Is It Time Yet? - Spokane,WA

No-Don't do it yet!! The day that he tries to climb out is when you do it. And that day may never come if you are lucky. They sleep so much better in the cozy confines of the crib.

NO!!! Leave him in there as long as you possibly can. As long as he stays in there, keep him in there. Once he's out in a toddler bed with freedom, naps and bedtime are a greater challenge. My twins started climbing out of their cribs a few months shy of their second birthday. I really miss being able to contain them!

Not til he's 3 unless he's climbing out. The old saying "if it ain't broke, don't fix it" is quite relevant in this situation!

Keep him there as long as it's safe for him. Meaning, he's not climbing out and risking a fall.

He's sleeping well, you're sleeping well - if it ain't broke, don't fix it :o)

Nope -- No need to rush. We didn't move them out of the crib until they were ALMOST able to crawl out of it themselves. We moved ours into toddler beds when the danger of them trying to crawl outta the crib but falling instead outweighed the danger of a toddler who is able to get out of bed and wander at will.

BTW -- It was 2 yrs old with the first and maybe 27-28 months with the second.

Not yet...I would keep him in a crib until he's potty training or climbing out. You have no idea what a pain it can be when they can just get up anytime.

As "fun" as it seems to get that cute toddler bed, I would say leave him in the crib as long as he will stay and isn't climbing out! It is a whole different ball game once they can get out of their bed on their own!

If he sleeps and is comfortable in the crib leave him there. I wouldn't move him till he is potty training lol. that way you know where he is at night. until he can climb out its best to leave him there.

Why in the world would you wake a sleeping dragon?!?!! If he's sleeping in his crib with no crying like a sweet angel, then you just leave him there and praise the Lord for it!!!!

Honestly, he's much too young for a toddler bed, in my opinion. My girls have all had to transition somewhere during age 2, but only because we were given the bigger bed and couldn't afford a new crib for the new baby. I would definitely have kept them in their crib if it had been possible. In fact, I have memories of climbing in and out of my own crib at age 3, because my parents didn't have room or money for a bed for me. I don't understand the parents who push their kids into big beds!

Until he starts to climb out, leave him in there!
LBC

Just because they make toddler beds doesn't mean you have to use them! If what you have is working then leave it be. You've got 6 months of him sleeping well, why ruin it now? I would leave him in the crib until he tries to get out or is too long to sleep comfortably. Take it from a mom whose hind sight is 20/20!

There is always this outside unknown pressure to move your child to a Toddler Bed around 18 months. But why? If your son sleeps good in his crib, don't mess with it!

We didn't move our older daughter till she was 3 years old. She slept great in her crib, and why mess with what works. I didn't want to face the battle of her getting out bed, or fighting me on naps. And honestly, it was nice to wait and have her move into a regular twin bed and be so thrilled about her big girl bed.

Toddler Beds are kind of a waste of money. They grow out of them very fast and then your stuck finding another bed!

If it's going so well, I say no, not time yet!

~I say wait till he climbs out! :)

Keep him in the crib as long as you can! Usually it is suggested to move to a toddler bed when they can crawl out of the crib. I never had any problems transitioning any of my 4 kids, I kept them in the crib until around 2 to 2 1/2.

We put ours in a big girl bed at 12 months. Crazy I know, but we were in a similar situation except we never got her to go back to that crib. It was perfect for us, we experienced no sleep disturbences, roaming, or problems, and now she's turning 2 this month. A whole year in her own bed (thank God!).
I think every family is different, and if he is fine in his crib why not leave him?

Not until he climbs out or you decide to night time potty train and don't want to get up to take him to the bathroom. We did not move DS until he was over 3 - he so rarely woke up to use the bathroom at night that it didn't bother us to occasionally get up. He never ever tried to climb out.

No.
Not time yet.

My son, was in his crib even when 3 years old.
He LOVED his crib, slept SO well in it. And it was fine.
Then one day HE told us, he wants to be in a bed.
So then we did.
He was fine, then.

