When did you switch to a 'big kid bed'??

[Ella]

Hi there,
DS is only 10 months, so I'm not rushing into anything right now, but I was jsut wondering, how old was your little munchkin when you swapped from a cot to a toddler bed???
DS is confidently walking along walls and couches etc and has even stood for a bit holding onto nothing, so I'm thinking it's time to start looking into these things as I don't want him climbing the rails and cracking his head. He's also a very confident climber of anything stationary...

Any advice or help would be great!

Ella

[Kazmar]

Good question! Annabelle is just over 2 and still in her cot. So Im also curious when most transfer their little one
Single or double?

[Ella]

Yeah we were thinking of getting a cool fire engine bed or something, but also don't know if that's best for DS or whether kids cope better with just a normal single bed????

[Kazmar]

Either way I know to put one side of the bed against the wall so they dont fall out and a 'side bar' thingy on the other side
I hear of LOTS of boys going into 'car' beds for their 1st bed
I have had my families antiqe (SP) double bed powder coated pink for Annabelle. She's not ready for a bed just yet so Ill hold off. But when she is 'ready' it'll be a double. Wouldn't they have less of a chance of falling out of a double? Might just be a little 'empty' and dawnting (SP)

[Ozziehoffy]

hehe Oskar is still in a cot too and he's almost 2 1/2. He doesn't climb out and he stays IN and sleeps!! I think it really depends on the individual. Joshua was in a bed before he was 2 but he used to climb out of the cot too so it didn't leave a choice.

[Doodlebug]

Hi,

We moved ds into a big bed around 2 1/2. He never climbed out so I never saw the need to move him any earlier than that. 2 1/2 was the right time for us coz that's when he started to get too tall for his cot (he's a tall kid, in the next size clothes 6mts before the age), and we were given a bed for him.

He's in a normal single size pipeline bed. I have it pushed against a wall and a safety rail on the other side. Ds is 4 next month and I can't see us taking off the rail anytime soon. He wriggles soooo much in his sleep!!!

My gf bought a Nemo toddler bed, good if it's for your first child and you have at least 1 more to use it but she found it only lasted about 12mts before it was a bit on the small size. Maybe a fire engine doona cover instead? Save buying 2 beds.