Earliest age to put baby in toddler bed?

[bobstersmum]

My dd will be 1 in a couple of weeks. I am thinking of trying her in a very low down toddler bed with sides on, there is a baby gate on her room door and there is nothing unsafe in the room, plus baby monitor would be on at all times.
The reason I am thinking to try her is she absolutely hates the cot, I've tried her in a large travel cot as well thinking that she'd have more room and be able to see out better but it seems that it's the actual being trapped in that she hates. When we were on holiday a couple of weeks ago she had her naps in the daytime on a low futon bed and when she woke she sat up chattering rather than screaming for someone to go and get her.
She wakes up over and over all night long in the cot and as I've two other little ones as well I am exhausted!
Would it be terrible of me to try her in another few weeks in a bed?

Bump!

My DS went onto a mattress on the floor at 12mo after cosleeping and my DD went into a full single bed at 16mo.

You can try it? It might not be the answer but it could be!

A friend of mine put all hers in beds at around 12 months with no issues.
Mine were around 18 months because they started screaming every time they went near the cot!

I've been considering this with my 14mo but for entirely different reasons as she loves her cotbed.

Only problem is that her sibling is due in the next few weeks and we don't have anything for it to sleep in. DC1 went straight into the cotbed in our room when she was born and she and the cotbed moved together into their own room a few months ago.

Feels a bit silly to be 'buying backwards' i.e having two cots rather than buying forwards for a toddler/single bed but don't also want to turf DC1 out of their bed just at the time when there is going to be massive changes for them any way. i'm pretty sure she isn't ready for something without some sort of side on it though as she would definitely fall/jump out.

I had considered a mattress on the floor but wondered if that might look a bit... neglectful.

Pasta It's not a mattress on the floor to other people, it's a 'Montessori floor bed'

I can try the mattress on the floor see how it goes! That's not a bad idea!

My DD is nearly 1 and has always hated her cot. We’ve been co-sleeping but always start the night putting her down in her cot once she’s asleep so I get a chance to eat and spend some time with DH. I used to get about an hour before she’d wake and then I’d have to go to bed with her as it was the only way of re-settling. A week of having the cot mattress on the floor (I lie on it too and then creep away once she’s asleep) and I’m getting at least 3 hours peace before she wakes, and she’s starting to self-settle sometimes too. Definitely worth a shot!

DS went into his toddler bed at 9/10 months. I know thats probably not recommended but it workedfor us. He hated his cot with a passion. We put a second mattress on the floor next to him for a while, but he slept so much better once he was out of the cot.

My first was around 18months onto a cot bed because she started hating the cot and she was fine. My second dd was around the same age as she starfishes in bed so everytime she spread out she banged herself. She also hurt her self a couple of times climbing out and falling so I just put he in a small bed. Now she’s 2 and a half and is in a proper bed. We’ve had no issues but I do have an old double quilt doubled over in a single bed sheet on the floor just in case she falls out it would cushion the floor a bit

We started cosleeping at 6 months and by 7 months were had a ‘floor bed’. The only negative is when she gets bigger and decides to run around the room at bedtime and hide behind the curtains.

We took the side off the cot when ds was 22mo as he seemed to be screaming every time we put him in it. Big mistake. 6 months of hellish bedtime ensued and it was awful. Yours might be fine though

Thanks to everyone for the replies I have decided to try her in the toddler bed once I have got a new mattress and bedding sorted this weekend, I will update!