Transitioning from cot to bed

[Frangipani]

I'm also interested to see what others recommend too. We are also in the process of transitioning our almost 18months son into a bed- for same reason, next baby due in February.

So far for us- we bought a themed bed (single)- which we found our son seemed keen to get on the display one in the shop and even lay his head on the pillow. We've had the bed for 2 weeks now, the 1st week he was sick, so only started using it last weekend. We've just been doing his day sleep in there- just to get him use to it and not scare when he wakes up. He has been ok most days, but there was a couple of days where he would wake earlier then he should've, and wouldn't go back to sleep in his bed, just kinda played. But once in his cot, (we have both cot and bed in the room, which is a little squishy but works) he was back to sleep rather quickly. So i figure from this we'll keep doing the day sleeps only for a few more weeks, until we are ready to go a night time trial (which we'll obviously do on a weekend where DH and I can share getting up, then probably catch up on sleep the next day).

Our back up plan if need be will be to use the portacot for new baby for a little while, as figure any problems we may have could be alot to do with Cam being still young, so he may need that little more time to adjust.

We also had to decide whether to move him into the other room, but decided not too, cause he knows that room as his and I didn't want to confuse him anymore then need be.

Good luck...hope you it all works out for us both. Will keep an eye on this thread to see how you go.