Not sure how to handle this - new bed + new room

[HotI]

I reckon set it up in his room in the morning, talk about it, spend time in his room, practise climbing up and down and pretending to sleep and wake up, and then ask him if he wants to sleep there that night.

We were expecting the adjustment to be hard when dd moved to her room, her new bed but the move went so smoothly and her sleep improved.

[HomeStyleMumma]

Id set it up and 'let 'im at it!' Honestly at 3 he's likely to be very capable at getting in and out, and would have to really move around to fall out over the rails already there. Having said that I'd definitely get him to practice and explain it would be dangerous and painful to play up there being silly in case he fell iykwim?? I understand where you're coming from though. We ended up having to put ds1 in a top bunk at around 2 1/2 and I freaked at first too but he was fine. Having said all that you could try get a higher bedrail thing to squeeze between the one already there and the mattress...

[Cass72]

I agree wth HSM - let him at it. I worried about DS2 going from cot to bed. He climbed out of his cot one night so the next morning we put a bed in his room - he was only 18 months old. We put him to bed (in a bed) that night and he slept through without any issues - didn't seem to phase him in the slightest. We have also moved house since then, so it's a bit backward to what you've done, but he also adapted to the new room really well too. He loves to jump on his bed and climbs onto the bedhead - I've given up worrying about him falling and breaking something (a bone or something).

Love the bed by the way - I'm sure he'll love it too.

[Rowellen]

I'd just jump straight in. My DS went into a bed just before DD was born so about 25mo. He was so excited about the new bed. He played on it and couldn't wait to go to sleep. He has a side rail on his bed and he is often pressed up against it but he has never fallen out. Ask your DS and see what he wants to do. I'm sure at his age, he would have an opinion

PS Maybe you have sorted it out already but I can see a link, not a pic, in your post. Cool choice of bed

[Calluna]

OK, so we will do all the morning and bedtime stuff in his room from now on,
We pick up our sofa on Monday so we'll move our temporary lounge into the actual lounge room
and put his mattress in his room until we get his bed.
Set it up the night we get it - after he's gone to bed - and he can check it out in the morning and play with it a bit.

The only concern I have with this is that he'll get used to sleeping on the floor in his room and when he gets his big bed he will forget he's not on the floor anymore because the room looks the same. Am I being silly?

We're pretty stoked with the bed too, cant wait to get it!!

Thanks everyone for your help. It seems like a silly question now that I've posted it but it was really playing on my mind

[Ca Plane Pour Moi]

If it helps any, Liebling has a similar bed. Cabin beds with things that swing out are the coolest, you are a rockin' mama for getting your child that. (Yes, I have my childhood wish fulfilment via my son.) He had a sleepover in it with a friend. Both boys are wigglers. Although Liebs ended up in the spare bed (at his request) to get some sleep, neither fell out. It is hard to get out of it without climbing over the rail, so to remember to do that means you have to remember there's a rail - and that usually promps that you're high up. I find it better than a normal single bed when I crawl in with Liebs some nights as he can't push me out of bed, I end up waking up on the side rail but not having fallen onto the floor.

I go with the others, have fun with the bed and in his room and ask where he wants to sleep.

[Calluna]

If it helps any, Liebling has a similar bed. Cabin beds with things that swing out are the coolest, you are a rockin' mama for getting your child that. (Yes, I have my childhood wish fulfilment via my son.)

Thanks

He had a sleepover in it with a friend. Both boys are wigglers. Although Liebs ended up in the spare bed (at his request) to get some sleep, neither fell out. It is hard to get out of it without climbing over the rail, so to remember to do that means you have to remember there's a rail - and that usually promps that you're high up. I find it better than a normal single bed when I crawl in with Liebs some nights as he can't push me out of bed, I end up waking up on the side rail but not having fallen onto the floor.

Thanks TFB, I will have to climb in with him as he's still breastfed to sleep, so that's great to know!