’big girl bed’

we got the most awesome cute bed from Freedom furniture last year... which i decided i liked after seeing another member had ordered one for her little girl. It's a metal frame one, with butterfly shaped headboard and it's glittery pink! super cute! She was soooo excited to get it!

They tend to have basic ones that are reasonable. You can also choose from various matresses... all up we ended up with spending about $500 for the bed and matress.

The other thing is, you could try warehouse - they often have simple single slat beds with metal frames.. which would be fine for a little person much cheaper too as they tend to have sales on them, alot.

We got our slat bed (cause we wanted to have space under the bed for storage) on trademe and its brand new, was sent down to us for pretty cheap and very very solid and looks really awesome for $200 and then brought a good matress for another couple hundy on special.

whereabouts are you? we got Ellas at bedstop- wooden slat bed for $299 incl trundler (then paid arond $250 for innersprung mattress).

Try taking the side off first if you are able to, that way she will get used to some new-found freedom and get used to not being totally enclosed. you may need to put something along next to it just in case she is a roller - maybe a bed-side thingie by safety first or such.. which will still come in handy once she's in the big girl bed....   

depending on how long you have until you absolutely NEED to make the transition.. depending on how fast your little one is growing, , maybe even have a wee look and once you have decided on one, do a count down... Ayja had to earn hers (we were buying it anyway but she had a problem with getting out of bed with her cot side off, so we made up a chart and for each night she stayed in bed she got a sticker...) anyway she had a picture of the bed on the top and it was a great incentive.. you could do that as a way of really getting her so excited about the new bed coming, maybe take her to pick out some new sheets or duvet, or even if money is tight, just a new special pillow case cover for her. something ot make it super special. The transition tends to be more aobut getting used to being in a new bed rather than not wanting to be out of the old one.