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When did your toddler stop these baby things...?

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mariahcareyearworm · 13/12/2022 16:33

What age was your toddler doing the following please?

  • moving out of cot into child's bed
  • stopping using high chair
  • stopping getting dressed on changing mat? (Linked to potty training perhaps).

First child so I'm clueless my son is 2.5 and he is still in cot, sleeping bag and high chair. I know he would not stay in a bed and would be ridiculously silly if given a duvet so I'm happy with it for now. He hasn't worked out how to climb out of the cot and it's an extra large one which converts to a bed so there's enough space. High chair is still easiest, again because he's very very boisterous and is really silly when sitting in chairs!

Just wondering when I should be thinking of switching up!

(Thinking of potty training in the Spring).

OP posts:
ParentsTrapped · 13/12/2022 16:44

Move out of cot and high chair was between 2 and 2.5 for DC1, mainly because DC2 was due when she was 2.5. If I hadn’t had that deadline I probably would have left it longer, and probably will for DC2 who has just turned 2. Cot especially! Unless they are throwing themselves out of it keep them in!!

Both were potty trained at under 2 though.

upfucked · 13/12/2022 16:51
  • never in a cot but in their own beds by 20 months
  • Before 2 as they didn’t fit
  • stopped using the changing table by 6 months. Much easier to dress them on my knee. DD1 was dressing herself by 3 and DD2 by 3 1/4 but is lazy.
Reugny · 13/12/2022 16:53

Moved to a bed when she consistently climbed out of her cot and into our bed/half-sibling's bed.

Stopped using a normal high chair when she couldn't fit and it sort of fell apart around 2.5. She uses a wooden one you can take the tray off so she can sit at the table with us.

She still uses a changing mat at 4 after a bath or shower. She was potty trained before 2. However the rest of the time she gets dressed standing up. Her favorite thing this winter is me warming up her clothes on the radiator.

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mariahcareyearworm · 13/12/2022 16:53

Gosh @upfucked this makes me feel worried!

OP posts:
Reugny · 13/12/2022 16:55

mariahcareyearworm · 13/12/2022 16:53

Gosh @upfucked this makes me feel worried!

Why?

Under 5s develop at different paces. By the time he's 5 he will be there.

BertieBotts · 13/12/2022 17:08

The thing is, my 4yo is still doing some of these things, yet we will probably drop them for my 1yo over the next 6 months or so. That's because the 4yo still has access to them because we needed them for the baby, and is influenced by him still using them (changing table for example) but equally the 1yo is influenced by what the 4yo is doing and wants to be like him (e.g. small sized table and chair for eating).

It doesn't matter in the slightest. When they are 16 the GCSE examiner is not going to come around with a notebook and record at what age they stopped using a sleeping bag.

Stop when it's no longer working for your family. Whether that's 1.5 or 4.5 or somewhere in between. There will come an obvious time when something is no longer needed, you don't need to compare to anybody else.

Tiredallofthetime · 13/12/2022 17:10

Mine hates the high chair and won’t sit in it.

He is still in a cot. And will be for a long time Grin two this month.

Doveyouknow · 13/12/2022 17:16

Kept DC1 in the cot until nearly 3 as he never tried to climb out. DC2 was out much sooner, he had a helpful elder brother to demonstrate how to climb out of the cot! The high chair converted into a booster seat so they stayed in them until they were tall enough to reach the table - probably about 4. Not sure when I stopped strapping them in though. If it works for you at the moment then I don't see an issue.

greenbirdsong · 13/12/2022 17:17

• moving out of cot into child's bed
Age 3 he went into a single bed from the cot bed.
• stopping using high chair
Age 3 with a booster seat on the dining chair as our table is quite high.
• stopping getting dressed on changing mat? (Linked to potty training perhaps).
*Probably less that 12 months, he was just too big and wriggly to use a mat.
*

DelurkingAJ · 13/12/2022 17:19

DS1 came out of the cot/toddler bed about 4. The sides came off when he got out unexpectedly and when we asked how demonstrated a vertical forward roll down the side of the bars. He was about 2.5 and not a climber. DS2 earlier as he climbed…stair gates vanished when I found him aged about 2 astride the one at the top of the stairs.

milawops · 13/12/2022 17:25

Been in bed since 16 months
Out of high chair and into booster seat 14 months.
Stopped getting dressed on change mat about 10 months

user2391 · 13/12/2022 17:26

Probably around 2.5 for all as he learned to climb out of cot, highchair was needed for brother and potty trained.

No need to rush though - I definitely would leave the cot as long as possible! 😂

WeWereInParis · 13/12/2022 18:04

We moved DD1 out of her cot a few months before she turned 2. She was climbing out of the cot so we didn't have much choice, but actually she was completely fine with it.
High chair was about the same time I think.
I never got her dressed on the changing mat really. Even as a baby I would dress her on the sofa or bed or carpet etc. She was potty trained a couple of months before she turned 3.

