When to switch to beds??

We are moving in 3 weeks and we are going to keep them in the cribs for that. However, we have a new baby on the way and I need a crib! They are just starting to try to climb out of their cribs so i know it will only be a matter of months (weeks!!!) before I need to do something about this.

Is 2 years old too young for 2 boys?? They share a room and won't want to be apart. I can put a gate right outside their room....

I need HELP!

Also - should I take out their other furntiure so they don't climb? We have a dresser hutch combo and a chest of drawers??

HELP!

Erin

 

I'm going to be changing the girls over to twin beds soon, they dont try and climb out of their cribss, but I think they would sleep better in bed, they love naping together in mine and DH's bed so I think they are ready.

Maybe when you move house put them in bed, keep one cribs either in a spare room, or even in their room, tell them that if they dont stay in their beds they will go back to their crib, the 'baby' bed.

I dont think you should have to take their furnature out of their room, once they get the hang of beds they should be fine.

good luck.

 

I put my boys into beds about three months ago because they were starting to climb out of their cots. I made my boys beds, they are the same size as a cot ( I can still use the cot matress) and are very low to the ground, they just love them. The only problem is getting them to stay in them when they are going to sleep. We just lay on the ground between the beds for about 10 minutes until they are asleep, it isn't too bad.

 

I would try to keep them in cribs for a while after the move. It will be a huge transition to a new house that a transition to bed might turn out to be very unnerving for them. One life changing event at a time IMHO.

I plan to keep my boyz in cribs as long as possible. Crib tents are prolly in our future. They have not tried to climb out yet and seem to feel secure in them rather than an open bed.

Good luck!!!!!!

 

Once we're done with our traveling in a couple of weeks, we're going to take the girls out of the crib (they still share one and they're just getting too big). I don't think they're ready for the freedom of toddler beds so we're going to take the mattress off our queen size bed in the guest room and put it on the floor in their room with the superyard around it until they can handle the freedom a "big girl bed" offers.

 

If I were in your situation, this is what I would do. Get crib tents so they can't fall out and hurt themselves. Then use a pack and play or get a port a crib for the new baby. The baby won't care where they sleep, especially for the first 6-9 months.

Here is how I feel about moving to beds early. If they don't listen to/understand "don't climb out of the crib", how can you expect them to get, "stay in bed"? I refused to remove anything from their room, and even at 2 1/2 we had a few emptying of the drawers and loss of nap for a month.

 

When we moved we had already went into toddler beds. We went right into twin beds at the move. I think its harder on the parents the move then kids, they'll be fine.
Just do it from the first day they'll think its part of the move...make it fun. Like a new game.

Crib tents...never hear dof them before this board. Waste of money to me. Moves are not easy for some kids(to new beds), but all you need to do is make keep trying.

 

Crib tents were probably the best purchase I have made for K&K so far in their 5 short years. A complete sanity saver and in my opinion, worth their weight in gold!

Not knowing your children, I don't know what would be best or the best age but I just wanted to say two things....

1) Both parent and child have to be ready to make the transition. When Kayla first climbed out I was in no shape to have the patience to make the transition and I knew it would not be fair to K&K to attempt at that time. We waited until we reached a point where I thought they would understand and where I had the ability to give them the attention they deserved. (When the climbing first started was when my husband and I separated. I was in a horrible emotional state and to try to make a smooth transition at that point would not have done either of us any justice.) If you think being pregnant and the stress of the move might lower your ability to keep the transition a smooth one then I might suggest doing something like Sharon said for the immediate future and wait until you are all settled and comfortable in the new house with the new baby!

2) I also can't say if you should remove the furtniture but if you don't, please please please make sure everything is 100% secure. Not too long ago a 3 year old girl (with a twin brother) was killed by a furniture issue.

 

Erin, I would wait till closer to the new baby myself (but mine aren't climbing out of their cribs either) because I am going to probably want to remove all the furniture and ability to climb.

This is my very uneducated opinion about this

 

We have a baby on the way also. We put the boys in twin beds in the same room just over a month ago. The did great! I don't think your boys are too young at all personally. It took about a week of adjustment for them but now they could care less about the nursery/crib. We also switched rooms on them and they did really well!

Good Luck!
Danielle

 

If it were me, I'd put the new baby in a PNP or basinett for a while and leave the twins in cribs.
I'd buy crib tents for sure, but I'd leave the twins in their cribs as long as possible.

 

between moving and a new baby thats a lot of uproar for them. I'd do crib tents and a pnp for as long as you can. Let them get used to the baby first because more than likely it will cause some night wakings and at least they'll be secure in there cribs. When I had #3, #2 was 2.7 yrs old and drove me nuts with coming in everynight once I had the baby. I wish we'd kept her in her crib.

 

Mine will be 2 in June and we will be moving sometime around that time. I will move them into toddler beds in conjunction with the move. I put their dressers in their closet at 9 months because they were climbing and pulling clothes out. The only thing in their room are cribs, two toy boxes and a playhouse. Their cribs turn into daybeds and they already love for me to remove the pulldown side so they can climb up on their own. I put the side back up during nap and bedtime.

Angela