When do you put your toddler in a bed?

proud mummy · Apr 27th, 2009, 10:08 AM

At what age roughly is the right age for your little one to sleep in a bed. I mean my son is 19 months and has a cot bed. He has the sides up at the moment but i was just wondering when the right time is to take the sides off.

He is great at night he sleeps right through i never hear a sound from him during the nite. I just worry that if I let him have a bed that he will get up all the time and play with his toys.

lauren-kate · Apr 27th, 2009, 14:33 PM

We put Ryan in a bed at 16 months (because we moved house and lost the cot fittings..). He doesn't really get out of bed to play a lot. We have a story, then he climbs into bed and has some milk while we read a shorter story. Then at most, he gets out of bed twice before going to sleep. I go up and put him back down, then OH goes up and puts him down 2nd time, and that's usually it. We just let him know bedtime IS bedtime, not for playing, and he usually understands. The only 'problem' we've had at the moment, is with him waking up earlier than before.. but only 6am, so not too bad a deal.

babystar · Apr 27th, 2009, 14:37 PM

Joani had her own bed at 2 yrs..... Elinor we are hoping will b in her own bed in October...with the new baby coming we are buyin Elinor a cot bed so that her cot can get used to the new baby

So fingers crossed we can gert her to sleep in her cot bed from October-ish

she will be 20 months by then.

**~KACI~** · Apr 27th, 2009, 14:41 PM

I would say anytime now would be about right hun, but there's no right or wrong, my son didn't move over till he was 2 x

mommyof3co · Apr 27th, 2009, 14:53 PM

Landon went into a toddler bed at 13mo because he was climbing out of his crib. Casen went in at 15mo just because we thought he was ready, by 18mo he was sleeping in a single bed no rails. Hayden never slept in a crib, he coslept until 12mo he went straight to a toddler bed, at 16mo when we moved to TX we never put the rails back on his toddler bed so since then he's slept without them

lillysmum · Apr 27th, 2009, 15:20 PM

i asked my hv and she said keep her in the cot and lilly is 21months........so i dunno, lots of people i know have switched their kids to beds by now but i just dont know if it's too early for lilly

aidensxmomma · Apr 27th, 2009, 19:28 PM

I plan on moving Aiden to a toddler bed at around 18 months. I want to get him this nice bed set for christmas and then for the new year we'll be trying it out. I won't do it any earlier, though, because I don't want him to associate his toddler bed with his little sister, who will be born when he's about 16 months old.

**Wobbles** · Apr 27th, 2009, 19:56 PM

Shes coming 17 months - Im just waiting on the matress and bed guard then my Caitlins going in

Soontobe · Apr 27th, 2009, 20:38 PM

My parents are buying him the whole bed, matress, and rails for his first birthday, although i wont be using them yet.. I'm sure within that next year he will go in it sometime..
I plan on setting it up in his room so he can be familiar with it..then one day the cot will 'disappear' lol

eclipse · Apr 28th, 2009, 00:44 AM

Liam just moved over to a big bed 3 weeks ago...he is 29 months. He didn't try to get out until then, when we were taking a nap and I hear my door open and there he is! He declared "all done nap!" and I declared "all done crib" LOL

He did really well and it was great that he wasn't scaling out of it before that.

Apr 27th, 2009, 10:08 AM	#1
proud mummy Trying to conceive (TTC) Active BnB Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 755	When do you put your toddler in a bed? At what age roughly is the right age for your little one to sleep in a bed. I mean my son is 19 months and has a cot bed. He has the sides up at the moment but i was just wondering when the right time is to take the sides off. He is great at night he sleeps right through i never hear a sound from him during the nite. I just worry that if I let him have a bed that he will get up all the time and play with his toys.

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Apr 27th, 2009, 14:33 PM	#2
lauren-kate Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: UK Posts: 2,757	We put Ryan in a bed at 16 months (because we moved house and lost the cot fittings..). He doesn't really get out of bed to play a lot. We have a story, then he climbs into bed and has some milk while we read a shorter story. Then at most, he gets out of bed twice before going to sleep. I go up and put him back down, then OH goes up and puts him down 2nd time, and that's usually it. We just let him know bedtime IS bedtime, not for playing, and he usually understands. The only 'problem' we've had at the moment, is with him waking up earlier than before.. but only 6am, so not too bad a deal.

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Apr 27th, 2009, 14:37 PM	#3
babystar Pregnant (Expecting) Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 4,737	Joani had her own bed at 2 yrs..... Elinor we are hoping will b in her own bed in October...with the new baby coming we are buyin Elinor a cot bed so that her cot can get used to the new baby So fingers crossed we can gert her to sleep in her cot bed from October-ish she will be 20 months by then.

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Apr 27th, 2009, 14:41 PM	#4
~KACI~ Mum (Mom) BabyandBump Team Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Wales Posts: 11,960	I would say anytime now would be about right hun, but there's no right or wrong, my son didn't move over till he was 2 x

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Apr 27th, 2009, 14:53 PM	#5
mommyof3co Mum (Mom) BnB Elite Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Waxahachie, TX Posts: 10,076	Landon went into a toddler bed at 13mo because he was climbing out of his crib. Casen went in at 15mo just because we thought he was ready, by 18mo he was sleeping in a single bed no rails. Hayden never slept in a crib, he coslept until 12mo he went straight to a toddler bed, at 16mo when we moved to TX we never put the rails back on his toddler bed so since then he's slept without them

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Apr 27th, 2009, 15:20 PM	#6
lillysmum Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Dundee Posts: 3,825	i asked my hv and she said keep her in the cot and lilly is 21months........so i dunno, lots of people i know have switched their kids to beds by now but i just dont know if it's too early for lilly

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Apr 27th, 2009, 19:28 PM	#7
aidensxmomma Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: May 2008 Location: Wisconsin, U.S. Posts: 2,874	I plan on moving Aiden to a toddler bed at around 18 months. I want to get him this nice bed set for christmas and then for the new year we'll be trying it out. I won't do it any earlier, though, because I don't want him to associate his toddler bed with his little sister, who will be born when he's about 16 months old.

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Apr 27th, 2009, 19:56 PM	#8
Wobbles Mum (Mom) Administrator Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Chester Gal By Heart Posts: 50,081	Shes coming 17 months - Im just waiting on the matress and bed guard then my Caitlins going in
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Apr 27th, 2009, 20:38 PM	#9
Soontobe Mum (Mom) Active BnB Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 945	My parents are buying him the whole bed, matress, and rails for his first birthday, although i wont be using them yet.. I'm sure within that next year he will go in it sometime.. I plan on setting it up in his room so he can be familiar with it..then one day the cot will 'disappear' lol

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Apr 28th, 2009, 00:44 AM	#10
eclipse Mum (Mom) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Tampa Bay, Florida Posts: 1,744	Liam just moved over to a big bed 3 weeks ago...he is 29 months. He didn't try to get out until then, when we were taking a nap and I hear my door open and there he is! He declared "all done nap!" and I declared "all done crib" LOL He did really well and it was great that he wasn't scaling out of it before that.

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