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From Cot to Bed

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  • 20-03-2015 7:38pm
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    poconnor16
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    I'm thinking of moving my 2 year old from his cot to a bed, second baby due in October so want to give him plenty of time to adjust.
    Does anyone have any stories to tell? Any tips?
    He's sleeping well, done teething and only wakes if unwell really. We've just dropped the dummy too and that went well.
    Haven't bought his bed yet so open to all suggestions!


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    syklops
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    poconnor16 wrote: »
    I'm thinking of moving my 2 year old from his cot to a bed, second baby due in October so want to give him plenty of time to adjust.
    Does anyone have any stories to tell? Any tips?
    He's sleeping well, done teething and only wakes if unwell really. We've just dropped the dummy too and that went well.
    Haven't bought his bed yet so open to all suggestions!

    This could well be the bed he is sleeping in when he is a 6'4 18 year old. Make sure you get one big(long) enough.


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    theLuggage
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    Depending on rooms and space you might want to consider a double bed. We had 3 rooms, ours, the baby room and the last with a double bed which we moved our oldest into when she was a toddler. Having a double bed was great when she was sick, we could sleep in with her. Or when she comes into us in the night one of us can go into hers if we're feeling cramped.Or if she was awake in the night we could lie down with her and settle her. It just gave more options.


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    Suucee
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    Yep if u have space a double bed. We moved our daughter at 17mnths to a toddler bed. We moved her early as i was pregnant with bad spd and couldnt lift her. It went fine. She didnt fall out as we had little rails on it.
    She will be 3 next month and we just recently bought a double bed for her. We had no spare bed so if she was sick she landed in with us and no one got sleep. At least now if she is unwell one of us can go in to her.

    No tips re the changr. Just pop a duvet or pillow on the floor incase of falls anf make sure the room is completly baby proofed.
    She just got in went to sleep. But we did find as the brighter evenings came in she played a bit as she could see. So we ended up taking out any toys that make noise and she soon wasnt as bothered anymore


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    theLuggage
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    We did the same with a duvet on the floor and actually the safety rail fit on our double bed. It didn't come up as high because the mattress is thick but it would be enough to help.

    Also depending on age and character you might want to put a stair gate on the door. We did when ours were in the baby room with no side on the cot as ours would have wandered!


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    Neyite
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    Double bed here too, with safety rails. He could be in any corner of the bed some nights and hasn't managed to fall out yet.

    And we can snuggle up comfortably And get a halfway decent sleep if he wants or needs one of us there.


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    lazygal
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    We left it a night or two before getting safety rails and she seemed to be aware of the sides and has only fallen out once. Didn't bother with them in the end.


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    Xdancer
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    We never bothered with safety rails either. We just put the cot mattress on the floor on one side of the bed and a folded up duvet on the other side. She fell out once or twice but has been fine since.


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    theLuggage
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    Xdancer wrote: »
    We never bothered with safety rails either. We just put the cot mattress on the floor on one side of the bed and a folded up duvet on the other side. She fell out once or twice but has been fine since.

    This happens when the rails come off anyway - think it takes them a while to get used to having an edge of the bed!


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    Xdancer
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    theLuggage wrote: »
    This happens when the rails come off anyway - think it takes them a while to get used to having an edge of the bed!

    I agree. Not having the rails get them to learn the art of not falling out of the bed sooner!


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    poconnor16
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    Such helpful tips guys, thank you all for your posts!


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    derb12
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    My little guy had a plastic workbench and toolset and "helped" assemble his new bed - a lovely occasion and if made him even keener on the transition!


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    livinsane
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    My 17 month old is on a double mattress on floor. Works great as I have no fear of him hurting himself. Also don't have to worry about him crawling under the bed/dust gathering under there etc.


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    fall
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    Single bed here that has another single bed underneath it. That can be pulled out and put up as an extra bed or just pulled out to break any falls. Great for sleep overs or if child is sick but also means you still have lots of floor space as the spare bed is hidden away.


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