Moving Daughter to Toddler Bed...

P.,

My suggestion to you is to get a gate to put up at her doorway. This is what I did for both of my daughters when I moved them to toddler beds around 2 years old. This way, if they get up, they're still "in their rooms" and cannot wander at night. I do not have to do this anylonger since my 4yr old and 2 yr old share the same room and they don't get out of the room unless it's time to get up and they come get me. Other than that, they've always stayed in their rooms. I hope this helps!

K.

Hi P.,

When I moved my son to a toddler bed he was approximately 18 months old. I am not sure how your bedroom is set up at your house but my room is directly across from my sons. So iput a gate up in the hallway so the only place he could go if he did get up was my room. Hope you find a solution!

H.

our daughter has been in her toddler bed since she was a little over 2. she just now started coming out of her room. we have a child gate at the top our our stairs and her bedroom is right next to ours so i hear her when she gets up. but we close the gate just in case. i know numerous people that either put one of those knob covers on so she cant get out of her room, or put a baby gate across her door so even if she opens the door cant get out of room. of course you have to totally child proof her room now, like attach her dresser to the wall in case she tries to climb it and stuff like that.

I would try the toddler bed because she could really hurt herself falling out of the crib. Put a safety gate in her doorway, that way if she does get out of bed, she can't get out of her room. You might even get a little more time in bed in the morning if she occupies herself with toys. Good luck!

Hello P.,
Well My daughter is 3 years old an dstill in a crib. She climbs out all the ti me now. I am like you I worry more about her getting outside or something. She can open our aprtment door now. I aplan on fixing that this weekend. I am going to ry those knob things for the soors and hope that detours her from wondering around to much.
I know what you mean about the worry, but the bed is not going to change things. As she gets older she will be able to get out just the same as she does now.
Is your daughter's bed on the last lower rings. If so then you might as well go ahead and do the move.
My best friend put a screen door up on her duahter bed room door then put on those little movement alarms on that and the windows. Then in the middle of the night if she gets up and leaves her room you will hear her.
Right now my daughter is more intrested in being in my bed with me. lus she just likes down in our bed to go to sleep. She just started this.

Good Luck on whatever it is you do.

Each child is different. He might have been able to handle the move better at the time. When my son moved, he was ready, so much so that he was screaming in his bed for 2 or 3 hours but if I let him sleep on the floor he went right to sleep. So we moved him. Maybe your son came right in and got you the first few times he woke up and that made you feel better.
Can you put a baby gate up in her room for awhile? This way if she does wake up that you know she can't get out of her room.
Be prepared for the few first nights to be hard to get her to stay in her bed. The "SuperNanny" way on her show is to continuely walk them back to their bed. Try not to talk to her as you walk her back. After a few nights, she will figure out that it is bed time when you put her in bed. Keep everything else about her night routine the same. You don't want to change too much at once. Good Luck!

i moved my 21 month old daughter into a toddler bed to prevent her from falling while trying to climb out. we moved her when she was about 15 mths old. we live in a small apartment and the only way to air condition her room is to leave her door open so to prevent her from roaming through our appartment i put a baby gate in her door way it did the trick. since your child is older and knows how to climb i would sugest putting up 2. while you can't prevent her from roaming her room you can prevent her from roaming the house. hope this helps!

Hi P.,

We just put our 21 month old girl in a toddler bed almost 2 months ago now. What we did was have her start in the day with just letting her get used to seeing it there. I went in her room and showed it to her, jazzed it up and all. Then she took her first nap and did well. We close the door completely when it's bed-time. Then when I go to bed I crack open the door so if she does wake up she can get out. Our daughter doesn't run free, she just comes into our room and wakes me up. I was afraid of that too especially because she is a handfull on a regular basis, you know into anything and everything. I think that they get scared when all is dark in the house and don't want to go around. Also you can get a gate if you have stairs or something and make it so if she does wake up the only road leads to you. We tried that but then realized it was unnecessary. I think kids handle these kinds of changes very well and suprise us sometimes! Good luck to you and your daughter!

I am sure you dont have any dangerous items in her room, but just in case take those out. You can bolt the furniture to the wall with "L" brackets. Is she able to open the door yet? If not you shouldnt worry about it but if she can get one of the safety door knob covers. She probably wont be able to open it for a while.
Good luck
S.

Well... there's really not a whole lot of "advice" to give you but I can tell you - my son and daughter both moved from their cribs into toddler beds when they were just over a year old - around 13 months. By then, they knew how to walk and it is scary not thinking you'll hear them. Do you close the bedroom door to her room? If not, all you have to do is get a baby gate to keep her contained IF she should get out of her bed and start wandering. If you think she'll crawl over one baby gate, you may need to put up 2. I know that seems like you are keeping her in a cage, but it works. I guess I was lucky enough that both of my kids would lay in bed and just start talking to themselves or calling my name before they'd get out of bed. Just for precautions, pick up any and everything hazardous in her room, and either close the door or somehow keep her contained. Eventually, you'll see what she does in the a.m.... you may be surprised that she just stays in bed, then you can remove her boundaries. It doesn't hurt to crank up that baby monitor though so you can hear every little peep though. :) Good luck!

Try babyproofing the room so if she does get up she won't hurt herself on anything, and use a door knob cover on the inside so she won't be able to get out of her room. Keep your monitor on so you can hear her, and when she gets out of bed, just keep putting her back in her bed.