18 month old too young for toddler bed?

[Rhubarb78]

Just trying to figure out what to do about the bed situation in our house. Ds is almost 18 months and sleeps in his cotbed with a sleeping bag on, he settles very well but if I try and put him down for a nap not in his sleeping bag he takes ages to settle and doesnt sleep as well.
Dd is 6 weeks old and is in a Moses basket ATM but will obviously need a cot in the next few months.
I don't want to buy another cot but I am wondering if 18 months is too young to move to a bed? Also do I stop putting him in a sleeping bag before I move him to a bed or after?
I could put dd in a travel cot for a bit to buy more time before moving ds out of the cot but would rather she slept in a proper cot and as they will both need to share a room once dd is old enough to move out of our room I don't want ds to think he has been pushed out of his cot for her iyswim.
What do you lot think? Will I be making life difficult for myself by putting him in a bed too early?

I put DD in a full size bed at 20 mo. and no issues at all. A bit different in our circumstances, as the bed was already in her room and she has always had blankets rather than a sleeping bag. We put a bed guard up for 2 weeks but after that she was fine. Settled well after the first time (we put her in for an afternoon nap) and hasn't fallen out :)

My 17month old DD went into her own bed this week - It is a double bed as she moves a lot in her sleep (and i had one spare!) but on the whole she has settled fine in it. She hates covers so she sleeps without any, when the weather gets cooler I will try her with a light duvet.

Not a problem. My DD destroyed her second hand cot at 14 months and moved happily with the aid of a beanbag beside the bed if she fell out which was rare. We placed a folded blanket beneath the open edge of the matress to keep her from naturally rolling to that side. No need to buy a side guard, waste of money, gate for the bedroom door to stop night time wandering more essential.

Dd in a toddler cot bed from 18 months and would sleep in single beds when we stopped away

You could use travel cot for dc2
I brought foam cut to size for ours, to make it more comfortable - about £17 I think.

Both of mine went into full size single beds at 18 mo and it was fine. In fact it was a lot easier transition than friend's kids who were older and more set in their ways.

I don't think you need to be concerned about ds feeling pushed out of the cot; children are very adaptable at that age.

I regretted moving my dc1 to bed ar 17 months. It was fine and I was smugly quite pleased with myself at the time. However we had later problems around 20 months - 24 months. DC2 stayed in the cot until they were 2.5 and it's been much better. I kept DC3 in a travel cot in our room until they were around 8 months so that Dc2 could stay in the cit a bit longer!

Thanks everyone,
Miaww, did you have problems getting rid of the sleeping bag? Ds loves his, he knows its sleep time when we put it on him

Jedward, what kind of problems did you have later on? An escapee? :)

rhubarb ours never went in a cot but were in our bed and then went into their own bed. both ds2 and ds3 continued using their grobags when they first wrnt into the little toddler bed or single bed.

My Dd2 was a climber and we had to take the sides off her cot at about 17 months for her own safety. It was a bit of a pain to be honest as it is so lovely to have little ones contained and safe in a cot. She didn't have any problems, although she would occasionally run around for ages at bed time and then be found asleep on the floor and I'd pick her up and pop her into bed. I put a travel stair gate across her door as I was worried about night wandering or falling down stairs. DD1 moved into a toddler bed at 21 months ish, it was a low bed and she loved her sleeping bag so we just left her in it. She was very happy with the bed / sleeping bag combo and would bunny hop on and off her bed and around the room in the mornings, she knew it was bed time once she went into the grobag and found it very comforting. I swapped her to a duvet at about 2.5, and it was a bit of a transition to break her of the sleeping bag (well only a week or so, so not exactly a big deal, but a fair bit of crying at the time)

Yes, an escapee!