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What age did yours move from cot to bed?

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Maudy · 22/10/2004 10:18

Thinking of moving DS2 into a bed but not sure if he is ready. He is 2yrs 4mnts and in reality it probably won't be till Christmas that we do it so will be 2 1/2 then. He is very happy in his cot and has made no attempt to get out but I want to get DS1 bunk beds for Christmas and give his bed to DS2.

Can't remeber when we moved DS1 but I think he was not far off 3 (we have a big cot!!). When did you move yours?

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Yorkiegirl · 22/10/2004 10:20

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Catbert · 22/10/2004 10:23

No help here I'm afraid - mine excactly same age as yours, and until she makes a bid for escape she is staying put! But then I don't have any requirement to do so really. DD2 still wee in her own cot...

I fear DD1 will never have a daytime sleep again if I remove the sides! I feel relatively confident about nights though, were I to do it. (Famous last words!)

I have seen these threads before on cot to bed and I think you'll be surprised at how many are in their own beds by 2! a couple of DD1's friends were, but they did experience quite a lot of night time disturbance for a while.

Hulababy · 22/10/2004 10:24

DD was 18 months and I moved her into a toddler bed. She simply didn't like being in a cot, so we thought we'd give the bed a go. And it worked - she liked it

popsycal · 22/10/2004 10:25

ds is 2y 2 m and still in his cot - though it is something on our to do list before xmas. He is nearly too tall for his cot now!

I dread the day though as he will be up and down all night

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Maudy · 22/10/2004 10:35

yes i am worried about the nightime shenanigans and don't fancy having to go in and out to settle him. He doesn't wake in the night and doesn't shout out in the morning, just waits till I go and get him but who knows what will happen if he can escape!

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jude2105 · 22/10/2004 10:42

We moved DS from cot to bed just before he was 2 (Think he was 22 months) - it's a standard size single bed, but it's one of those Pine ones which are lower. He liked it, we had about 3 nights whereby going to bed was a struggle (he kept getting out) but we kept his bedroom door shut and he couldn't open it. He didn't have any safety panel/side panel but we did put big cushions on floor next to bed incase he fell out - he's now 4.5 yrs and i think he's fallen out total of 5 times (and it's never been a problem). DD now 15 months, and we're looking forward to her going in a bed - am trying to hold out until she's two - think we're going to have more of a problem with her and nighttime manoeuvres!

jenkel · 22/10/2004 11:03

16 months for dd1. The reason for this is that she fell out of her cot on to a wooden floor, not quite sure how she managed to do this with the cot sides up. Anyway, she was in a cot bed and we just turned it into the bed. Had about a week of disturbed nights, she kept coming into us. But now she is fine at 26 months.

Bearess · 23/10/2004 00:49

We moved DS at 2 yrs 8mths, could probably have moved him a couple of months before but too busy bickering with dh over type of bed we wanted, he favoured contraption with slide etc. DS was happy with cot too but it was falling apart so had to go!

Bearess · 23/10/2004 00:51

and we put gate on door so no escaping.

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nikkim · 23/10/2004 00:55

About twenty months, she kept trying to climb out of her cot, one day she actually fell out and landed on the floor.

80sMum · 23/10/2004 00:56

DS was about 24 months (he was climbing out and we felt the time had come) and DD was 38 months (we almost had to prise her out of the cot!) Each to his own!

pinkmama · 23/10/2004 07:57

dd got a bed from grandparents for 2nd birthday as she was too big for cot. She never got out as I remember. However ds is still in cot at 2yr 8mth, as he small child (how did that happen?). Getting them bunkbeds in near future, but suspect he will be up and down. Worry about him wandering down stairs. Daren't use stair gate as think he will climb it!

nickiey · 23/10/2004 08:17

Ds moved into a bed at a bout 22 months, the first 2 or 3 nights he took a bit of persuasion to stay in it but now there is no problem!

