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Transition from Cot to Bed...advice?

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RedHairedGirlie · 31/03/2011 23:03

DD will be 2 next week. Although she sleeps in her cot, and generally will go off no problems (although there have been some trantrums in the last week!!), she actually ends up in my bed every night - long story and I don;t really mind. Anyway, I thought it might be time to try her in a bed, and then at least when she wakes, she can get out of bed herself and come to my room. I put her bed up in her room a couple of weeks ago, which she appeared to be very excited about, and I moved the cot into my room with the intention of being backup for a few days. Anyway, two weeks later, the cot is also back in her room and she refuses to go to sleep in the bed. Have I tried to tackle this whilst she is still too young or am I approaching it all the wrong way? We are actually away next week where there will be no cot, so she will just be sleeping in a bed with me, so am thinking that when we get back I could try and take the cot down and see how we get on?

Cheers for any advice
RHG

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BoattoBolivia · 01/04/2011 11:25

We made a big fuss about moving to a big girl's bed, went to ikea and bought the bed, then let her choose the bedding and accessories. At the time ,ikea had a rainbow striped canopy that you could put over the bed that made it more like a den. Never had any issues. I can't actually remember how old she was though. I would take the cot down and go cold turkey personally if you really need her to be in the bed. Is the a reason why she needs to move?

jubilee10 · 01/04/2011 12:19

My boys all slept in their cots until they were 4 and moved into their big beds once they were totally ready. I think she is to young.

Firawla · 01/04/2011 13:02

Maybe having the cot there as a back up confuses the issue, if it was only one or the other she would not have a choice, and would just have to adapt?
My ds was younger than that when I moved him out of a cot, although I had to do it because he was jumping over the sides so no option of letting him stay in the cot, but we had a problem of keeping him in his bed cos he thought it was so funny to keep coming out and messing around, but eventually he learned.
Maybe ask her which do you want, bed or cot? then whatever she decides she will have only that one rather than having both available?

RedHairedGirlie · 02/04/2011 18:34

Thanks for the replies. Will see how I get on..

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pozzled · 02/04/2011 18:40

DD was around 2 when we moved her. We didn't give her a choice, we didn't have space for both cot and bed so the cot came down and the bed went up the same day. We did make a big deal about being a big girl, choosing nice bedding, letting her choose which stuffed toys she had with her etc. She was a little unsettled for a couple of nights but not particularly upset.

Is she comfortable with the bed- will she lie down with you for stories, play on the bed and so on?

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