Going into a bed

We set the bed up and put the cot matress on the ground so that if he fell out that would cushion the fall. But its never been needed. We also have 2 pillows that are flat as but we shaped them in an L shape so instead of having a rail he had a pillow to remind him not to roll over.

We also found that just going straight to bed for everything worked best. Having the cot set up caused all sorts of problems for us but I know others that it doesnt.

We are currently doing the same as .Mel. My DS is older (2 and a half) but tonight is night 4 - fell out once onto the mattress once and didn't even wake up! Good luck

We had DD in her bed @ 14 months. I had pillows on the floor for a week or so, she only fell out once.

We took down the cot and put her bed up in the morning so she had two naps before bed time.

Good luck

when we first moved Ella I put a rolled up towel on the edge of the bed (so that it created a slight slope on the side), after I did that we had no problems (at the start before I did that she fell out of bed a couple of times- she didn't hurt herself and got into some quite funny postions e.g. hat under the bed and legs sticking out),

 

Mrs B- Ella used to be like that and I couldn't imagine putting her down without a sleeping bag because she would never stay under the covers. She did overgrow it and over summer when it didn't matter so much I tried her with just a duvet cover and then once she had mastered that I took the cot side off and then moved her into a bed. This happened over a period of 4 months.

Mrs B, the reason im considering putting DD into a bed is because she moves around so much & bangs her head against the cot & that wakes her up.

Another reason is that she never sleeps with blankets, this might no change in a bed but hopefully it will.

She is getting a new bed for Xmas or close to it from my dad, so It will still be about 3-4 months until she goes into one, so she would be closer to 2 yrs

AriannesMum wrote: I have tested a few times with the sides off Arianne's cot and she freaked out about it. I have a bed for her and she is getting new sheets, duvet, duvet inner etc. Im going to give it to her for her birthday and show her me setting up her big girl bed and take down the cot so hopefully she will understand that big girls sleep in big beds. Plus I hope the Pooh bear duvet set makes a huge impact hehe.

I think thats what i will do. Awww Taylah has a Pooh duvet too. Its very cool, cant wait to use it

Arhhhh well DD got out of her cot last night, i always find her trying to get out but last night, i found her on the top of her cot holding on

Was very scary because she is so little. Might have to look into it a bit faster now.

DD is 14/15 months when we moved her. I wanted to do it then so that the cot was spare for DS, it was less change for her when DS was born, and if she really didn't cope we had plenty of time to save for a new cot/try and change her over.

She slept better in a bed, fell out only once, and straight onto a spare mattress we put next to it. I took the mattress away after a week.

We moved DS to a toddler-sized bed at 19 months because I wanted him to be used to it well before we need the cot for DS2.

He seemed to have no problems at all with the transition. It wasn't even a transition really, we just took him out to buy the bed and new linen, he "helped" DH put the bed together and then the following night (after all the new bedding was washed and dried) I put him to bed in the new bed. I put the cot mattress on the floor next to the bed for the first week.

After the first week he realised he could get out and come to the door. He couldn't reach the door handle in his room so we just left him unless he cried and then I would put him back in bed and say "it's bed time, goodnight" and leave. That only happened once. Our bedrooms are upstairs so we also have a stairgate between his door and the end of the hall JIC he did get through the door - he can reach the handle now

My friend's son has been sleeping on a mattress since before he was one and he comes into their room in the night, but seems to be fine at bed time. They don't mind him coming in so haven't done anything about it.

So probably not much help really I think it just depends on the situation and your child. If you usually just put your DD to bed and she goes off to sleep on her own then I would be inclined to say try it with your usual night time routine and hope for the best. That's what we did and it worked really well. We haven't had C in a bed on holiday yet so not sure what he'd be like in another environment. I'm not really looking forward to trying it out either ;)