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AIBU?

To not move DD into a bed yet?

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DoctorRobert · 21/11/2013 12:17

DD is 2.8 and still in her cot. I thought that this was normal (PFB), until reading something elsewhere which suggested most children are in beds by now and so I'm beginning to doubt what we're doing/planning to do.

She sleeps well and has never attempted to climb out - when she wakes in the morning she chats to herself until we get her up, so is perfectly happy in there. We're not planning anymore children so don't need to use the cot for a baby. We've not started potty training yet (but imagine that she would still wear nappies at night to begin with anyway?) know sod all about potty training

We will be moving house next year, not sure when exactly but she will be somewhere between 3.3 and 3.9 when we do. Assuming that she continues to be happy in the cot, WIBU to wait until we move to get her a bed? If there any particular reason a child needs to be in a bed before 3?

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valiumredhead · 22/11/2013 17:27

Dim-gosh how awful but proves my point about safety bring such an issue. I have pins and screws after an injury, wouldn't wish that on anyone x

dimdommilpot · 22/11/2013 16:02

We kept DD in a cot until she jumped out over the side and broke her elbow (it needed pinning and she has an awful scar). She was coming up to 3. It was the 1 and only time she has climbed out!

ChazDingle · 22/11/2013 13:56

we've just taken the sides off DS's cot this week and he's 3.6!!!

BertieBowtiesAreCool · 22/11/2013 13:54

DS was out at 2 because he couldn't physically fit in it any more and stretch out.

Sizzles some cots are sturdy with 3 sides, some aren't. It depends how it's built.

He did fall out until he was about four and a half though, never got round to buying him a bed guard either as I was assured by the HV that he would soon stop falling out once he'd done it a couple of times Poor neglected child! I did put an old duvet down by the side of his bed after a while!

Species8472 · 22/11/2013 13:53

As long as your DD is happy in her cot and not climbing out keep her in there! Why make life harder? My DD was in a cot until 3.5 - the catalyst for getting a bed was that we were going to spend Christmas at my parents where she would be in a single bed so we wanted to get her used to a bed at home before we went. The transition to a bed was seamless, no problems going to bed and no traumas about not wanting to be in her bed. In hindsight we could have done it a bit earlier, but she is on the shorter side so stil had enough room, and, most importantly had not tried to climb out.

Pobblewhohasnotoes · 22/11/2013 13:43

Ikea do cotbed duvets and pillows.

Thurlow · 22/11/2013 13:40

Another, weve just moved to a duvet in the cotbed. After tips on here we bought a single 4.5 tog duvet which we put on sideways, so half the duvet is actually underneath the mattress. You can tuck in the loose side a lot too so the toddler's quite effectively trapped in! It's worked really well for us and DD hasn't lost the duvet yet, because it is so tucked in she stays underneath it. Single duvet covers are often cheaper than cotbed duvet covers and you get non-child/patterned ones too, which personally I prefer.

Ledkr · 22/11/2013 13:11

That's what dd has and her sides are all up.
She looks very cosy. I used blankets up till I bought that, she's never been partial to a bag.

aGnotherGnu · 22/11/2013 08:33

That sounds good, thanks. Is it ok to use that if the sides are still up?

Ledkr · 22/11/2013 07:56

Aldi do a lovely cot bed duvet for 7 quid. That's all I use. They also sell the covers and pillow. She's very cosy.

aGnotherGnu · 22/11/2013 07:53

Can I ask what you all do about bedding? DS2 still in a cotbed (he's almost 2) but is bursting out of his sleeping bag. Loathe to buy another as he might have to move at any time if he started climbing, and will definitely need to move in the next few months as I am PG.
But you can't use a duvet in a cotbed really can you?

Sizzlesthedog · 22/11/2013 07:52

I have a cot, very basic babysrus one. Can I take the side off or will it become unstable? Not a cotbed.

Don't understand how I could take a side off and it remain safe.

BeaWheesht · 22/11/2013 07:44

Dd is 3.1 and still in a cot, our plan is to get her bed in February once a few things are out the way. She's slept on a bed on holiday before. I don't give a monkeys what other people think

Meglet · 22/11/2013 07:40

Yanbu. DS was happy in his cot until he was 3.2 then he decided to climb out.

DD climbed out at 2.6 and has been a terror ever since.

Ledkr · 22/11/2013 07:37

Play not Kay

Ledkr · 22/11/2013 07:34

Not sure thurlow I thought that was odd too.
My two year old is growing up at her own pace where she sleeps doesn't make a jot of difference and she doesn't have her mates to Kay over yet either how I'm failing!

foreverondiet · 22/11/2013 07:27

I had to move ds2 at 3 as he was toilet trained and no more night nappies so had to be able to get out. His room tiny (we moving soon., age 3.9 but had to get toddler bed). Ds 1 refused to sleep in cot after after 2.5. Just have to wait and see.

Thurlow · 22/11/2013 07:26

How is leaving a 2yo in a cot/cotbed with the sides up treating them like babies?

hallowisitmeyourelookingfor · 21/11/2013 23:50

DD1 went into a double bed at 18m, living circumstances meant she had the only real bed in our flat! DD2 was in the cot until we moved house the day before her 3rd birthday. We had no space for a bed for her until we moved, otherwise we would have moved her before then.
DS is 2 and we will be putting him into a bed in the new year. He's got about 6 inches at the bottom of his cot when he's stretched out. He doesn't wake up in the night, so have never had to stroke him through his cot bars or anything like that. I'm dreading moving him as he's a bundle of energy and i'm forseeing nights of trudging backwards and forwards tucking him back in, but think he will start to climb out soon so we need to.
Just do what suits you, it's not doing her any harm :)

highlandbird · 21/11/2013 23:37

DS1is 2.8 and is still in his cot as well, we have a toddler bed ready to put up but he loves his cot, and sleeps so well in there, and still plenty of room. If he hasn't asked to move to a bed by 3 we will probably suggest it to him then.

I am also in no rush for him to grow up too quickly, and happy for him to set the pace. He has his whole life ahead of him to be 'grown up' I don't see why it makes a difference if they are in a bed by a certain age??

DoctorRobert · 21/11/2013 23:25

I'm intrigued by this thread, as all the children I know personally are in to their toddler beds by 2 latest.
I don't think.it's right to treat children like babies.

She's only 2

I guess I'm the opposite - I don't think it's right to rush through babyhood.

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DoctorRobert · 21/11/2013 23:20

That's the thing Ledkr - DD didn't sleep through until she was 15mo, so I don't want to disturb a good thing unless I have to!

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arethereanyleftatall · 21/11/2013 23:17

I'm intrigued by this thread, as all the children I know personally are in to their toddler beds by 2 latest.
I don't think.it's right to treat children like babies.

Ledkr · 21/11/2013 23:00

Cot not vit!

Ledkr · 21/11/2013 22:59

I'm glad you started this thread.
Dd is the same age as yours and is still in her lovely cosy vit too.
After two years of crap sleep I'm actually scared to move her now she sleeps so well. Shelves her cot too and sleeps really well.
I thought it was my guilty secret.

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