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We were originally going to move DS into a new/toddler room and leave nursery as is, but didn't want to add too much change for him. Instead we swapped out furniture as it came in over the course of a few weeks. moved out the nursery dresser and added his new dresser, nightstand, etc. They all came in at different times so he had time to acclimate and the (twin) bed came in last. DH put it together and we went cold turkey from crib to twin bed that night, but DS knew it was coming because we talked it about with him weeks beforehand.

He did amazingly well! We use pool noddles as guards because the traidtional rail doesn't fit his bed, but he only fell off once or twice (and it's a low-lying bed). We transitioned at 2 years 2 months. (solely because we need the crib for lo#2, DS had never tried to climb or anything) and it never affected his sleep and he hasn't (knock on wood) tried to leave the room/etc.

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We just recently moved DS when he was 23 months, for the same reason. Baby #2 is due in August and we needed the nursery. We went cold turkey and it worked perfectly. I was worried about confusing him going back and fourth so we had him help us with setting him his new room, spent time in there getting it ready prior to having the bed set up and then once it was ready, we moved his pillow, blankets and stuffies from his crib over, we read books in bed and snuggled as usual and then layed him down as we did with the crib for sleep and that was it! He hasnt looked back! We have a double bed (we already had one) with a guard rail on the bed and he's able to get in and out on his own at the foot of the bed but he doesn't. He stays in there until we come get him in the morning.

Good luck! Whichever method you choose I think it's basically a 50/50 chance that it will be an easy transition.

@Mrs D: yes to the meetup and TTC #2!! Crazy how time flies!