Cot to Bed transition help!

[tiredeyes2017]

Hi,

My DD is 2.3 years old and we turned her Stokke cot into a bed last night.

She has always been a great sleeper and loved her cot. We would put her down at 7:30 and not hear a peep until 7am. Did I totally underestimate how much removing a panel would effect her?! Last night she was up about 15 times until 10pm. Then at 4am I found her next to my bed. Tonight she's beyond hysterical.

I've tried bigging it up as a "big girl bed", I've done her stories in there to relax her, I've sat and spoke to her about her friends (teddies) being with her but as soon as I leave the room she's hysterical and then out door.

Any tips or reassurance? My partner is wanting to put the panel back but I think we should persist.

Thanks

Just my opinion but I would go with putting the side back... she doesn’t seem ready for this big change yet. If she isn’t squashed in the cot, size-wise, there isn’t any need to rush into the bed option. Leave it for a bit then try with a toddler bed... maybe the “differentness” of having a whole new bed in a few months time might be a better option?

Put the panel back. What's the rush?

@Bananarama12 @FurryCat1978
Sorry I should have mentioned I'm pregnant so although I won't need this cot for a bit yet I wanted her settled in a bed so I'm not dealing with this while I have a new born. My plan was to ease her in with changing her current cot into a bed then when baby is ready for the cot we would buy her a toddler bed.

Put it back on!

You want to minimise the disruption to her caused by the baby. Giving things of hers to the baby will upset her. Don't talk about giving things to the baby! Talk about getting her new things of course but not in context of baby coming

Have you considered buying her a double bed so less likely to roll out of it and also OH or you can sleep with her in comfort if she wakes at night? We did this and it works brilliantly.

Also you won't then need to buy another one once she outgrows the toddler bed (what's the point of those things anyway)

Oh I've definitely not said to her anything about the baby going in it. Baby isn't due for another few months so my idea was to minimise the disruption before baby gets here? So she's settled in a new routine?

I was thinking her being upset by the change is normal as we just needed to 'train her' but I'm now thinking it's not?

She slept through last night and was happy this morning. Although she was upset last night, it was better than the first night. Would I not be undoing the work we've done by putting the panel back?

Thanks for the advice all

My daughter slept like an angel for the first 2 years solid in her cot, just before second birthday we put a toddler bed in her room also to get used to. On her birthday night 'do you want to sleep in your big girl bed tonight?' Lots of yes and excitement . . Put her down as normal and she slept perfectly, great I thought, easy as that . .
2nd day I took her cot down, she's now 3 and a half and hasn't slept through in her own bed more than 5 times since!

Completely ruined, I wish we'd kept the cot til she's 5