We bought a single bed before DD was born and she will go straight from her cot into the single. To start with we'll just put the mattress on the floor to get her used to it and then we'll put it on the frame and buy some sides to attach to the frame. This will then be her bed probably until she moves out of home. It's a great mattress, well made and very comfy. Both DH and I have slept on the single bed at various times when DD was first born to allow the other to sleep undisturbed.
Our cot converted to a toddler bed too - worked well as it was all the same for DS. I have a friend who is converting theirs by taking off the side and stabilising it with bracing etc. Its one that doenst convert but they are changing it as they are not having any more kids and so buggering up a cot doesnt matter.
We got about 2 years use out of the toddler bed so well worth it for us (and two years as a cot so great for the money).
Our toddler bed is the same size as the cot - it uses the same mattress as our cot. I got one because we had to move DD in there at 17 months so DS could move into the cot and she seemed too little for a big bed.
DD loves her toddler bed. She fell out of it a few times early on, but we put pillows on the floor where she fell out and she never hurt herself, just got a fright.
The only problem I have with them is that they are very small and DD won't last too much longer (she is quite tall for her age). That's okay thought because DS will need the toddler bed by the end of the year as DS will move into it (bit of a side issue).
Ours was $99 from Target without a mattress (mattress was about $40) both on special. All the cot linen and blankets fit it so I didn't have to buy anthing extra like that, I just used what I already had.
BUGGER!!! I rang target and they said they didnt have any at al and never had ah doesnt matter now...looks like its just one more night in it (thank god)
Doudou - our cot isnt one that converts but with a bit of luck SIL will be pg soon and its all her's
We got a toddler bed fro MJ 2 weeks ago...
Its been fantasti. Uses the cot mattress and is about 1cm from the floor.
ot ours from spotlight when they had a big sale on and it only cost $160 and came with tables and chairs and a a storage thingy.
Its not the normal type of bed that i would by (disney and metal/plastic) but it does the job really well.
She fell out the 2nd night and there was No issue, as it was so close to the floor - ther are little bumper rails near the head end, but she spins around in her sleep.
There were tears, but because she didnt know where she was, rather than she had hurt herself.
We went to this as MJ was trying to climb out and i was so worried that she would hurt herself.
Didnt use one for DSS, he went straight to a big bed at the age of 2
We've bought one for DD (as DS will be requiring the cot she currently is sleeping in lol)...
Found it on special at Target for $99.
I'm concerned about getting DD to sleep in it - she'll only be about 20 mths when we'll need her to start sleeping in it (or until we move future DS from a bassinette into his own room). It was far too daunting to put my premmie baby into a big bed already - and it'll be handed down to DS in the future - so for $99 I'm not complaining.
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ah doesnt matter now...looks like its just one more night in it (thank god)
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