The sides are off! Any advice?

[goodjambadjar]

DD is 22 months. We've taken the side off her cotbed tonight to see how she gets on, as I feel she is big enough to not need the cot anymore.

Those parents who are doing or have done this, do you have any advice?

She has books and toys in her room for when she gets up, a quilt on the floor in case she falls out, and a safety gate on the door so she can't go downstairs on her own. I know, I know, its probably a bit pfb but was hoping for any insight anyone might have. TIA!

sounds fine to me - very kind of you to provide books and toys

Sounds fine.

Be prepared for her to fall asleep on the floor by her stairgate - both of mine did when they were first put into a bed.

We didn't have a stairgate to their bedrooms, just at the top of the stairs, so that's where my girls would fall asleep once they got bored of trying to gain attention. :) I have some lovely photos of them sparked out on our landing. :)

I had the gate on the door, took everything out of the room and left the kids with a book and their blanket. i actually stayed in the room with them for the first three nights, just to remind them to actually lie down and go to sleep. Mind you, this was triplets going into a bed for the first time. My eldest slept in my bed till he was 4, so didn't go through that bit!

Thanks for responding so quickly! The banister on our landing wouldn't support a stair gate, hence putting it in her room. So if she doesn't go to bed and starts rattling the bars like a lifer, should I just ignore her?

How did it go Good?

I always ignored mine if they were just wandering/rattling, but went up if they sounded upset.

Bedtime is usually relaxed, we put her to bed and read her a story, same went for last night, just took a bit longer because she wanted to get out and play. I thought I'd stay in there the first couple of nights and read until she fell asleep.

Last night went well, thanks. I don't think she fell out, and she woke us up crying at her door at about 6, which I think is pretty good. She's normally awake by 7:30 so I didn't mind it being earlier, what with the changes.

Thank you everyone for your advice and support! DP asked why we were doing it this weekend, I said it was easier if he didn't have to get up for work, we're not doing anything this weekend, and I think she's close to needing potty training, and didn't want too much disruption at once.