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"Big Girl Bed" Nightmare!
Read all 10 responses: "My daughter is 26 months old and we just switched her from her crib to a bed last Monday. We have always been able to put her in her ...
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- Put the rails back up. She's not ready. try again in a couple months. After you take a break, tell her when she sleeps all night without getting up you will reward ...
- Hi B. I feel your pain. I have a little boy who turned 3 in April and has been in a big boy bed since he was 2. We moved from Michigna to Oklahoma when he was 2 a...
- Parenting magazine has all kinds of tips on this subject this month. It is one of the cover stories. T. S
Crib to Big Girl Bed
Read all 12 responses: "I have an 11-month-old daughter (turns one Nov 20th) I am also pregnant again and due in March! We are very happy and can't wait.
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- I think that if your first child is able to get up and walk around well, then the todlar bed should be ok. There is no guarentee that she will like the change at first...
- Hello C., I had my n° two baby when my first daughter (Margaux) was only 15months. I did not breas feed so it was easier for me to put Charlotte on a smaller crib...
- We started our son in his toddler bed at about 15 mo. but we set it up right noxt to our bed as he was still breastfeeding. I would nurse him in his bed to sleep and s...
When to Transition to a "Big Girl Bed"?
Read all 38 responses: "Hi, there--I'm the mom of a 14-month-old girl who will be getting a baby brother or sister in mid-September (when she will be about ...
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- My oldest child went to a bed at 19 months and did just fine. I've done my other kids at 22 months, 26 months, and 2 1/2 yrs. We just did it when we needed them out ...
- HI my oldest daughter now 7 was monkey she was evicted from her bed at 14 months also becasue she kept climbing out and we were worried that she would hurt herself. T...
- I used the metal pipe kind (3, in fact) and it was very sturdy, but I'm sure there's lots of good beds out there. What I did was have nap time in the toddler bed ...
Big Girl Bed for 2 Year Old
Read all 9 responses: "My daughter climbed out of her crib last weekend and didn 't have a graceful fall. She turns 2 in three weeks and we were planning on ...
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- My 2nd was 15 months when he learned how to crawl out and we went through the same thing. I did the Supernanny thing for about a week until I got tired of sitting in ...
- Hi B.! How frustrating I know! If you have it in you here is my advice: clear her room of anything that she could reach that could be an unsupervised hazard, cover ...
- Persistence is key. And consistency. I have a 2yr. old who does the same thing. It has been going on since December. I was lucky enough that she didn't climb out o...
Big Boy Bed!
Read all 20 responses: "My son is 22 months old and I am 16 weeks pregnant. We are hoping to have my son into his big boy bed and the crib out of sight ...
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- You might try putting him to bed in the crib and transfering him to the twin bed after he is asleep. When he wakes up several times in the other bed, it should be easi...
- We recently moved our 21 month old son to his twin bed. We had to just take the crib down and put it out of sight. It was an adjustment for a week maybe, but he now ...
- I too had to take the crib down. It was too easy to put him in it! We have a gate that we put up in his door so that he has to stay in his room. It was some adjusting ...
Advice on Big Boy Bed
Read all 7 responses: "My son will be 2 at the end of the month, we just bought him a twin size bedroom set today and plan on setting it all up after his ...
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- I recently switched our youngest to her big girl bed which is a twin and we put up a bed rail. When my husband puts her to bed he tells her she can come cuddle in bed...
- I think everyone has given great advice. We transitioned our twins just shy of their second birthday becuase one was climbing out of the crib. We actually just took ...
- You might want to get a bed rail depending on how high up off the ground the bed is. I'd go ahead and get it set up, and then give him a one night "warning"..."Gu...
Big Boy Bed Vs. Crib Tent
Read all 14 responses: "Hi Ladies, My son recently turned two and learned how to climb out of his crib. We decided to convert his crib to a big boy bed and ...
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- It might not work for long, but we've had some luck with stickers for good naps. (My teacher friend's idea - you'd think I could have thought of that my teacher-self!...
- Like most everyone is suggesting, I suggest to keep going with the big boy bed. I wish I had started earlier with my son, he was two at the time I put him in his bed. ...
- When my daughter wakes up in the middle of the night we just let her cuddle with us until she falls asleep. Then take her back to her bed. This is a time where they ...
Advice on Moving to "Big Boy Bed"
Read all 5 responses: "Hi! My son is 18 months old and I am startin to move hime to a toddler bed. I am due with #2 in October and my ped. said to move him ...
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- That's great he's napping in the big boy bed. My son preferred the crib, so we started with night time in the big boy bed and naps still in the crib for fear he just ...
- Since it sounds like he's got the idea, you should go ahead and have him try it at night. The biggest thing is that for night you probably want to remove the crib fro...
- I moved my son to a bed (toddler bed) when he was 15 months (19 mo. now) because I had my second son (5 mo. now) and it was going to be time for him to be in the crib ...
Big Boy Bed?
Read all 37 responses: "At what age do you want to make the transition to a toddler bed? My son is 16 months and I was wondering if I should do this soon?
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- I say, based on talking to other parents, as late as possible. My daughter turned 3 yesterday and over the last 3 months, has gradually transitioned into a twin bed wi...
- Hi S., We were always told that when the child tries to get out of the crib on their own then it's time. You don't want them to climb and fall out! God Bless! S.
- Most people flip when I tell them this, but I left both my girls in their cribs till they were 3 1/2 almost 4 years old. And then they got a new bedroom set with a fu...
When to Move to a Big Boy Bed
Read all 25 responses: "I was just wondering, what is the typical age to move my son to a big boy bed? I dont think that he is ready by any means now but ...
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- lot of good responses here, and every child is different, but for what it's worth my son was about 18 months. he never showed any signs of wanting to get out of the cr...
- Great question. I have a story about my expereince since we just went throug this. My son is now 3 1/2. I had the same question for awhile. When I asked my Dr at m...
- Hi C., I just moved my little girl to a big girl bed 2 weeks ago. She is 23 months old. I started talking about a big girl bed a few weeks before we got one. I wou...
