Cot to bed transition incoming sibling

[Becksiv]

Can I ask for your advice guys.

My little one will be just turning 22 months old when baby no2 is born.

Naturally second baby will be with us for the first 6 months so won't need the cot.

But I'm wondering when will be a good time to transition my toddler to a bed and how to go about it?

Do I make the transition before baby is born to avoid a time of such a big change?
What have been your experiences?
Any advice greatly received!

Someone started a similar thread to this yesterday so that might have some useful replies.

I transitioned but wish I didn't, I just made things harder for myself with a newborn. All kids are different though, my toddler is strong willed!!

Thank you! I haven't been able to find it. Can you link/paste threads on here?

I would buy a second cot.

I wouldn't move from a cot to a bed until between third and fourth birthday. While some children are ready sooner, more often than not moving to a bed before child is ready can create a ton of unnecessary additional sleep issues.

We moved ds into a toddler bed when he was 17 months. For no other reason than we knew how much he would like it. We moved his cot into his own room the month before, so when he was 16 months, so he got used to sleeping in his own room before he went in a bed.
He was fine. The first 2 nights he got out a couple of times (I think it was because he realised he could get out on his own). But after that he was fine, he stayed in the bed and slept much better as well.
I don't know why people make such a big thing about moving a child into a bed

And leaving say you should leave it as long as possible. I don't agree at all

I read that you shouldn’t make any big changes to your eldest child’s life in the 3 months before or 3 months after their new sibling is born. If you stuck to that then it would be much too young to move them to a bed. I think you should wait until your second child is ready to move out of your room at 6 months. By then the eldest will be more used to their sibling and might really enjoy getting a new big bed and being fussed over.

Fwiw I took the side off my eldest’s cot at 2 and 4 months. He’s been good at staying in it but the transition from sleeping bags to duvet has been a nightmare. He wakes up now asking to be tucked in. You really don’t want that with a newborn.