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 )
DS went into a bed a few weeks before he turned 2. I basically put him in a bed as he was quite a bad sleeper and I thought maybe a bed might make a difference as opposed to his cot, and it did! He's been happily going to bed ever since
DD went into a big bed at 14months, she started trying to climb out of her cot at 12months and by the time she was 14months had already managed to get/fall out 4 times already :O Funnily enough she was a crappy sleeper as well, once we put her in her big bed......she slept through! Could be a coincidence who knows but it was great! We had rails up for a bit, but she would use them as climbing devices as well so she ended up taking them off.....shes 3 now and only fallen out of bed maybe twice.
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