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What is the right age to move from cot to bed?

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Rach13 · 27/04/2003 10:58

I have recently moved my dd from cot to bed as I am expecting my second child in a couple of months. She seems very keen on it but we have not had a good night's sleep now in 4 weeks (previously very good). At first she was just waking up and asking for her lullaby light to be put on now she is actually getting out of bed in the night? I've asked her if she wants to go back into her cot she says no but I'm not sure. Any advice as I'm knackered?

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willow2 · 28/04/2003 20:03

...when you hear them crying, think they'll shut up in a minute, hear a thud and then find them in bed with you.

suedonim · 29/04/2003 06:59

SB34, the boys just went on the potty/loo when I got them out of their cot. My girls were still in night-time nappies when they went into a bed, so whether it was a cot or a bed made no difference. HTH!

suedonim · 29/04/2003 07:01

Sorry - that should have said 'Lil', not 'SB34'!!

GeorginaA · 29/04/2003 08:18

Bah, spoke too soon.

Last night, 4am: THUD ... SCREAM!

Yes, he'd fallen out of bed. And it's quite a high bed too! (Has two sets of two drawers underneath) Fortunately a quick kiss and cuddle and he seemed quite happy and willing to go back to sleep.

dh just says he'll learn sigh

Tillysmummy · 27/09/2003 14:11

Need some advice. Have read some of this thread but not all so apologies if im covering old ground. DD is 2yrs and I am pregnant. No 2 due in March. We had been thinking about trying to move her into a cot for sometime now. On Friday night she climbed out of her cot bed (fairly high) while I was downstairs. I heard a massive thud followed by screaming and of course tore upstairs. She was lying face down having obviously climbed and fallen, blood pouring out of her mouth and in a right state. She was ok in the end just a bit of a shock and a cut to the lip. I kept her up for a while in case she was concussed but she was fine. Whilst having a conversation about her fall I said we should make her cot into a big girls bed and then get her a proper big girls bed soon. She retorted with 'yes because then the baby can have my cot'. I thought this was really cute and great that she seemed keen. So last night we took the sides off her cot bed and put one of those bed rails up to stop her falling out. My brother and his wife were over for the night and she was very excited to see them so possibly not the best choice of night to do it. She went mad when we tried to put her to bed and became hysterical. I asked her if she wanted the sides back and she didn't know what she wanted. Eventually I settled her and she went to sleep. I was expecting a bad night and she only woke once at 1am when my brother was going to the loo. She cried. She also cried when she woke this morning. She seemed perfectly happy this morning though. At her lunch time nap today she again wasn't very keen but didn't kick up too much fuss a few tears and then asleep pretty quickly. But she woke up hysterical and cried for about 15 minutes. She does sometimes do this anyway and im not sure whether it is do with the bed change or whether it's just a coincidence. I don't want to force her but both dh and I feel that now we've started maybe we should persevere because we don't want to have to get another cot for the baby. But at same time I have friends who have said that it's easier when they are a bit older and I don't want to cause her any distress. The other thing is all of a sudden her eczema has flared up again and again im not sure if it is a result of the stress and upset caused by the bed change or coz we've had the heating on the last few days coz it's been cold. Her eczema does often flare up when the heating comes on.
Sorry to ramble but not sure whether we are doing the right thing at all. I can have a conversation with her luckily and have chatted to her about the new arrangement and she says that she won't fall out of her cot now she has a safe bed etc but then still seems upset when going in it at first ?
Rambling again...will go and hope you can share your wisdom with me !!

Tillysmummy · 27/09/2003 17:19

Thought i'd just post this again.

SofiaAmes · 27/09/2003 22:08

Tilysmummy, maybe the agitation is because of the fall from the cot and not because of the bed changing. We switched my ds from a cot to a bed just before he turned two and I was pregnant with my 2nd. We had bought a cabin bed (a little higher than a normal bed with built in rails) for my stepkids to use until the baby was born. My ds fell in love with it and since it was in the same room as his cot he insisted on sleeping in it instead of his cot. In the end we had to buy another bed for my stepkids and had an empty cot for ages before the new baby needed it.
How about putting your dd in bed with you for a few days until she forgets about the fall. Or maybe put a mattress on the floor and make her a "camp."

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