DS never climbed out. We transitioned to a toddler bed just shy of 3yo b/c I was too PG to lift him into the crib anymore. He transitioned just fine, it was a complete non-issue.
ETA: DS kept his bed, it just converted from a crib to a toddler bed. We got the baby a new crib.
J never climbed out. We switched to a bed around 2.5 because I wanted to get that transition over with before I worked on night weaning the girls after their first birthday.
I thought it might be a rough transition but J was one of those kids that never got out of bed and was more comfortable and actually fell asleep easier in the bed than he did in the crib.
Post by dcrunnergirl52 on Nov 24, 2015 16:18:45 GMT -5
3y3m for DD and DS1. We needed DD's room and crib so we could move infant DS2 out of our bedroom. So we moved DD in with DS1 and put them both in twin beds.
Post by water*drop on Nov 24, 2015 16:19:36 GMT -5
Just over 2.5. DS was due the day before DD's 3rd birthday. We didn't want to buy another crib, but we also didn't want DD to have to transition to a bed at the same time she transitioned to being a big sister. It coincided with Christmas, so we decorated her new room with her new bed as a surprise to her and made a huge deal over it Christmas night. It went really well.
Post by thebreakfastclub on Nov 24, 2015 16:25:51 GMT -5
One night he started screaming and refused to be put down in the crib. He had been sleeping there since he was 10 days old, and it totally came out of the blue. We went back and forth a couple of nights and finally converted to the toddler bed. DS was back to normal immediately.
This was right before he turned 2. The transition was NBD.
A couple of weeks after he turned 3. We waited until we actually wanted him to be able to get out by himself. He still didn't. He'll be 6 next week and half the time he still just calls for us when he wakes up instead of getting up and coming out of his room.
Post by thatgirl2478 on Nov 24, 2015 16:38:34 GMT -5
DD1 transitioned to the toddler bed phase of the crib just after 3 for a few reasons:
1) I was expecting #2 and we would need the crib back soon 2) I was having trouble lifting her out of the crib 3) She was potty training and needed easier access to the potty
She then transitioned to her big girl bed after DD2 was born but she needed to wait until our guests left because it was the guest bed and we needed the former guest room to be the baby's room.
We transitioned both DS1 and DS2 around 2.5yo, which was about when their next younger sibling needed the crib. DS1 did fine in a twin size bed. DS2 was a nightmare with his newfound "freedom." DS3 will be 3yo next week and I have no intention of transitioning him out of the crib anytime soon. He loves his crib and I love that he is contained.
We are almost at 2.5 over here and she doesn't try to climb out but cries for us as soon as she wakes up. Kind of annoying and now I'm thinking on transitioning so she can come in bed with us and I can get some more zzzz's.
We switched over between 3.5 and 4 I think. But really you can keep a kid in a crib until they hit 50 pounds (which is K to first grade for many kids). Sleeping in a bed is not a milestone. If it works for you and your kid then KOKO.
DS had a built-in bunk in his nursery so it was more of a drawn out process. He used to go back and forth between the crib and bed. Sometimes he'd nap in the crib and do overnight in his bed. Sometimes vice versa. Sometimes he'd go down in the bed and I'd find him in his crib in the morning but never the other way around. He was almost like a dog who was successfully crate trained where crib was sanctuary.
When he was just 4 we disassembled it one day after pre-K so he'd have more room to play. He helped with the screwdriver. I have it saved in the basement and even now he's possessive of it. When my niece was pg, the first thing out of his mouth when I told him was not to give his crib away. I think he was in middle school at the time.
He was just over 2.5 years old. He day and night potty trained at the same time. When we ran out of pull-ups to put on him at night (and they were always dry), so we decided to move him to the toddler bed and switch to underwear.
B is still in his at 2 years, 3 months. We're starting to talk about it - he got his leg stuck in the slats the other day during nap time, and he's outgrown the PnP, so we'd like to get him used to a bed before the next time we need to overnight it someplace.
I'm not in a big hurry - we might convert to a toddler bed early in the new year.
I'm team #Crib4Lyfe. DS is 20 months and (knock on wood) doesn't seem to realize that he can try to get out of the crib. I'm planning on leaving him in there until he's too heavy to lift. But even then, we'll just switch it to a toddler bed. If we have a second, they're going to be 4+ years apart.
Post by closertofine on Nov 24, 2015 19:19:10 GMT -5
For her 3rd birthday. Just because.
I'm planning on switching ds a month shy of his 3rd birthday, presuming he doesn't attempt to climb out before then. He's going to a bed at his dad's in January. Assuming he does fine there, I'll switch him in February because I know a family who needs a crib.
3 and a half- like a week ago. He is still in his crib but now its a toddler bed, the first night he fell out of bed lol. He was fine but I stuck a large stuffed animal under his crib fitted sheet and he hasn't fallen out since.