To skip the cot stage?

[Opheliasgoldenwine]

I suppose I could BU but I don't know if this is a good idea or not?

DD is 14 months and has co-slept with us since she was 4mo. She loves being in the bed with us and I think she'll take to a cot really badly (tried a few times but didn't end well). I'm considering letting her sleep with us until she's two and then putting her in a child's bed (providing I think it's safe and she's big enough) in the room across from ours? Has anyone else done this or will it be a nightmare transitioning her from our bed to her own?

No reason why you have to wait til 2. Google Montessori bed.

I would try, she will get used to it. Sounds like a good plan.

I did this- never used a cot.

It was a slow transition, but very easy.

We did use a cot but ours were in a bed by 18 months. No issues.

Slow because I didn't push too hard, because I didn't care too much.

We are very relaxed about who sleeps where- as long as everyone gets enough sleep.

My youngest went into a bed at 16 months as she was a climber. Even before she could walk she'd try and climb. She never managed to climb out, but I watched how determined she was one day she was in her cot for a nap and never put her back in. Started her on a mattress on the floor as it meant there was nowhere for her to fall.

Ds went from cot to childs single bed (slightly lower than normal bed and had a guard rail) just after 12 months when he started escaping from the cot.

My mum bought us a beautiful cot and I think it was used about twice. DD went straight from cosleeping into her own bed. Wasn't a nightmare transitioning. She just decided one day she wanted to sleep on her own and off she went!

Ours went from our bed to a mattress on the floor, then we added the bed base later.
They had the bed set up in their room with their toys. They'd play in there while still co sleeping, and nap in there.

Never co slept but DS went in to a regular single bed with a safety rail on when he was about 14 months as he started climbing his cot. He's always slept much better in it that he ever did his cot. He sleeps all spread out so think he preferred the extra space. Go for it whenever you feel ready.

Ds was in a crib, then cot, then in a toddler bed at 17 months. No problems at all.

I wish we skipped the cot stage. Dd hated it, was constantly trying to climb out and would wake every 2 hours when she rolled over and hit the sides. We stuck it out til she 23 months and we're due to move house, put her in a bed the day we moved and she has slept through pretty much since.

If we have a 2nd I will seriously consider not using a cot at all

We went straight to a single mattress on the floor and when dd managed to sleep on it without rolling off all the time we got a bed

This is going to sound stupid but if DD went in a bed before two, eg 18 months or something, how can I make it safe so that she wouldn't smother herself in her sleep or something?

My DD2 is in a sleeping bag on her bed and has no pillow. There are pillows on the floor in case she falls off but she only did that a couple times the first week and not since.

My Sedona didn’t sleep in a cot either. She co-slept with me until she was 2.5 then moved seemlessly into a toddler bed.

We put DD in a cot bed from 14 months, just because we moved house and didn't want the cot up any more. She's fine. It is low to the ground, so she can't fall far, and didn't need a side guard. Would something like that be an option?

*cot bed, as in, the kind of cot that turns into a little low bed when you take the sides off.

My dd co slept then to a single bed with one of the side thingys on it at 18m. She now 3 and been in top bunk bed since 2.5 ish.

I slept in the bed with her for a few months for half the night roughly. Sometimes she be back in mine sometimes I’d join her early morning. Nothing rushed.

I think you already have skipped the cot stage if DC is 14mo haven’t you? I wouldn’t start trying to transition a child into a cot at 14mo, I think most kids are in toddler beds by age 2 anyway so it just isn’t worth it.

Normal bed (or mattress on floor with slatted base if your child is a roller), baby sleeping bag and no pillow or duvet. DS sleeps much better in that set-up than he ever did in his (much-hated) cot anyway.

I'd say skip the cot stage and try a toddler bed. I wouldn't bother waiting until 2 if you got a low toddler bed. The one we got for DS1 was pretty low, practically a mattress on the floor!

We moved DS2 from his cot bed into a proper 6ft bed at 2. We needed the space so bought the boys a bunk bed. The bottom bunk is quite enclosed so don't need to worry too much about rolling out and we got a bed guard for the front. He was absolutely fine in that. We also put a stair gate up on their door to avoid them escaping.

Ds had a quilt and pillow from when he went in the bed. He is more than able to move it if he needs to, so I wasn't worried at all.

My DS never had a cot. He co-slept from birth and was in our room until he was three. We got a king mattress for his room (on the floor) so that there'd be plenty of room when one of us inevitably fell asleep with him or he called us in during the night. Worked brilliantly and I can't imagine doing it any other way.

We did that at 2 with our eldest. It was initially a nightmare and she refused to stay in her bed. I was heavily pregnant so it became increasingly difficult lying beside her whilst she settled for two hours a night. Then she’d come into our bed anyway.
I sleep trained the others at 9 months.

Both mine slept with us until they were two and then went straight into normal size single beds. For a week or two I put a blow up mattress on the floor next to the bed just in case they fell out but neither had any problems.