I am just wanting to know when people have transitioned their child to a toddler bed. I am not sure if we are just pushing the issue or if she is old enough. My daughter is 17 months old. Any advice?
I personally think the toddler bed is just an added transition to sell beds. We put our DS in a regular bed at 18 months with no problems. He has never fell out. We switched because our DD needed the crib very shortly after that. Our older DS switched at around 2. Just because. We've not had a problem going from crib to bed without the toddler stage. It makes traveling easier, too, if you take trips.
If she is comfortable and not to big for her crib and she is sleeping good, I wouldn't bother yet. Just know that if you move her it comes with a new problem.....they can and do get out of it on there own.
First of all toddler beds are a waste of money. At 18 months my first had to transition because we had a baby on the way. We went straight to twin bed and put a step stool at the foot so she could get off and of course with a guard rail. She did fine. Toddler beds are not for long and then you have to buy another anyway. Her sister is a bit different. She turned 2 in June and was still in the crib. Ironically, she tried to get out of the crib 1 day before her 2nd birthday night and fell. She now sleeps great in the twin bed with her 4 year old sister. So no toddler bed, 18 months is fine just make sure you have the side panels so your child doesn't fall out in the middle of the night,
If she is not climbing out or even showing any signs of climbing, then I wouldn't worry. My main reason for the transition with my daughter at 26 mos was because I was going to be having another baby. With my son by the time he was 2 he was a big boy and the crib was cramped for him and I was worried he was trying to climb out. Do not get a toddler bed, they grow out of them way too quickly then you will have to transtion again, get a twin bed. If you do want to do it this young I recommend a bed rail or the mattress on the floor first, baby gating their bedroom. My daughter loved her crib and never even attempted to climb out of it so I waited until she was 2 1/2. I made sure there was a good six months BEFORE her brother came along so she didn't think she was being kicked out of her bed because of him. Both kids LOVED having new beds and thought they were so cool getting them, not one issue.
I tis totally your call and if you are expecting another baby something you may want to consider.
Our daughter was in a toddler bed around a year old. The only reason we have her in a toddler bed right now is because her crib converted to one, otherwise we would have just went for a twin. Now that we are thinking about having another child and will need the crib back, I found a daybed/trundle combo (twin size) that we will probably get for her and just use a rail on the open side - she is almost three. Every kid is different, most I have heard about transitioning to the toddler bed was because they figured out how to climb out of the crib or there was another baby on the way, so it is kind of up to you and what you think your child is ready for if neither of those situations apply. Good luck!
We put up a toddler bed in my son's room last weekend, and he is 13 months old. I wasn't going to push the idea, I just wanted him to get used to it being in his room because I had wanted him out of a crib in the next few months so we can use it for #2. He hasn't wanted to sleep in his crib since, so for the past week he has slept in his toddler bed and has done so without any problem. I say give it a shot, but don't make her sleep in yet if she really doesn't want to. Good luck.
