toddler bed

[mehdismummy]

ds going in his own bed for first time tonight he has always co slept.. And his two next month. Should i wait until he asleep then put him in bed or put him straight into bed. His bed is against a wall. Should i get a bed rail or wait and see what happens. They so expensive

What we did with our predominantly co-sleeping 15 month old was to put the bed up and do lots of pretending to go to sleep, enjoying the bed games during the day. Then we made it the new exciting thing that she would be sleeping in DD'S BED - yay! And didn't really make that much fuss (just ooh, exciting). Was never a problem at all.

She absolutely loves her bed (I sleep in it with her sometimes though!) and is much happier self-settling and be leaving than in her cot ( figure cos she knows she can get out).

Depends how big bed is but we took rail off last month and she has sort of fallen out a couple of times. But isn't far.

We are transferring ds (2.3yrs) to a bed soon. At the moment he alternates between his cot and a mattress on the floor to get him used to not being in a cot. (bed hasn't arrived yet). I told dh we needed a bed rail, he said we didn't need one. Two nights ago ds rolled off the mattress, only a few inches but he landed with quite a thud and scared the pants off dh who now agrees we do need one. They aren't that expensive.

he has not been in cot for a long time always in my bed. Wondered if i should do it gradually?

he has not been in cot for a long time always in my bed. Wondered if i should do it gradually?and you are right they are not that expensive i am just so short of cash at mo

Why does he have to move?

what from cot? Just think its time he slept on his own. Not slept with dh since before he was born. Dh smoker so he could not co sleep with us. Would like another baby gonna be impossible with us in seperate rooms! Not just gonna leave him. Still have my bed in his room. Gonna wait until he sleeps in his own bed before moving out

Ah, ok - I meant from co-sleeping, just wondered what the motivation was! Yes, I am pregnant with my second and tbh wonder how the hell did it actually happen?? (immaculate conception??)

Sounds nice to have the bed in his room. I would echo what I said before -play lots of games. 'Where's Ds's bed?' THERE it is! Do you leave him to sleep on his own in the evening or wait til you all go to bed at the moment?

I think he will be fine - gentle, happy approach. Think of it as learning a new skill rather than breaking an old habit.

no what happens is i lay down with him and he suckles to he is drowsy(need to stop bf too!) then he lays down and sleeps. Wakes up a couple of times but is quite easy to settle.

Oh ok, sounds lovely! can you fit in his new bed? Cos what I would do is the same sort of thing in his bed. Our bedtime thing is bath, milk (bottle), stories, usually a bit more milk then sleep. Could you introduce stories at bedtime to introduce another sleep association (maybe after bf if poss - not that we managed - so we have milk before and after !) so that the next stage can be no breastfeeding?

Honestly, I don't think it will be so much of a problem - do tell him that Mummy will be sleeping in her bed, and ds in his bed though.

bed just come put all the new bob the builder bedding on it. He very excited and laid on it! If you ask him where his bed his he goes and lays on it well may the force be with me! Will let you know tomorrow

Yeah! See, I knew it'd be fine. my dd was exactly the same - expect your world to be BED obsessed for the next month - good luck

dd has got cotb bed and untill she was used to having no side on it she had a quilt folded up by the side she has rolled out once and not since!
tonight she going on a new bed! but will have mattress on floor just in case of rolling accidents!
btw dd loves being on the big girl bed instead of the baby cot.

ok just about to brave it. Will let you know!

well he went down ok. Had milk. Asleep by seven thirty. Woke at eleven, twelve and two went back to sleep after milk or water. Came into my bed at five. He was sweating lot at night. Just wondered if it mattress protector could be doing it?

I put my DS in his bed at 14 months because he climbed up his cot and fell out, scared the life outta me so i decided it was time to take the sides off the cot (luckily it was a cot bed) and he adjusted to it like a duck to water. We had a spare mattress from his old cot and put that on the floor because he climbed over everything so i thought a bed rail might be a little dangerous. He is now 22 months and we have no problem. The bonus is he gets up and plays in his room in the morning!

Did the same and put folded spare duvet on floor, now changed to pillow. Ds was 18 months and a climber, loves his bed.

well first night went ok. Second night he settled ok. But i went to work and came upstairs late to find dh and ds asleep on my bed. Gonna keep trying though. Put old cot mattress beside him. Just trying to wean him off milk now