How much time between potty training and moving into a new bed?

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We are ready to try to potty train 33 month old DD and she also needs to move into a proper bed soon as rapidly outgrowing her cot. I assume it would a terrible idea to do both at the same time but how much time should we wait between two big changes? We plan to potty train at Easter as long as she gets over a bug that she has at the moment and am trying to decide when to order a bed for her.

Well potty training will be difficult if she can’t get out of bed for a wee. New bed now and potty training over Easter. At 33 months she’s more than old enough for both.

Is your cot one where you can take the side off? If not make sure you get a low enough bed for her to climb out of.

night time dryness is driven by a hormone kicking in so she’ll be in a nappy at night for now? So leave the bed for now and concentrate on the potty training if she’s ready.

Dd2 was potty trained and dry at night at the same time, dd3 was potty trained but not dry at night for another 10 months. Changing the bed isn’t particularly relevant imo. Just get a protective sheet (a good one that isn’t sweaty plastic.

It’s true about the hormone but a lot of toddlers have it. Both of mine were dry at night within days of starting potty training.

Agree with this.

I've recently potty trained 25 month old DD, she is still in a cot, I've noticed her bedtime nappy pants are much drier but not completely dry since being dry during the day. In a morning she does shout us mummy I need the potty and I'll go in and she uses a travel potty in her bedroom (our bathroom is downstairs). We are planning to transition to a bed in the summer and will see if she'll use the potty herself by getting out of bed

Ive potty trained 3 kids including a set of twins. I’ve always done day time training first and then waited at least 6 months for night times. One twin is over age 4 but still not dry at night yet whilst the other has been for a year already. I don’t really see the connection between potty training and new bed though? (Also MN collectively cringes at the use of months to describe how old a child is over the age of 18 months…)

Both mine were out of night nappies within a month of day nappies.
Actually the oldest was 2 and half was waking dry before I decided to potty train.

I think I'd change the bed or at least convert to bed before trying to potty train. Mine both climbed the cot a round the age of 2.
So I don't really know but I don't think their is a right or wrong answer.

If you can convert to cotbed then I'd do that ASAP. Partly because cot sheets are smaller therefore easier to wash and dry if necessary

Many children are not dry at night for years after potty training during the day. So I would base this totally on when you are no longer exhausted from potty training and ready for some unsettled nights. No reason you can’t do it one after the other, but for your sake, I might just give it a few weeks.

Thanks all for the advice. We only plan to try daytime training initially unless we see signs of a dry nappy overnight. She is already using the potty before bed and sometimes during the day so I hope she might be ready. We have left both changes late as she has low muscle tone and a gross motor delay so has only been walking a few months and we wanted to wait until properly walking for potty training. We could take the side off the cot but we have the smaller size (not cot bed) and she is really getting too long for it. I am still a bit worried about her falling out of bed. She is not able to climb out as she hasn’t really learnt to climb yet although I guess she might at some point.

Bless her.
With that information, if you take the side off how low is it to the ground?
We had a cheap ikea cot that was really low to the ground barely 8inchs. Actually check if the base can be lowered.

If it's low I'd do it now, then potty train at Easter as planned.

If it's not low I'd potty train, then in a couple of months change the bed esp if your going for a full size single (i wouldn't bother with a toddler bed waste of money in my eyes)

The cot is a bit higher than some as it has a drawer under it. We are thinking of moving into a small double so there’s more room for one of us to get in with her when she’s ill or just needs settling. Looking at some that are fairly low to the ground but higher than a floor bed.