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We waited until after our son was 3 since he wasn't trying to climb out and wasn't in danger of hurting himself. We got tired of hoisting him in and out, and we also thought it would be better for potty training. He did great with the transition and knows he has to stay in his bed. No coming into our room. It helps that he also has a toddler clock that turns green when it's ok for him to get out. But he usually just calls me: "Mommyyyyy, the light is greeeeeeen. I'm calling your naaaaaaame."

I'd say hold off as long as you can

We got LO a toddler bed for Christmas. She's 28 months. DD2 could have stayed in the playpen but I was ready to move her. She's doing GREAT in her new bed. Only had real problems the first night. She's always telling me that she loves her new bed how tired she is and that she wants to lay in it some more.

She got up several times the first night until I had to threaten to take her new bed away. And actually I did put her in the playpen for about 10 minutes but she screamed the whole time so I told her she could have her new bed back but she wasn't allowed to get up and she's been doing well ever since. She gets up sometimes but usually only once, I don't have to constantly put her back to bed all night, thank God. So far I'm proud of how well shes doing.

We moved her at 2.5 because her sleep was going downhill. We thought maybe she wanted more room and just needed a change. The transition was super smooth for us and her sleep was so much better. The big downside was she stopped napping when we switched but her nighttime sleep was still good. We also knew we were going to try to have a baby soon (had DD2 in October) so we figured why not go ahead and get it out of the way.

We waited until just before her 3rd birthday but if she had potty trained earlier, I would have put her in the toddler bed then too!

if everything is fine, i don't see the point in potentially messing a good thing! We moved DS when he was just over 2.5 because i was pregnant and moving to a new house, so it was a good time to transition him. Otherwise i am not sure when we would have moved him.