Transitionsing to Bed from Crib

Well, if she is still going to sleep great in her crib, I would just leave her. That's what I would do if it sounds like she won't sleep in a big bed. My doc said to leave them in the crib as long as you can.. cause it's so nice to have them sleeping well. But once she's doing the same in her crib - not sleeping and crawling out, then I would change her to a bed and make it exciting....neat covers, and bribes of chocolate chip pancakes in the morning if she goes to sleep and stays in her big bed. But for now, I'd leave the situation alone, or you might not be sleeping very well. Talk to her about how the big bed and her crib are both really neat. At least that is what I would do. I wouldn't change up a good thing.

I have a seven year old and four year old that share a room. Both have twin beds. Do not put them in the same bed that can create a lot of problems. Also stagger bedtimes. Put the youngest one to bed at leas 35-45 min before the oldest. That gives you some one on one with the older child and also allows time for the younger one to fall asleep. Start with her crib mattress on the floor first and tell her this is a big girl thing and if she does well she will get to have her own big girl bed.

Get a twin bed and a bedrail, make it fun for her to pick her own sheets out and explain what a big girl she is. If she gets out of bed, put her back and be firm she isn't to get up again.

Wait until she is asleep and put her older sister to bed.
Takes time but will pay off. My son goes to bed at 7:30, falls asleep fast. My daughter and I read and get her ready for bed and she goes in about 8:15. My son sleeps soundly so we be quiet and I tuck her in and she goes to sleep. When I have to put them down at the same time, they giggle, goof and talk, so staggering has saved them and my sanity!
Good luck.

We transitioned our son into a bed a couple days before he turned 2. I was worried at first that he would stay up all night and I would go in to get him in the morning and he would still be playing but it was amazing how well he did. The first night he would get up and open his door 4 or 5 times and everytime I would put him back in bed, but as soon as we went to sleep he got in his bed and went to sleep too. He still gets up a couple times before he finally falls asleep but he knows when he is tired. Of course he is in his own room so I don't know how he would have been if he was sharing a room.

I kept a crib in the room along with the Big Girl Bed. If my daughter got out of her Big Girl Bed then she went straight in her crib. I did the same thing with my son and it worked very well. Neither of them wanted to sleep in the crib, but I followed through by putting them straight in the crib after they got out of bed. hey They never got out of bed again. Once they continued to stay in bed we removed the crib. The room was crammed, but it was well worth the wait. They were only allowed to get out of bed if they had to go to the bathroom, otherwise, they had to stay in bed. Good luck!

At two years old and talking, she's not really a "baby" anymore and is capable of a lot more than you probably think. If she's sleeping in a "big girl" bed at her dad's house, and a "baby" bed (crib) at your house, she's probably picking up on that. When you first transition her to a big bed, she's going to take advantage of her new freedom and get up, play, roam around, etc. The other suggestion about taking her by the hand and putting her back in bed (no talking) is a great one. It's worked for me, and for a lot of other people I know. And it keeps coming up on this site in response to your same kind of question. If they share a room, splitting up bedtimes is a good idea, although if you ever want them to go to bed at the same time in the future, I would recommend putting them to bed together now. It would be just as easy (or hard) to train them both that it's not time to play at night as it would to train the little one that it's time for bed and stay in bed. I have twin boys that are two and a half now and have been sleeping in the same room in twin beds since they were 15 months old (because we moved and got rid of one crib, not necessarily because they were ready). I had to deal with both issues (staying in bed, and keeping each other up) at the same time. They still don't always stay in bed right at first, but they always end up asleep in their beds within a relatively short time. My now 17 month old has been sleeping in a big girl bed (twin mattress off the frame and box spring) since she was 13 months (because she was ready to and wanted to be like big brothers and sister), and almost always falls right to sleep in bed without getting up. She's gotten up maybe twice in those 4 months. Of course, she's had three older siblings to learn this from. Plus she has that kind of personality anyway. My oldest was out of a crib and into a big girl bed at 18 months because we moved and were going to need the crib in six months so we were trying to make the transition from "her" crib to "baby's" crib easier. So I'm just saying that it's not impossible. It just takes a little bit of effort and consistency on your part. So really, it's up to you whether she stays in bed or not. My one piece of advice for you personally though, is to put her in a big bed at your house. This is because she already has a big girl bed at her dad's house. It's probably the reason she asks to sleep in sister's bed at home now. If she only slept at one house, then I would say leave her in the crib as long as you want or until she starts crawling out. But since she sleeps in two places, and it's different in each, the consistency of having the same kind of bed at each place probably would be good for her. Good luck with it!

My son actually was in a bed for about 4 months and then started getting out to play. I set up the crib in his room again and every night I would give him the choice to sleep in his bed or his crib. I told him that if he got out of bed I would have to put him in the crib to go to sleep. Every night I gave him the choice with the warning. It worked pretty well for us. He still got out of bed every once and a while and when he did we put him back to bed in his crib. After a while he actually started to want to go to bed in his crib. I think it was because it was too tempting to get out and it removed some stress to have that temptation taken away. Either way, it makes it your daughter's choice and her responsibility.

Hi I just Put My now two year old in toddler bed right after Christmas.HE sleeps int his bed just fine. what I would if I was you put her in bed and tell that it is bed time.and it is time to go to sleep. Try reading a story to her or some thing see if that works. thanks N.

Can the front of your crib come off? That would be a good way to start the transition if the front came off, then it would be like she had her own bed. If it doesn't this is what I did with my 3. Once they got a bed, they were really excited. Generally the 1st night went well. Once they started getting out of bed I would just take them by the hand and put them back in their bed. No talking. Within 3 days or less they were staying and sleeping in their bed when it was nighttime.