When did your dc go into a proper bed?

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Ds will be 2 when dc2 arrives. Assuming they are the same as him I'll have them in their own room by 3 months.
We've just started thinking about logistics of who sleeps where and what we need.

When did your dc go into a proper bed?

Ds has a cot bed we were planning on using till he was 4 ish but maybe now we need either
A new cot bed for dc2
A big bed for ds

Or a third option!??

My ds has been in his 'big bed' since about 18mnths. He's big for his age, and could climb out his cot...making it into a cot bed it was still pretty small and he just didnt seem comfy in it. He went into a car bed that is standard single size, it has moulded sides that so he cant really fall out of it (or never has). If you're worried, you can also buy bed guards to put up the side.

Ds was 16 months. He had a bed guard and a stair gate on his bedroom door. His room was totally toddler proof so this was a lot safer than him climbing out of the cot. We opted for a standard single bed because his room was big enough.

A junior bed is bigger than a cot bed but not a full single if you think its going to be big for him.
You can get them for about £60 in Argos. or cheaper in Ikea.

My niece has been in a normal single since about 2. Has spent the odd night on the floor though as shes got out during the night and couldnt reach to climb back in, bless her.

How do you get them to stay in there???
Ds is a climber and I know he will be in and out all night!

We transformed ds's cot bed into a bed on Sunday night and so far so good! We let him help set up bed (moses basket) for baby bother and then let him 'help' (poke a screw in and out of a pre-drilled hole in the cot bed frame) set up his 'big boy bed'.

We have a stair gate at the top of the stairs. Thought he would be up and down too (he is same age as your ds) but we had no bother (so far). He is quite happy to go to bed and one of us goes up with him and just keeps putting him back to bed until he stays there. No messing, just 'back to bed ds' over and over until he gets the gist. No trauman (yet). Seems to be working!!
Last night he went straight to bed, no problem, slept until half 7 this morning!
Good luck! :)

Oh crumbs! I'm going to have to do it aren't I? I was counting on the cot rails till he was much bigger. :(

I just mentioned on another thread that when I had 2 under 2 I deliberately delayed putting DD into a big bed - we had a big cot bed that was plenty big enough and she has never been able to climb out of it. We got the cot bed when she was 2 and DS went into her old cot when he outgrew the moses basket. DS is still in the old cot (now 2.4) and DD had the sides taken off her cot bed about six months ago (she is just 4). Doesn't seem to have done either of them any harm so far. DD fine in her cot bed now, but we are about to move her to standard single, and DS to cot bed with sides, before DC3 arrives in November and stakes claim to the cot.

Hope that makes sense! Don't rush it if you don't want to, it honestly makes no difference, it is not some sort of developmental milestone (unless they are not safe in their current beds - neither of mine could/can climb out due to sleeping bags!).

Ds is a real climber but has never tried climbing out. Think if he had any toys other than monkey in he could build a pile and do it but so far ok.
Got a lot of thinking to do about getting ready for dc2!

If he is a real climber do you think he may climb out before dc2 is born anyway, and then make the decision for you? If he is showing no signs of climbing out at all then easiest would be just get a 2nd cot and keep them both in cots? I had my 2 both in cots at first but then when ds1 was about 20 months he started climbing out so had to take the side off

I moved both of mine into a big bed by 13 months - full-size adult single for both of them. The cot I had second hand was a weird American size and much narrower than a standard British cot and my two were so tall and so wriggly that they ended up getting wedged across it and woke up.
I blocked their beds in with bed guards and one low bookcase that I was using to keep their clothes in so they couldn't fall out, and as they were so young the concept of climbing out had not yet occurred.
It has to be said both of mine slept in Grobags until they were past 2 and other than 'migrating' all over the bed in their sleep were pretty settled.

DS who is nearly two has just moved into his own bedroom and is now sleeping in a toddler bed. It is only his 2nd night and he has taken to it really well. Up until a few days ago he slept in our bedroom with us with his cot up against our bed and one side removed. Up until he was a year old he slept in our bed with us.

We felt it was time that he had his own room and bed because he is able to understand the concept of being a 'big boy'. I am also pregnant with baby No2, who is due early next year and we plan on doing the same (co-sleeping) with this child also until they are two and we did not want DS to associate being kicked out of mam and dads bed with the arrival of a new sibling which is why we have moved him out now.

Because it is a toddler bed it is very low to the ground so I don't worry too much about him falling out of it as we have placed a couple of pillows along the floor to stop him from banging his head if he does roll out. We have also put a stairgate on his bedroom door so that he can come out of bed if he wants to but cannot leave his room and potentially fall down the stairs or wander about and hurt himself.

I have loved the co-sleeping and wouldn't do it any other way but I also love the fact we have our bed back, at least for a while anyway!