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We were also in the same position and I also agree to wait as LONG as you possibly can to move to a bed. I read somewhere it's a much bigger developmental leap than we think. My son was 3years 2 months and he actually offered his little brother his crib! His big bed transition (a double bed) went great. We kept the newborns in the basinet for 5 months anyway.

Definitely would have been too early for my DD. I'm glad we kept her in a crib until she was 100% ready to be in a bed.

I think it depends on the child. Both of my kids moved up a big bed (twin size) before they were 2.5 and we had no issues whatsoever. My second son got out of bed a couple times but we talked to him about it and it stopped pretty quickly.

@Umbreon: I don’t think 2 is too young. My DS started climbing out of his crib around two, so we had to transition his crib to a toddler bed. He crawled out a few times, but for the most part, he did great, and I didn’t have to worry about him falling from the crib.

My plan was to transition our son at around 2 years 2 months, when his sister would be close to outgrowing the bassinet. He's a tall kid, and I figured he might be climbing out by then anyways. It did not go well. I did not have the energy for it with everything else going on, so we put him back in the crib. Long story short, he is almost 3 and still in his crib. If it ain't broke, don't fix it.... My now 1 year old has been sleeping in the travel crib since she was three months old. She loves it, and sleeps beautifully. And at least I'm getting use out of the travel crib despite not leaving the house in a year 🤷‍♀️I say play it by ear. If your older child isn't ready, the baby can always use a pack n play, etc or you can get another crib.

We moved my son at 22 months from the crib to a full size bed (needed the crib for little bro) and he literally didn't treat his bed any differently than his crib. I'm not sure if the bed was so big he didn't realize he could get out of it himself or what, but he just stayed in it and waited for us to come get him in the morning. The actual easiest transition and I was SO worried about it in advance!

My youngest we moved a month after he turned 2 as he learned to climb out. Straight to older brothers single ikea bed that night. We removed literally everything from the room and his dresser is bolted to a stud. We have a handle lock on the inside of his door and alarms on the outside doors (he is an escape artist) plus still a baby monitor. It was novel for a couple days but it’s really been fine. At first he would run around and bang on the walls and such for fun, but now he just sits and reads in bed or plays with his stuffies, calls to us in the mornings. I won’t be taking the handle lock off for a long while until he gets more mature, and I know everyone has a different comfort level on that (we are right across the hall)

My oldest we moved after he turned 3 and he never left the bed for a year ha! He’s a rule follower while the little guy is a total rebel. Depends on your kids personality I think but I wouldn’t worry if you want to move him before the new baby.

We moved our son after our daughter was born, and he didn’t mind! We just made sure to make a big deal about him getting his big boy bed and didn’t dwell on the crib moving to my daughters room. They are a little over 2.5 years apart, and we made the switch just before he turned three. Before that, she was sleeping in a pack and play in our room so we didn’t need the crib.

We moved kid #1 at age 2 to a toddler bed and it was really difficult keeping him in bed. We had to buy gates, door knob covers, etc. to keep him in his room and I wish we would have just kept him in the crib longer. With #2, we decided to keep her in the crib until 3.5 and it was such a smooth transition. With #3, we will definitely keep in the crib until 3. I would consider borrowing from a friend or buying a cheap ikea crib to extend your crib time. We got so much more sleep with #2 and way less frustration!

ETA: Both kids were capable of climbing out but only did so on occasion. I was convinced I had to switch after the first occurrence with number 1 due to safety but for number 2 we just made sure the crib was as low as possible and there was nothing dangerous nearby.

We moved DS to a big boy bed in a new room when he turned 3 just before his little brother arrived. We didn't have any issues at first but he eventually figured out he could get out of bed so we actually put up a baby gate to keep him in (he was unable to climb over).

Our second DS is 27 months and just before Christmas he started fighting getting into his crib and actually fell asleep on his floor a few nights in a row. So we went ahead and transitioned his crib to a toddler bed. He has done pretty well with staying in bed, he did choose to sleep on the floor twice. We keep his door shut and he sits in his bed and calls for us to come get him when he wakes up. Fingers crossed it continues to work well for us.