NO. My two in a half year old is in a toddler bed. I feel that toddlers should stay in a crib as long as they sleep safely in there. I feel this way so strongly that I bought a crib tent to keep my two year old in the crib. A lot of people move toddlers into a toddler bed way too soon. Experts seem to agree. Every article that I have read on the subject suggests keeping children in a crib as long as you can. If you want to know for yourself go to babycenter.com or another website like it and read articles for it yourself. That is unless you want to fight your son every time it is time to go to sleep and listen to him cry as you put him back in bed over and over and over. Good luck!

Wait until he's 2 1/2 even if you have another baby coming. Leave the side down if you think it is too dangerous for him to climb out.

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Wait until he's 2 1/2 even if you have another baby coming. Leave the side down if you think it is too dangerous for him to climb out.

It's not time. I would keep him in the crib as long as possible-until he starts climbing out. IMO, toddler beds are pretty useless, more like a way for bed companies to rake in the dough. Leave him in the crib as long as you can, then when he's ready, just go straight to a twin bed.

Personally, I waited as long as possible (assuming he's not climbing out). My first child was 3 1/2 before we transitioned, and my second was a little over 3 years old. My third just turned 3 in December, and we'll probably make the switch this summer. We had a few reasons for waiting: 1) our pediatrician recommended waiting as long as possible 2) we didn't want to mess up the good sleep we had going 3) by the time we made the transition, the kids were no longer napping, so we only had to deal with bedtime sleep, no naptime battles of wanting to get up out of the new bed. 4) By that time, they were big enough to just do a twin bed, so there was no need to have an extra step of a toddler bed. Anyway, it worked for us really well. Good luck!

Transitioning them out of a crib will create all kinds of sleep disturbances for everyone..i would not suggest doing it until he's closer to 3 or when he asks for a big boy bed. My son is 25 months and still in a crib (it's a toddler bed sized mattress). We tried one night to take the side down to convert it into a bed and he woke up screaming at 2 a.m. He had fallen onto the floor and was begging us to put his "wall back on" in the middle of the night. Please don't fix what isn't broken! haha

No. It is time only when he starts climbing out repeatedly.

Until then, it is much safer and feels better to the child to stay in crib. No need to rush.

There's no reason to move him unless there's a reason to move him!

If he's climbing over the rail of the crib, then he needs to move because it's not safe, but you've probably got another 6 months to a year before he does that.

If you're pregnant and need the crib for another baby, it'd be okay to move him at this point... but assuming the crib is still safe and available, LEAVE HIM WHERE HE IS.

(also, you don't have to go to a toddler bed... a twin mattress on the floor will do the same job and save you a piece of furniture).

HTH
T.

I would wait until he's climbing out or trying to. My daughter was in a crib until 2 1/2 and then she was kicked out because we needed the crib for her brother. She was perfectly content with it and didn't try to get out. Transition was only tough in the sense that she would wake up and come into our room in the middle of the night, or go in the kitchen and start looking for candy at 3am. But it really went pretty well altogether and didn't take long for her to get used to. Some things that you dread turn out not to be an issue at all, just take it one day at a time and don't stress until its a problem.

NO! I agree that you don't want to mess with it if he is not climbing out nor complaining! The transition was so h*** o* us with our daughter (she was 22 months) and we plan on keeping our son in there for as long as possible!

