Moving dd to new bedroom - any tips??

[heavenlylily]

HI all, didn't know where to post this to be honest but thought I'd give it a go here first! Dd is 2 next month and i'm 8 months pg with dc2. want to move dd to new room before baby arrives and have already decorated it and waiting for furniture. Keep telling dd about her new room and she seems happy with the idea but obviously she can't really go in there and play yet. I'm really worrying about her transition into a big bed as she seems so happy in her cot but we want her well used to a bed when new baby finally moves into the cot, don't want to have to buy another really. She is still in a sleeping bag with no pillow so don't know how to progress her to a duvet or whether I should leave her in her sleeping bag initially. I'm also not sure if we should move her cot in there too at first so she can play on the bed but still have her cot to sleep in so it's not too much of a change all at once or whether to just go for it straight away.Does anyone have any advice?

Not much advice but good luck I didnt go into my own room until I was 4 apparently!

I would go with the sleeping bag or maybe some other bedding she is used to so that she has something familiar to comfort her. Maybe press the issue of her being 'a big girl' and going into a 'big girls room'? might make her feel grown up although maybe she is a bit young for this?

Only ideas but maybe sit with her at the beggining of the night and slowly remove yourself from the room (supernanny style?)

You never know she might surprise you and not be bothered by the move. When my DD went into her own room she slept better!

Fingers crossed the move goes well for you and your DD.

We have just done this (immediately after christmas) with our DD. Here's what we did.

Introduced the idea of her new pre christmas...had to get it carpeted etc but started telling her about it early. Then, we hit IKEA for her bed and some furniture. We then had an afternoon about a week before moving her in, making the furniture in her room, which we got her to help with (handing me the bits from the box etc.) She got very excited and regularly talked about her new bed/bedroom and in the week leading up to moving her in, we allowed her to go into the room and play on the bed etc, even though it was still full of our junk too!

DD used to sleep in the cot with a gro-bag rather than sheet/blankets. But, we got a duvet from Mothercare and use a couple of the cellular blankets and a fleecy blanket as required. We haven't given her a pillow as she hasn't had one ever. That can come later.

Aside from a long running issue with waking at night, she moved into her new room without complaint. Insists on having morning milk in there rather than in our bed as she always used to. We have since populated the room with lots of her toys etc and are currently working on an hours "quiet time" in her room after lunch as she has recently given up on the afternoon naps.

Good luck with your move :-)

Thanks for your advice! Think will try letting her play in the room for a few days before her move so she gets used to it. She should be fine on her own as she is moving from the nursery rather than from our room, so is used to sleeping on her own, but I feel so tired at the minute with the late stage pg that I'm quietly dreading her move in case it all goes pear shaped and she keeps me up for hours during the night! Should probably just stop worrying and see what happens!

Hi Heavenlylily

I know a couple of people who have recently moved 2 year olds into their bedrooms. Both toddlers ended up being so excited about it that it wasn't a problem at all. One of them bought a book about a girl who moved from a cot into a big bed (sorry don't know where from) and a pillow and read the story for a few nights before she moved into the new room.

Good luck