and I wanted a few transitions done before his arrival. Ds1 did really well and it made no impact on his sleep! -
DS1 will be 3 in a few weeks and he's still in the crib. We bought a new crib for DS2 so has not to rock the boat. He climbed out of his pnp once when taking a nap at my mom's house and I think that scared him enough to never try at home. He sleeps on a cot just fine at school so I'm not too worried about his actual sleep but I do like knowing he's "contained" since he takes awhile to get to sleep and it scares me knowing he could just get up and walk around. However, we'll be traveling a little during the holidays so not sure how we'll handle that since he's too big for the pnp. I don't want his first real bed experience to be in a strange place (my FIL's house). Co sleeping isn't an option since he'll just think it's play time. I've started talking to him about to see if it's interested but he tells me he likes his crib. So we'll probably keep him there and just have a few bad nights while traveling.
) but it worked for us. My motto was that he wasn't going to bring his crib to college, so relax!
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