turning the cot into a junior bed?

[Taurean]

Also a rail gives me peace of mind that she is likely to fall out of bed, which means we all sleep better.

Exactly my thoughts! And so far we are getting sleep - woohoo!

[sas85]

I got DD1 out of the cot at 13 months onto a mattress on our floor when we were painting her room, decided to just put the mattress in her room after that to get her used to not having the bars since was 4 months pregnant by then, (she fell off a couple of times, and being the terrible mother I am I thought it was funny, but it wasn't that far to the ground at all, more like rolling off a step) she adapted suprisingly quickly though (she used to flail around in the cot and bang against it all the time so I thought she'd fall out heaps, but she got used to it fast) we put her on the lowest setting of a normal bed, the ground is carpeted so if she fell out she wasnt going to get hurt, just a shock. Worked for us luckily as I was more concerned about her trying to force roll her way over a bed rail having been used to the height of a cot rail if you know what I mean though which is why I never got one, but I was going to get the Target one when we were first thinking about it.