SparkyBlue · 13/12/2022 18:35

I moved all my three to beds well before two. DD1 started climbing out so I bought a bed and with DS1 we moved house so I just got a bed and with DD2 she is sharing a room with her older sister so she just started sleeping in the bottom bunk when she just turned one as no room for the cot. Highchair was definitely before two for the older two and after two for the third. The changing mat was definitely gone at around one.

Tumbleweed101 · 13/12/2022 18:55

I can't remember for my own children but all by time they were 3yr.

Ar nursery the children eat at the table from 2yo with open cups and most sit very well. The important thing is they are sitting with others. At nursery they also sleep on open mattresses from 2yo rather than in cots. Most settle sensibly. At home I'd do same so long as no obvious hazards.

MrFlibblesEyes · 13/12/2022 21:26

Ds had a cotbed that converted to a toddler bed by taking the sides and ends off. He never actually tried climbing out but we took the sides off a few months after turning 2 and switched to a duvet as we were potty training and I wanted him to be able to take himself to the potty/toilet in the night if he needed to (turns out he never bothers getting ot of bed).

Got rid of the highchair at 2 as we moved house and it was unnecessarily bulky to transport and he sits fine on a booster seat at the table.

Stopped dressing him on the change mat at about 8 months when it became easier to use nappy pants and change him standing up against furniture than trying to pin down a rolling baby!

Just do whatever is convenient and works for you!

Hatscats · 13/12/2022 21:32

Another one who never used a cot - in family bed or own floor bed from birth.
also had a Tripp trapp “highchair” so she’s always sat at the table, removed the baby part about 18-20 months so she could climb up and down herself. Would recommend (secondhand cheaper!).
she’s not got dressed lying down since she was about 10 months and walking 😂 gave up on the changing mat before then. She’s 2 and will pick out her clothes and help me get her dressed.

MoanySloney · 13/12/2022 21:37

This is MN so there will be loads of ridiculous extremes. There are the ones who's kids flew out of their vaginas walking, talking and counting to ten. Then there are the ones who are 18YO and still can't wipe their own arses.

Does your child sleep all night? Are they safe, warm and comfortable whilst sleeping? Then do what keeps them that way. Same with eating. As for getting dressed, do what works best for you.

With all your things mentioned, I think it was about 2.5/3YO with both of my DS.

Somethings are just situational. We had to buy new beds for them when DS2 moved out the cot and we had to buy a lower table (our old one had stools) when DS1 moved out the high chair. So we did sometimes need to wait for the money and space etc.

VivaVivaa · 13/12/2022 21:43

2.5 yo. Still in cot with zero plans to move, only just out of high chair. Has been potty trained for the last 3 or so months. Has been getting dressed standing up since about 20 months probably.

Wisterialane1234 · 13/12/2022 21:47

2.5 move from cot to bed, had to do it due to having a second baby who reached 6 months and needed the cot!
Sleeping bag went at 2.5 when moved to bed. I recommend waiting until warmer months to transition to duvet so they don't get cold if they kick it off!
High chair - ick gross I hated our high chair wanted it gone ASAP, we didn't buy the best brand but as first time parents had no idea what to look for. Moved to booster seat on normal chair about 19-20months.

whistleinthewind · 13/12/2022 21:50

3.5 YO, still in a cot with a dummy. Loves it. We go on holiday and she sleeps in a normal single bed, but she's currently tucked up in her cot bed and is quite happy there. When we move next year we will just get rid of it so as not to make too many changes at once.

Change table, yes around potty training - she was 2years 3 months. Still has night time nappies but there's a mat on the floor for that. Sometimes we use it, sometimes we don't. She's been doing parts of dressing herself since she was 2, she's now fully able to and has been since 3, though socks are recent.

whistleinthewind · 13/12/2022 21:51

High chair was under 2 but use a stokie tripp trapp type thing for the table

Duttercup · 13/12/2022 21:59

mariahcareyearworm · 13/12/2022 16:53

Gosh @upfucked this makes me feel worried!

Oh, don't feel worried. You're not doing anything wrong.

Mine is 2.3 and is in a cot (because the first time she tried to climb out she fell on her head and hasn't tried again), high chair (she likes it) and will lie down for a nappy change (I've never mastered the stand up nappy change). She's bright as a button but we're a single child family so have no need to get her moved on and it works for us.

reluctantbrit · 13/12/2022 22:11

We had a cotbed but took the rails down just after DD turned 2 and also moved to duvet and pillow.
highchair - we had a TrippTrapp and used it until DD was 8
Changing table - can’t remember but she was dry around 2.5 and I know we already moved to her having a shower each evening. I think she was wiped down standing in the bathtub if there was an accident.

Novemberhater · 13/12/2022 22:28

High chair - about 18 months
Normal single bed 2.5
Out of nappies before 2
No changing mat once out of nappies
But DS was very advanced.
Walked at just 10 months
Vocabulary of over a hundred words on his first birthday
Riding a bike without stabilisers at 2.5
Reading at 2.5
He didn't want to be a baby or a toddler and he was very hard work.
All children are different and if he's anything like my DS, he'll tell you when he's ready.

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