Big bed - what age?
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Topic: Big bed - what age?
Posted By: FionaS
Subject: Big bed - what age?
Date Posted: 27 July 2008 at 2:14pm
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What age did you move your kids into a big bed?
Do they have a single or a king-single?  ------------- Mummy to Gabrielle and Ashley |
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Posted By: Bizzy
Date Posted: 27 July 2008 at 2:24pm
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singles here... and gabriel was in his for day sleeps first then nights as well by the time he was 18 mths old. but that was because toby was on his way. Toby was in his much later than that. ------------- http://www.myfitnesspal.com/weight-loss-ticker"> 
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Posted By: pepsi
Date Posted: 27 July 2008 at 2:34pm
| Alyssa has been in her bed for a bit over a month and she sleeps much better now than she did in the cot. We have a standard single. |
Posted By: HippyMama
Date Posted: 27 July 2008 at 2:41pm
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We started transitioning Erin at 18mo as she was showing signs of being more than ready (read: climbing!), so we went nearly two weeks with the side off her cot and a 'crash pad' on the floor, then switched to a single bed, which she has had no problems adjusting to. ------------- Mama to two earth walkers & two angels. Remember, you are not managing an inconvenience; You are raising a human being. ~ Kittie Franz Next Slingbabies! Meet - Friday 4th May !! |
Posted By: Deez
Date Posted: 27 July 2008 at 2:44pm
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King Single here but he's only in it for day sleeps at the moment. -------------  
Lycan and Peyton = Moon and back!! |
Posted By: mummy_becks
Date Posted: 27 July 2008 at 3:12pm
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King Single here. Andrew went into it at 18 odd months. We stared by taking the side of the bars off the cot first and then day sleeps. Josh is nowhere near moving to the big bed yet. We moving Andrew to his top bunk about 3 months ago. ------------- I was a puree feeder, forward facing, cot sleeping, pram pushing kind of Mum... and my kids survived! |
Posted By: .Mel
Date Posted: 27 July 2008 at 3:48pm
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Conor was exactly two years old, he was in a single bed until he was 4 and then a double.
Nyah was about 18mths, we took the side of her cot about a month and then she moved into a King Single. ------------- Mr Mellow (16) Miss Attitude (8) Destructa Kid (3) 
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Posted By: Maya
Date Posted: 27 July 2008 at 4:03pm
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Never! The gremlins will be in cots forever!
Maya was about 20 months. She's in a single, I'll move her into a king single when the gremlins go into beds coz one of them can have her single bed and the other can have the spare single we have lying around. But their cots turn into toddler beds so they'll be in those for at least another 2 years. -------------  Maya Grace (28/02/03)
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The Gremlins:Sienna Marie & Mercedes Kailah (14/10/06)
Lil miss:Chiara Louise Chloe (09/07/08)
Her ladyship:Rosalia Sophie Anais (18/06/12)
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Posted By: ooEvaoo
Date Posted: 28 July 2008 at 2:07pm
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Yeah Kahtrell moved into a single bed about a month ago, we have a bed rail aswell, he definitley sleeps better in there than he did in the cot, but still wakes in the night, mainly because of the cats I think...they wake him up by snuggling at his head lol ------------- 
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Posted By: EmDee
Date Posted: 28 July 2008 at 5:15pm
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Ollie was a couple of days shy of 2yrs. We moved a single bed into his room a month or so earlier and he asked to sleep in it and other than rolling out the first night, he's been fine. ------------- DS 8 DD 6 DS 4 DD 2 |
Posted By: Andie
Date Posted: 28 July 2008 at 5:20pm
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Ella was just over a year old, and we put her in a single bed, but with double blankets and duvet (looks nicer, and I figured it'd take her longer to accidentally kick them off in her sleep if there was more to shove off the bed). Works well for her. ------------- Andie |
Posted By: AnnC
Date Posted: 28 July 2008 at 10:00pm
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Still no where near wanting to move Rhylz... hes quite happy where he is and so am I. His cot goes in to a bed so the trasition shouldn't be too bad, its the same cot I have used for all the kids and worked a treat for the other 2.. Josh was around 18months in it and Brooke around 20months ------------- Ann 
Also Mum to Josh (15) and Brooke (10) |
Posted By: Candkids
Date Posted: 28 July 2008 at 10:21pm
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sarah was 2.
its still trying to keep her in the bed thats the problem.! ------------- http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow">  DD 10.5yrs DS 6yrs DS 11mths 5 little angles watching from above |
Posted By: FionaS
Date Posted: 29 July 2008 at 12:58pm
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Awwwww! Elle has never slept in our bed (she likes her space) but she just jumped up there, asked for a blanket and her music and then blew me a kiss goodbye. She is now napping in our huge kind size bed!
This is really huge for her as she usually needs to be in her cot. YAY! Looks like it's a good time to get a big bed :) ------------- Mummy to Gabrielle and Ashley |
Posted By: Roksana
Date Posted: 29 July 2008 at 3:28pm
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Zaara moved to her Single bed at 2.5 years. With no rails but I put another pillow on the side.....however she does sleep in one position most of the night so thats really good!
She still does come over to our bed some nights...  ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: Kelpa
Date Posted: 29 July 2008 at 4:45pm
Blake was moved into his Single bed about a month ago...made a big deal out of it and bought a special Thomas Duvet and he loves it..has never tried to get out....hes not a climber but think it was just the right time for him
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Posted By: fattartsrock
Date Posted: 29 July 2008 at 9:02pm
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Jake was almost 2, he asked to go int he big bed in his room, and we have never had a problem. We bought a king single for him at christmas time when we shifted him to the smaller room, he loves it. Lil lady likes getting in it as well, and will probably sleep in a bed we we are in fiji, I will take the safety sleep, but to be honest, I like the containment of the cot and she is still so tiny... I hope to use the cot till about this time next year... maybe... She will go into a king single, too. ------------- The Honest Un PC Parent of 2, usually stuck in the naughty corner! :P |
Posted By: Peace
Date Posted: 29 July 2008 at 11:32pm
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Olivia was about 19-20 months old when I started the transition from cot to bed. We just started with day time naps at first, she had 4 days of some pretty terribly day time sleeps before she calmed down then about 2 weeks later we started the night sleeps (although she wanted to try before then, I left it till I was sure she would be ok), she slept 10hrs that night and 12 basically every night after. I moved her over because even though there was plenty of room in her cot she was hurting herself on the bars moving around at night at least once a week. She sleeps much better in her big bed than she ever did in the cot.
I never took her cot down till she was sleeping in her big bed for a couple of nights really well. She is not a kid that handles huge changes very well so I am really glad we did a transition. ------------- DD1 May 2006 DD2 March 2011 DD3 August 2012 |