moving from cot to bed

[tweeni]

how old was ur LO when you moved them?

Kleist - My mum and MIL keep on at us about when ds (24mos) is going in a bed. He loves his cot and I really dont see why we should move him. They're really going to be spitting by this time next year when he's still in it!

18 months and if i had my time again i would do everything to keep him in a cot longer, it's been a nightmare from moment 1. but he was screaming, climbing out and rolling around in it so that his arms whacked against the bars.

Ds 22 mths, still in cot-bed. He loves it.
Like santabops & merrymarch, I think a cot-bed is the best thing all round.

A part of me does want to take off the cot sides and turn it into a bed.
Plus start buying a duvet & loads of duvet covers - hoorah - all for my benefit, not ds's - you understand - but I will just have to curtain myself !!!!

How nice to have a family heirloom to use. When my mum told family friends that I was pg with no1 they tracked down the playpen that my parents had lent them, and that they had then passed on to other friends, and returned it to me, so that my children have used it too. They've also had our toys and clothes handed on to them. Not tat - a nice feeling of continuity (plus it saves us money).

A cot is a good investment, even if you get the cheapest one from Ikea. My mum got one (aobut £35 I think?) for my babies to sleep in when we stay at her house, which is very often, and it's on it's 3rd or 4th year, going strong despite being shifted about from room to room.

A baby is far safer and more comfortable in their own cot until at least 18m than they would be rattling around in an adult-size bed.

thanks for everyones ops. we already do have a junior bed in the spare room for when my cousins slept over and this is now being converted into the nursery. so wil just go for the cheap cot from ikea i think.
im getting the red castle shop n jogg system and then when baby grows out of that car seat will probly get the britax duo unless they have brought out another isofix by then. well its for both our cars but i knew how one fitted into a clio cos my BIL puts his nephews in his car.
school has been great but only the head and a few of the SMT know along with the medical centre so have eben getting in trouble for missing a few lessons - mainly PE. we do netball and i wasn't sure if i should be doing it what does everyone think?im 9 + 4.

Tweeni - most exercise in pregnancy is really good, especially as you are only 9 weeks. I was doing yoga and swimming right until 40 weeks and body balance and pilates until about 6 months. It also depends on how fit you are now.

I do think your PE teachers need to know that you are pregnant, in case there is anything you cant do. A good PE teacher shoudl know alreday about exercise in pregnancy, or at least be prepared to learn. Then they can tell you if there is anything you cant do in a class. They dont have to let on about your pregnancy, they can just say " Tweeni, don't you do these sit ups because of your back injury" or whatever.

Mostly you shoudl be OK - it depends what you do in PE - thing like netball are fine now, though obviously you wouldn't be doing it when you are really big. But then everyone will know you are pregnant anyway.

If you do things like aerobics, then you cant do sit ups after the end of the first trimester.Not sure how long you can do high impact exercise either. I'm sure there will be good onfo on this on the net.