2 and a half and still in a cot

[22WR]

Hi,

My son is 30 months and he still sleeps in a cot. It's a large cot, and can be converted into a cot bed and eventually a sofa(?!) apparently. He seems comfy in there, and has plenty of room to move around. I'm just wondering whether it's odd for him not to have moved to a bed yet? His bedroom is on the bottom floor of our 3 storey house. At the moment we don't have a stair gate in place although we do have one in the garage ready if needed. He's never attempted to get out of his cot and isn't a climber in general. We also have a video monitor in our bedroom so we can hear / see him.

My son is also 30 months and is still in a cot bed. We were thinking of changing it into a bed after Christmas but he is comfortable in there and he never tries to climb out so I am not sure I am ready for him to be able to escape out the bed anytime he chooses haha.

I don't think it is bad that he is still in a cot bed unless he was trying to get out of it. My son is also toilet trained in the day but still in pull ups in the night. Maybe when he is trained in the night is the right time to change it.

My son is older than yours, he'll be three in March, and is still in a cot! He also slept in a travel cot when we went away recently. He loves his bed, he's got plenty of room and has never tried to climb out. He is a climber generally as well but I think he just likes his bed so much he doesn't want to climb out of it.

My older son was also in a cot until he turned three and then we just bought him a normal single bed. We never bothered with taking the sides off or faffing about with bed guards and so on, and he transitioned to the new bed with no issues.

People I know seem to be in a hell of a rush to take the sides off the cot or get their children into a 'big boy/girl' bed, but I haven't really understood why. Sure, if the child is climbing out then it's about safety, but otherwise I don't get the hurry.

Honestly if he is comfortable I would leave him in there for as long as you can!

We moved our son into a bed at 2.5 because we felt he 'should' be in a bed by that age, he wasn't climbing out or having trouble or sleeping.

He went from being an amazing sleeper - 12 hours a night - to running around the landing, taking ages to get to sleep, waking in the night, getting up early... 6 months later we are only just seeing a change to something more settled.

I will be leaving ds2 in a cot until he can physically climb out of it and not a moment before!

Why would it matter? Hes comfy and sleeps well so why change it.

Yes it's the 'should' be in a proper bed thing that I don't get. Who says? I'm all for the path of least resistance in parenting (I've got three under five so I haven't got any choice really!) so if it ain't broke then don't fix it.

Doesn’t really matter op. You’ve said he has enough space and seems comfy, I think you’ve answered your own question

Make the most of it 😩😩😩 if they are happy and comfy then don't change it

@sibling3 My son is also toilet trained at night, good idea about considering moving him when he's toilet trained at night too, thanks.

My son isnt toilet trained at night yet!

Thanks everyone! He's staying put for now at least!

He was a terrible sleeper as a baby, but now sleeps 12 hours generally without waking, so I'm sure as hell not in a rush to change that!!

@22WR your son sounds like mine!! Horrendous sleeper until about 4 months ago. Now sleeps 12 hours uninterrupted. I am in zero rush to do anything that could trigger him not sleeping again haha.

I have had a few people ask if he is in a big boy bed yet but unless they are going to volunteer to wrestle him back into his bed at night when he escapes I dont care what they think haha.