Post by mainelyfoolish on Aug 1, 2015 19:48:56 GMT -5
We bought a toddler bed. DD slept in it for two years before we moved her to a twin bed at age 4. She probably would have been happy for another year but we needed the mattress back for the next baby.
Although my H wants to buy B a racecar bed so, lol. We'll see.
I want one of those so badly for my DS! I always thought they were so cool. We just converted his crib into a toddler bed, so he's got another year of two in that before we need to buy a twin.
We already have a twin in the guest room. (And a king since it's become the catch-all room.) We'll just use that twin when she's done with the crib. Not sure if we'll start with the mattress on the floor or not.
Post by Diana Prince on Aug 1, 2015 20:17:25 GMT -5
We had a convertible crib but decided instead of buying the rails/conversion kit when the time came to just buy a twin bed & mattress. He was just 2 months shy of 3 years.
We went straight to a bed. A full because it's what we already had.
We had a mattress on the floor for the first 3 days while we waited for her bed to be delivered. It sucked. Once she was up higher she slept better and quit rolling around so much.
Post by ilikedonuts on Aug 1, 2015 20:18:40 GMT -5
We have a convertible and still just went right to a full bed. I'm too cheap to buy the toddler conversion kit for either crib (both girls were in cribs at the same time).
Straight to a twin bed. DD just turned two, we made the switch the week of her birthday. We have not had any issues with falling out of bed and she loves her big girl bed.
We ended up not being able to convert DS1's crib because we had to saw one of the slats when he got his leg stuck. So MIL bought him a toddler bed, but if we had to do it over I would have opted for a twin bed because he'll outgrow the toddler bed fairly quickly. Luckily by the time he outgrows it DS2 will be ready for it so it won't be a complete waste.
IKEA junior bed at age 2. DD is still in to at age 7, although she was in a regular twin when we lived in France from age 3.5-5.
Her room here isn't that big and I also wasn't sure if I would want a bunk bed or trundle in the future. I think we've decided on a loft now, to gain more space. This is something she could have never slept in at age 2 or 3.