And I'm dreading it!!!
I have spent ages readjusting his bedroom to remove all possible risks, moving all wires, hiding all plug sockets, removing things with sharp corners etc but I'm so nervous about it all. I can't cope with the thought of him having the freedom to roam his room at will and get up to mischief 
There's a stair gate across his door so at least he's contained but I feel very uneasy about it all.
I have visions of him pulling everything out of his wardrobe and drawers, throwing his books everywhere, climbing on things etc and basically doing anything except go to sleep.
I've moved the position of the video baby monitor to try and get a good panoramic view of his room so I can see what mischief he's up to but it's not made much difference to my levels of nervousness.
Is it going to be as bad as I envisage?
He's 2y 2m and a little monkey!
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First night in a toddler bed tonight!!
Writerwannabe83 · 30/05/2016 19:47
My DD was about the same age when we took the side off her cotbed and honestly we've never had a minutes bother!
The first few mornings she got up quite early and played with her toys - just make sure you remove any noisy toys/books!! but now the novelty has worn off she doesn't even do that anymore. In fact I wish she would get up and play with toys because now she just lays in bed shouting " mummy come here now " from 5.30am until I go in!
Oh and make sure you remember to move all creams etc out of reach each night - we did have a vaseline incident! 
Good luck!
When I left the room he had a complete meltdown! He stood at the stair gate and cried, and cried, screamed and cried some more 
I went in to him and lay him in the bed and lay with him for about 15 minutes and in that time he really calmed down, was cuddling me and yawning and it was obvious he was tired. I gave him a kiss and explained mommy had to go back downstairs but that he could stay in his big boy bed and go to sleep. He said yes, gave me a kiss and then I left.
That was about 5-10 minutes ago now and I haven't heard a peep.
I'm sure things will take another turn for the worse at some point though...
I was absolutely dreading this but bit the bullet when she turned 2 and I'm so glad I did. The first night there was a tiny of tears and she got out of bed twice. Then nothing....it's been 6 months now and she goes to bed perfectly. (Something has to go wrong soon surely ) she has always been a great sleeper though.
Sometimes I hear her chattering in her bed to her teddies before she falls asleep, and some mornings she wakes up and plays with her toys but mostly just runs to the safety gate and shouts "morning mummy I want to get out now" 
as long as there's nothing dangerous/creams/pens etc they can't cause too much damage.
He normally sleeps in a sleeping bag so I was also worried about the blankets so tonight I put an extra layer on him and some socks so that if he threw his bedclothes off he'd still be warm enough.
He threw both his blankets off within minutes of me leaving the room
snooze - the toddler bed was actually really comfy and when I was in there with him I could easily have fallen to sleep
We had to put DS in the bottom bunk at age 2, his cot fell apart at the same time as DD's bed.
The first night was utter hell, he kept DD up until 10! DD was 6 and it was a school night. Not ideal.
Once the novelty wore off he was fine.
Is he in there on his own? He may settle easier than mine. Lots of 
He is in there on his own.
We weren't planning on putting him in a bed for another 3 months or so yet but last week he broke his cot so we were left with little choice..
I know he's going to freak out if he stirs in the night because in his sleepy haze he'll no doubt wake up expecting to be in his sleeping bag and cot and so will scream when he realises that's not the case
We didn't hear a single peep from him until he woke up at 6.10am 
He hasn't slept through or slept in this late in weeks and weeks and weeks
Yeah! Good result. Hope our move goes as well on Friday.
We are now trial ling his first nap in his bed....
I lay with him for five minutes, said night night, then left the room and he hasn't got upset at all and is still under his blankets
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My DS had a pillow in cot for about three months before we moved him. It wasn't for any particular reason though, we just felt he should have one, don't know why
But looking back, he very, very rarely used it as he is a front sleeper too, always has been.
Oddly enough though, when he would come into bed with me he would always grab one of my pillows and sleep on it.
Also, when he used to be in his sleeping bag in his cot we would sometimes put a blanket over him and he HATED it, he'd go a bit crazy and throw it over the side of the cot. However, when he's in bed with me he always wants the duvet over him.
He must associate pillows and duvets to being in a bed as he had no problem staying on his pillow last night and he was proper snuggled up under his duvet for his nap today.
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