Transition from cot to bed..how did it go?

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Our DD is just turned 2 and think she will be happier in a bed for various reasons.

I'm hoping to make the change over the Summer holdays as if there are any night-time/early-morning ramblings we can all catch up our sleep (I teach)and hopefully have it all sorted out by September.

Did anyone encounter any problems in making the change? And can anyone offer any tips?

We have successfully moved our two eldest dc from cot to cot bed, with a guard on it to stop them falling out, and up against a wall on the other side. We haven't had any problems at all. We moved both at just turned 2. We made it a bit "exciting" by putting new bed covers on, and both children helped to dismantle the cot and put up the cot bed. We went for a cot bed rather than striaght for a bed, as I thought they might feel a bit lost in a full sized single bed. We just got a cheap wooden one from Mothercare. Hope that helps