I personally moved my kids before they were 2.. but that's because we always were preparing for a new birth..lol So I guess it's up to the kid.. I mean my last child (2 yrs just on Jan. 30th) has been out of a crib and in a big boy twin bunk bed w/ a rail on it.. sleeping with his brother. We moved to a 3 bedroom house and there was no reason to put the crib back up. the lil' man just got up in the bed and never thought anything of it. He loved sleeping with his big brother. But my daughter and my oldest were out before two and they went into a twin size car bed that had not box spring in it so it had like a 4" lip on it so they wouldn't roll out.. but I didnt have a prob with them either. Personally if he's comfortable and not climbing out hurting himself then I think it would be fine to leave him it doesn't seem like it's disturbing anything.. Good Luck :)

With my first we took him out of the crib when he got physically too big for it, he was 3 months from turning 3. He never climbed out of it, never wanted to. We moved him straight to a twin bed. He had the rails on the sides so he didn't fall out that way but he fell off the bottom several times in the beginning before he got used to his bed. We also needed the crib for his brother.
With my second we moved him to a toddler bed when he was constantly climbing out of the crib. He was still too small for a full twin so that's why he got a toddler bed. I'm trying to remember how old he was but I'm guessing it was close to 3 maybe.
My third will stay in a crib until she either climbs out or gets too big, whenever that is.
I have no idea why people are in such a race to push their children through their childhood.
There is no reason to move a child out of a crib if they are sleeping fine in it, fit and don't climb out. Not going to hurt them in any way at all. How many 18 year olds still sleep in cribs or in their parents' bed for that matter? If it ain't broke, don't fix it ;)

My son was almost 3 before I changed his crib into a toddler bed. He started climbing out every morning. Wait until he starts climbing or is to big for crib. There is no need to rush.

no. we didnt transition to a toddler bed until our daughter was over 3. Why mess with what works?

If he's not crawling out of his crib with the potential to hurt himself, I would wait! My daughter was a great crib sleeper and once I moved her to the toddler bed, it was all over. She would crawl in to bed with me in the middle of the night, even if she fell asleep in her toddler bed to begin with. And even at 5, she still crawls into bed with me at times. However, my daughter was crawling over the railing of her crib, so it was definitely time to do something. Good luck!

Don't mess with a good thing. You can wait until he is much older. I don't know what the rush is if you don't have to change anything, don't. My son was climbing out of his crib at 12 months so we had to transition him but you'll know when the time is right and if you don't know, the time is probably not right.

No. It's not time. You'll know. When my children start climbing out, the crib comes down and the toddler bed is installed. I think it is best to wait as long as possible because once they taste that freedom, it gets very difficult until it gets better. :)

My answer would be...Don't worry about it! Lord, if the child is sleeping peacefully in the crib, why bother going through all that struggle so soon after you are finally getting some sleep-- let sleeping toddlers lie! My son is three. He was extremely colicy, and the only way any of us got any sleep at all was to sleep with him. He has never had a crib. We slowly transitioned him to his own bed when he was two. We just started putting him to bed in his own room, and over time, he just started staying there. Also, he doesn't sleep on a toddler bed--it's a futon. What I'm getting at here is, there is no one right way to do anything. Don't get caught up in comparing yourself to what other people are doing or paying attention to anyone be it book author or blogger, or commenter who insist that you should be doing certain sleep training methods on such and such time tables. Find what works for you. I never wanted to let my kid cry it out either, and I found a gentle, if more long term way to get him to sleep on his own. He still climbs into our bed early in the morning, but I think of it this way: sleeping with your child is something precious and it is one of those things that really creates a strong parent and child bond, and it won't last forever...

most of what I have head is to keep them in their cribs until they can crawl out. I have friends who's 2 1/2 year olds still sleep in cribs.

I on the other hand transitioned both my kids straight from crib to twin bed at 14 months old. They didn't sleep through the night and it was easier for me to stay with them for a minute of two in a twin bed. They both did really well and I just had a gaurdrail up on one side (the kind that flip down). It worked great and I didn't have the added expense of buying a toddler bed and I got to skip another transition period (toddler to twin)...

All my grandkids were in toddler beds when they were toddlers. That means I started them sleeping in a toddler bed just after a year old and by 18-20 months they were in them full time. I never had any issues. It was bed, nothing else. There were no battles, no issues, they just had a bed and slept in it.