We put Jett in to his toddler bed on Sunday night!! So far so good!

The reasons we did this was because we are trying to get him used to the idea of sleeping in his own bed by the time the new baby arrives. We couldn't cope with 4 in the bed!!

And the reason we chose the toddler bed rather than the cot was because he is such a sound sleeper, barely rolls over in the night, let alone rolling enough to fall out of bed and they are no longer sleeping in cots at childcare. But I think if he was a night crawler I would be more reluctant at this age. I would probably see how he was in another few months and just keep reassessing.

And we have kept his bed in our room for the moment too. That way I can attend to him at a moments notice.

So far he hasn't rolled out, but I keep a big pillow beside his bed to land on if he does. He does get himself out of bed though to go wandering around the house if he isn't asleep properly when we leave him, and he did it in the wee hours of this morning but then he came straight back to our bed and DH pulled him in to bed with us. But he only seems to wander, he doesn't seem to get distracted and stop to play but just checks the house out before going back to bed!! So if you don't want Jazz wandering the house at weird hours, or you think she could get up to mischief then I would put it off!!

If we had put Jett in a cot right from the start I think I would be looking to put him in a bed at around 2. That to me seems an appropriate age as they are far more aware of their bodies and their surroundings and you are far more able to communicate/negotiate the terms of sleeping in a big bed. Just my thoughts!!