Need Info Re: Toddler Bed and What to Do When Little One Too Big for Booster?

I don't know how much this will help you but my daughter is 21 months old and always slept in the same room as me (not by choice) I was living with my mom when I had her and now that I am married and have my own place she has her own room !!!!!! :) yay! ha ha but she never liked her crib so I just skipped the toddler bed and got a twin size bed. She has a whole princess room and loves it (very pretty and girlie) and it is a BIG bed to her so she now thinks she is a BIG girl kind of reverse psycology in a way. Also it saves you from having to buy another bed in a couple of years or less time if she grows fast! Hope this helps a little :)
Caitlin

I don't think you have to buy anything fancy with attached rails - if you can put the bed against a wall, then you can just buy one of those folding bed rails for the open side. Resale shops like Children's Orchard often have them.

You could consider skipping the toddler bed entirely and go to a twin if you have the above rail. However, since you have another one on the way, you'll get double usage out of a toddler bed.

You could take your daughter to buy something special for her new bed - new sheets or some throw pillows in fun shapes or cartoon characters. Those also help take up some of the extra space in the new huge bed so she doesn't feel like she's swimming in it - those twin beds look awfully big after a crib! Those big bolster pillows are really popular in college dorms so you can often find them in places like Target and Sears - you can put one against the wall side and help her feel snug, but they'll also last a long while and can be used for other purposes.

ON the chair issue, friends of mine bought each of their kids a high chair at Mill Stores - unfinished - and painted it themselves. It has arms and a footrest, but no tray. It's wood like the other grown-up chairs so the kids like it - it doesn't feel kiddie style. The child could even pick the color or put some decals on it (maybe letters with her name, or her favorite animal or character - however much you want to engage her in those choices. If it's her special big-girl chair, she might sit in it. You can push it right up to the table so she really can't stand up in it - her legs are under the table, just like yours, and there really isn't too much room to wiggle around. If some restraint is still necessary, you could use some kind of a belt and secure it at the back of the chair where she can't reach the buckle and fiddle with it! My friends' daughter is 2 and she just loves her chair, so they don't even need a belt of any kind.

Good luck!

My daughter turned two at the end of November. We have a new baby coming in August. I wanted enough time away from her crib. If I had to give you one suggestion, is to do the big girl bed thing once. Don't get her use to a toddler bed and then have to switch to a twin bed months, or a year later. You'll have enough on your plate. We bought our daughter, from Jordan's Furniture, a twin size bed with a metal frame. She was able to pick out her sheets, blankets etc. I wanted to buy the headboard, matching furniture etc. but then I realized she doesn't need all of that now. I think it would be fun to do that when she is old enough to say I like this one. Good luck with everything

I can comment on the Diaper Doubler question. You can use Poise or Depends instead. I have heard that works. I personally use the Huggies overnight diapers though.