Transitioning from Crib - Toddler Bed or Twin Bed?

My kids were in toddler beds at 2 years. We were given one and got another at a fantastic price so just went ahead and bought a third. We had no problem at all transitioning them to twin at 4 years old. Space was a premium-still is-so twin wasn't really an option for us at 24 months. You are not supposed to let a child at that age on the top bunk of a bunkbed set. They would have still fit in the toddler beds but one of my girls broke hers jumping on it every second she could.

I would vote for the twin bed. A toddler bed is really no bigger than a crib. If you have a tall baby, they'll be out of the toddler bed sooner. If you go straight to a twin, it's only 1 move instead of 2.

We went right to a twin with a side rail for DD and she did great.
Good luck!
Jenny

I asked this same question almost a year ago and most of my replies were to go to the twin. If you have the room I say just make the transition to the twin bed. We ended up going to the toddler but because of space issues. Plus your then spending less money all together.

We put our then-20-month old son in our double fold-out futon. He loved it. Had a guard rail up for the first 2-3 months but it was clear that he wasnt going anywhere so we took it off. IMHO toddler beds are a waste of time/money.

Hi C.-

I would go with a twin bed. My twins made the switch from a crib to twin beds when they turned three and it worked out just fine. One side of the bed was up against the wall and the other side had guard rails. We also bought bed furniture that allowed us to select how high up we wanted the mattress from the floor. Now that they are 7 yrs. old, we have the mattresses raised to the second level which makes it higher from the floor.

J.