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DD (2.6) is having her first night in a bed

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compo · 01/03/2009 19:18

Fingers crossed she has a good night's sleep
Can't believe I won't have a child in a cot anymore

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compo · 01/03/2009 19:29

no sound so far after initial crying, fingers crossed she's asleep, daren't go in in case I wake her up

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DanJARMouse · 01/03/2009 19:31

oooooh exciting!

Has the age for getting out of the cot gone up without me realising it? Both the DDs were out of the cot by 18mnths, and yet 2 threads ive come across today have been 2-3yrs plus!

Hope she sleeps well for you!

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Nickytwotimes · 01/03/2009 19:31

Oooh, good luck Compo.
Ds is also 2.6 and every weekend, we mean to change the cot into a bed adn forget!
He did sleep in a big boy bed a few weeks ago when we were at Granny's and he loved it. I don't think he realised he could actually get up and still shouted for us to get up!

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compo · 01/03/2009 19:33

JARM - well we moved ds at 2 because of the immenient arrival of dd but with dd everyone said wait until she can climb out but she's never even tried
she usually sleeps in a grobag too so it must be a bit of a shock suddenly not being cocooned
with ds he went through about 3 nights and keep getting up and we did the whole no eye contact thing and putting him back
hoping not to have to do that again!

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compo · 01/03/2009 19:34

Nicky - yes, we've been putting it off too, last night she kept rolling over and banging the sides of the cot so dh decided she was too big for it!

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Nickytwotimes · 01/03/2009 19:35

Yes, the banging is quite loud, isn't it?

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LadyOfWaffle · 01/03/2009 19:37

I was worried when DS went into his but it actually went fine He went in about 2.6 too.

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compo · 01/03/2009 19:40

ooh thanks low, that is very reassuring
dh is nagging me because because she still has a bottle which she loves at nighttime before bed and we haven't potty trained her and he thinks I'm babying her

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nickytwotimes · 01/03/2009 19:43

We haven't potty trained yet. We are waiting until the better weather. I am not having toddler pee all over my carpet when we are selling our house!
As for the bottle, if it's only a cosy one at bedtime and she brushes her teeth, then so what?
Sometimes people are in such a rush to make them grow up. She won't be in noppies or using bottles much longer, so enjoy.