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Topic: 22 month age gap approx anyone??
Posted By: lottieandharry
Subject: 22 month age gap approx anyone??
Date Posted: 12 September 2007 at 12:41pm
Hi there. I just have a query for all of those mums with approx this age gap. I am due to have baby#2 in January and DD will be approx 22 months. What I have been trying to decide is whether to move her into a big bed or not?

She is a great sleeper 1 1/2 - 2 hrs during day and 12- 13 at night. Very rarely do we ever have any troubles at bedtime. I am a bit scared about upsetting this with a move into the big bed especially with a new baby!!

I just thought it could be easier to get it sorted by the time bubs arrives? New baby will be in a bassinet for around 6months like DD was, I am hoping, so no probs with needing cot right away. But will it be easier if it is all, done and dusted, so to speak by January? She just seems so little to put in a big bed but then I thought that when she went into a cot too I suppose!!

Would love to hear what others have done to get some idea of what I should do!! Thanks heaps!

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Posted By: mum2paris
Date Posted: 12 September 2007 at 1:08pm
Hi there, we have a 22 month gap between out girls but the bed thing was sorted as Paris went into a big bed at 11 months.

I would say, try and do the change thing now, so that hopefully any monkey-business she tries will be over by the time baby arrives.. you want to do it before you get too big and tired, and doing it after baby is here, when you are already coping with sleepless nights - you'll be less than patient beleive me! lol

Paris did have a point where she actually learnt to get out of her bed, prob when i was about this point in the pregnancy, she would hop out and sit in the hallway, we would ignore her for a few mins, sometimes she would start going back and forth and getting toys to sit with her, after about 5 mins we'd put them all back, pick her up say "it's time for sleep, we love you, good night" and back into bed she went. after that point each time she got out would be met with being put back to bed, told we love her, and goodnight.

You might find she surprises you though, do the same bedtime routine you always do, remind her she's a big girl and big girls don't get out of bed. We have just taken the side off Ayja's cot, and the first few nights we left the other side in her room, she was told if she got up and was silly we'd put it back on and that would be shame because shes a big girl etc. and she's been fine. try either taking the side off her cot, so she's got that familiar surrounding with just 1 thing changed, (if you can do that with your cot safely), of you could do the special duvet ritual where you go and let her choose a special duvet cover for her new bed. There's lots of ways to ease the trasition, but definately i'd say try it now, start with day sleeps and go from there.

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Posted By: busymum
Date Posted: 12 September 2007 at 1:34pm
I have a 19m gap and then a 17m gap and we moved both toddlers into a big bed a couple of months before the next baby was due. Briona moved in with no probs, probably because she was used to seeing Hannah in a big bed. Hannah did struggle with the transition though and we found it best to say 'no' to the cot and stick with the bed so there wouldn't be chopping and changing in between. I made the mistake of changing her bedroom at the same time, and she didn't do too well with that.

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Posted By: fattartsrock
Date Posted: 12 September 2007 at 1:49pm
I have a 20 month gap. I had Jake in the cot still When Charly arrived, the big bed was in his room all the time anyhow. I tried getting him into it for daytime sleeps, but he wasn't keen, but we used to play on it and read stories in it. I wasn't in too much of a hurry anyhow. I went out and bought him a special duvet cover and pillow case that I knew he woudl like and popped it on the bed, hoping that might make him a bit more interested, but again, I wasn't worried and didn't want to push it. After that was on for about a week, (and during that week I made a big fuss about the nice blanket with the cars on it) one night he had a MASSIVE tantrum and I couldn't get him in the cot, turned out he wanted in the big bed, he was about 23 months and has been in it ever since. No real problems, he has fallen out a couple of times (pushed out by the cat sneaking on his bed) But no dramas with gettign up, etc. He knows tht when he is in bed, he has to stay there, and he is really good about it. I say, don't push it, let it be a little bit led by her if you can.

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Posted By: my4beauties
Date Posted: 12 September 2007 at 4:33pm
There is 22 months between Gia & Jett & I moved Gia into a big bed around April as she was getting too big for her cot anyway (only have a NZ size cot, not the American one which are bigger). It took her a couple of days to settle into her new bed & room, but now I don't think she would even remember being in the other room.

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Posted By: mummy_dee
Date Posted: 14 September 2007 at 8:39pm
Thanks for asking the question Lottiesmum . I will have pretty much the same gap between my two and was wondering whether it was better to put Ollie into a big bed before or after bubs arrive. I'll definietly look to do it before hand now.

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Posted By: Bizzy
Date Posted: 14 September 2007 at 9:12pm
there is an 18 mth age gap between mine and we changed to a bed ages before bub was due ... i found it easier to start with day sleeps first - he was prob fine it was me who needed to take it slowly.

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Posted By: lottieandharry
Date Posted: 14 September 2007 at 9:27pm
Thanks everyone for your advice. Have decided to take the plunge. We are picking up the bed from Mum and DAds this weekend and will get it set up in her room so she gets used to it being there and then have decided in about 4weeks time we will give it a go!!
GandT I think you are right that it is probably worrying me more than it will worry her just like everything I guess, weaning, taking off the safety sleep, dropping to 1 sleep etc. She couldn't have cared less about any of that stuff it was me that was apprehensive about how it could all go badly!!!!

Will let you all know how we get on. Have washed all the sheets and new duvet cover and am looking forward to seeing it all put together in her room. Oh how our babies grow up way too fast!!!

Thanks heaps again and mummy_dee glad to be of help!! Thats why I am finding this forum so fantastic, so many experienced mums out there to ask for advice!!

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Posted By: buzimumto3boys
Date Posted: 17 September 2007 at 7:07am
If you have problems with them falling out of bed then a bed rail would be a good idea.. Or even a rolled up towel under the edge of the mattress so it is an up hill roll to fall off the bed.


We went through a bit of getting out of bed but just kept putting them back without saying anything. Seemed to work for us.



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