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

[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!