When did your toddler move to a 'big bed'

[Nettie]

My DS is nearly 16 months and I'm wondering when everyone else's toddler moves out of the cot??

Also curious as to when parents let kids play outside on their own.. Any thoughts??

[~Kim~]

I wish my toddler would play outside on her own - but she is terrified of being anywhere outside by herself in case a dog should approach her

In the case of the bed though, she decided at 16 months that she no longer wished to sleep in her cot - it just took mummy a week of terrible bed times to realise that my great sleeper had had enough of the baby bed. She went into a foldaway bed until we moved 3 weeks later and I bought her an ensemble. Never had a bed rail and never fallen out except when she was mucking around.

[Lolli]

Hi Nettie,
I moved ds to a toddler bed at about 16 months, the same time he went from two day sleeps to one (made the transition easier- he was so tired by nap time, he didn't care where he slept).

There was a thread on playing outside not long ago- I'll see if I can find it for you

ETA- Here 'tis http://forums.bellybelly.com.au/foru...ervised-2.html

[Jahzara]

I have moved all 3 boys pretty close to them turning two.

DS#1 - 1 month before he turned two cause we were going on a holiday and there wasnt a cot for him.
DS#2 and DS#3 - a week after they turned two.

DS#3 hadnt ever tried to climb out of his cot, we just thought we would do the same as we have for the others.

Have had a bed guard for all of them.

[Erin_25]

My DS was never a great sleeper, so until we got that sorted we kept him in the cot. He moved into a big bed a month or so after turning two....he was ready a bit before but I wasn't LOL!! Best thing is we have not once had a prob with him coming out at night!

[~Jayne~]

My oldest moved into her big girls room right around the time of her 2nd birthday & my youngest has just made the switch & she's just approaching 2.5. HTH!

Also, in respects to them playing outside, I encourage my 2 to play out there a lot, but I am lucky I have big back windows & can keep a pretty good eye on them most of the time, we don't have a dog (yet) so apart from the usual thrills & spills, there is no 'immediate' danget to them.

Jayne

[danniellabella]

I'm planning to move my DD when we move house in October. She'll be 19 months. She's not going into a toddler bed though, straight into a normal single bed.