LIZS · 23/10/2004 08:39

about to and dd is almost 3.2 !! Actually she has been in her cot with side off since Christmas but has now outgrown being able to sleep comfortably, especially with her menagerie of cuddlies and pile of books on there too. She is really excited as dh will be putting it together today.

ds went into his full size bed at 2.4 with no problems.

muddaofsuburbia · 23/10/2004 09:35

About 18 mths. Never planned on doing it that early, but we have a tiny cot and a huge boy and the two just didn't work together at all! He started rolling over in his sleep and crashing against the bars because there wasn't room to go all the way.

We put him in a single bed with a bed rail in his grobag and it worked brilliantly. 8 mths later and he's fallen out once and climbed out once. We took him out of the grobag when he asked for a duvet like mummy and daddy - that was just before he turned 2.

prefernot · 23/10/2004 12:33

Dd's in her cot aged 2 and is staying there for as long as humanly possible. I think she'd be ok overnight in a bed but would NEVER settle for a nap I don't think, in a bed. So if I coincide it with when she gives up her nap that'll be ok. I hope!

Skate · 23/10/2004 14:03

Mine have all been about 2 but that's because a new baby needed the cot!!! DS2 is about to get turfed out as ds3 is too big for moses basket at 8 weeks.

If I didn't need the cot I wouldn't be rushing it - probaby about 2.5-3 I'd say.

ponygirl · 23/10/2004 14:36

Ds1 and dd were both about 21 mos and got turfed out because I wanted a gap before the next baby had it! Have just put ds2 into a bed this week and he's 20.5 mos. Had a few up-and-down evenings with ds1, but he stopped very quickly. Dd was perfect for a month then absolute hell and I had to put her back into a travel cot for a month, then she was fine in the bed. Ds2 has been fine since he went into the bed on Tuesday: has got out a couple of times, but went back fine (fingers crossed here!). I've used an ordinary bed with a guard. I've always felt the sooner the better, really.

Lonelymum · 23/10/2004 15:08

Ds1 - 18 months (to free the cot up for ds2)
Ds2 - 2 years (dd was on her way and a free bed became available)
Dd - 2.3 years ( bought bed in spring sale)
Ds3 - still in cot but looking for a bed for him so could be soon. He is 20 months and I would hope he was in a bed by 2ish.
Only ds1 could climb out of his cot before he left it and none of mine showed signs of wanting a bed, but we moved them anyway. None of them minded or fell out of their bed although, of course, they suddenly have the freedom to get themselves up when they want to, so I had to be careful when they were having their daytime nap.

woodpops · 23/10/2004 20:16

Ds was 16 months when he went into a bed and dd was 19 months. Both of them made the transition with absolutly no problems. Both of them went into normal single beds. We just put a bed guard on.

jamiesam · 23/10/2004 20:19

Glad to see I'm not (quite) the only one to have such an old - 37mth - ds still in cot bed. Keep trying to broach the idea with him that we could take the sides off and then when he woke up in the morning, he could play with all his toys. Think we're just beginning to get through to him. In the meantime he's never shown any inclination to climb out, generally sleeps very well and so we let sleeping ds's lie (sorry).

fisil · 23/10/2004 20:28

Can I hijack and ask a quick question?

DS loves his cot. No.2 due in April/May when DS will be 2.3. I am pretty sure he won't volunteer to do the move before then. He is pretty easy going and an excellent sleeper, so I could get him to make the move before then, but it seems a bit rough forcing him into a bed just to save ourselves a couple of quid in buying a second cot. I know the baby will be in a moses basket, but ds hated being in his, and we hated having him in our room, so he has been in his cot in his own room since he was 2 weeks old. I imagine we will feel similarly about chucking no.2 into his/her own room. So do we buy a cheap cot? Have no.2 in the travel cot until ds decides he wants to go in the bed, or put ds in the bed before he makes the decision for himself?

jamiesam · 23/10/2004 20:41

We bought cot bed for ds1 to make cot room for ds2. Cot bed a second hand ?mamas and papas? I think and unbelievably more substantial than the cot. If you have room to store, bearing in mind few second hand cot beds are likely to be trashed by occupants - bit of polish and looks like new - it will last til around age of 7. Just one option...

fisil · 23/10/2004 20:49

We already have his bed - it has been our spare bed for the past 2 years. So if he stays in the cot it will be his old cot in his new bedroom next to his big boy's bed. Good idea, though.

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