DD was 16 mths and I'd had enough of getting up during the (cold, winter) nights and turned her cot into the junior bed. She happily ran into our room all by herself first night, no lights (and not a direct route) and that was that. Bliss - no dragging myself out of bed again.
DD just refused to sleep in the cot at 16 months old. Took me a few nights to realise what the screaming and no sleeping was for, but once we'd borrowed a foldout bed to see how she'd go, we never looked back. She was nearly too long for it anyway at that age.
DS has never slept in a cot he hated it from the get go. He went into his own bed (more often than not slept in by DH but hey ) from ours at 10months.
DS1 was about 17.5months old when we began day sleeps in a kids single bed (decided not to do the toddler one), did that for about 2weeks then started nights too- which would've been by 18months...which he transitioned quite well- i think him having chose his themed bed and putting rails up (which really enclosed it alot) helped. The reason was because we were expecting another baby so wanted to have DS1 adjusted to the new bed by the time DS2 arrived (DS1 was 20months by then).
For DS2 I'd like to try keeping him in the cot til at least 2- only to give us enough time to work out our next plan...like whether to have another baby, then that would determine what type of bed to get and where DS1 and DS2 will go. Because if we do decide to have 3rd child (which i'd prefer wait til after DS2 is 2) DS1's room could end up with a bunk beds and the cot would remain in DS2's current room. Hmm...will have wait and see what'll happen there.
DS was changed very abruptly at about 21 months as I had SPD and couldn't manage the cot, plus wanted him out before DD arrived (due when he was 2) - my mum had come over to help and we all realised we needed to seize the moment! There was no warning, no prep, just one morning he got out of his cot, then by naptime we had a bed in there & the cot was dismantled (no space for both). We were all so prepared for him to struggle but he actually slept better in the bed than he had been sleeping in the cot - he'd been tending to thump & bang in the cot. Seeing him travel around the bed as he sleeps I realise he was actually really cramped in the cot. We've got bed rails on and the bedroom door shut (high door handles) so it still isn't a free-for-all in terms of running around the house. Oh and he LOVES his big boy bed (it's actually a king single, so very big for a toddler boy!!).
DD was about 15 mths and moved because we needed the cot a few months later. Easy transition, we had the bed in with her cot for a while and she started off wanting day sleeps there then went to night sleeps.
DS is still in his cot at just over 2. He can't climb out because the mattress is at it's lowest point and he doesn't really try unless the rail guard is down. It is nearly time though, we find him in all sorts of weird positions with his legs hanging out and head pushing up on the rails. He sleeps so well now - from 7-6 without a worry so I am hoping that won't change!
ETA: We didn't actually put the bed IN with her cot
DS has always pretty much hated his cot & been too hard to settle in there so we've co-slept since he was about 5 months old. recently we turned his cot into a toddler bed & he's having his naps & the first sleep of the night in there. he's almost 16.5 months. he just doesn't seem to like any sort of bars (well, anything that gets between him & where he wants to be )
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