When to move from a cot to a cotbed or first bed???

[VirgoMummyB]

My daughter will be 2 on the 10th January and is very unsettled through the night. She has a cot at the moment but as she is thrashing around alot I have been wondering if it is time to move her to either a cot bed or a first 'big girls' bed???

Can anybody give me any advice on if this sounds too young? And what is the best way to transistion her into a new bed??

Any advice welcome!

DS moved to a full sized single bed at roughly your DDs age. We tried to make it as exciting as possible, as he moved into his own room at the same time.

So we...
Bought really cool duvet cover sets.
Put all his favourite soft toys in there.
Gave him his first pillow.
Had a star chart so he could earn a special new toy when he had slept there for a certain number of nights.
Got a flashy disco style light for his room.

Beds are so much easier if they do wake in the night - you can just climb in with them and snuggle until they go back to sleep, rather than bending over the side of a cot in a cold dark room.

DS1 was just over 2 when he moved. An unplanned transition (we were getting stuff ready for DS2) was that his first few nights out of the cot were on a double futon (often as not with DH), and then he moved into his proper big boy bed, without any difficulty, apart from falling out of it occasionally! Either get a spare mattress, lots of pillows/cushions, or a bar for that eventuality.

It was easier than expected!

Oh, and get a gate to put on the room, if you haven't already!

we moved ds to a toddler bed at 18 months. he was getting too big and was trying to climb out of the cot, just got too dangerous.
transition much better than expected.