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Topic: big boy bed
Posted By: lizzle
Subject: big boy bed
Date Posted: 12 April 2006 at 7:46pm
| Just wondering when everyone put their toddlers into a bed. Thinking aboutit for jake, but not sure when. Won't be until August at least - after moving ni may, I'm back in Palmy for teaching sectino til July. Anyway, he'll be 22 months (sniff!). old enough d'ya reckon? |
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Posted By: daikini
Date Posted: 12 April 2006 at 7:51pm
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Kiya, I moved into a bed fulltime at 20 months. She'd had some day naps in it already, as it had been in her room along with her cot. When I moved house, I took the opportunity to shift her fulltime, and the cot got dismantled and stored.
We're not sure when we're going to move Joisah. He'll be 17 months old when Baby is born, but he's not quite big enough (physically) to climb up and down the furniture yet... he may be closer to my due date, but probably won't be... he still goes headfirst off things, so there's no way he'll be in a bed before that stops! ------------- Becca, mum of 2 girls & 3 boys |
Posted By: robyn
Date Posted: 12 April 2006 at 7:52pm
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Definately, we put kobe into his big boy bed when he was about 18 months and had no problems at all, in fact he hardly even noticed but did start sleeping better. I think he was getting stuck in the sides of the cot which was waking him up. Must admit it was a bit sad for me and I cried but he was cool. We got him a race car bed so the sides are quite high and we dont need one of those things you put on the side. My sister waited until her we girl was 2 1/2 and had heaps of problems as did my friend who put her wee girl into a bed at 2 because by then they new they could get out easy, Kobe was to young and still doesnt get out of bed till we go and get him. ------------- KOBE born 19 March 2004 http://www.TickerFactory.com/"> 
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Posted By: Xander&Harmony
Date Posted: 12 April 2006 at 8:15pm
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Xander was around 17-18 mnths old.we just put up the single bed and he went in it no worries.has only ever fallen off 3 tmes and we never got the safety rail u can get. I8f theres somecartoon charachter(nemo,buzz,thomas,bob etcthen maybe buy him the duvet set(expensive i no) as he will associate the bed with the character as being 'safe' if u no wot i mean? we got a nemo duvet for xander (he was mad on that for a yr or so) and it made the big move that much smoother.u can place the bed directly on the floor ie.take the legs off,and have the cot mattress next to the bed in case he rolls off. if the room is big enuff have both the cot and bed set up and use bed for day naps and then once u think he is coping ok then take the cot down completely.i think he may be too yung to do the cold turkey when u move thing but then he may well understand wot ur saying wen u tell him hes a big boy,he doesnt need the cot anymore etc etc ummmmm hope sum of this novel is of sum help to you?? ------------- BECS http://www.sparklee.com"> 
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Posted By: Xander&Harmony
Date Posted: 12 April 2006 at 8:17pm
haha doh,he will be 22 months.he should understand the 'you r a big boy" concept then lmao just ignore me i am a bit blonde ------------- BECS http://www.sparklee.com">
Angel Baby 10/07/09 (10wks4days) |
Posted By: lizzle
Date Posted: 12 April 2006 at 9:50pm
| thanks BEcs, thats a great idea about the cot and bed. We wil have a huge room for the boys so it will definitely be an option. |
Posted By: toniellis
Date Posted: 12 April 2006 at 11:36pm
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Hey Liz, I've had Alex in a "big bed" for his day sleeps for awhile now. I started off putting him in the middle of my bed as he was familiar with that, so maybe you could start with that?
Now Alex is in the spare bed, which is also a king size bed. I do have a single bed with a security rail but I haven't been able to put it up yet as I can't manage it by myself with the big belly. I'm hoping to get it up this weekend as Spencer has a couple of days off. I'm pretty sure Alex is ready for a bed for his night sleeps but I'm soooooo NOT! He even takes himself to bed now after waving, saying "non-nighs" and kisses & cuddles all round and I have to grab him to put him in the cot before he jumps into the bed. Talk about ready for a bed & independance!!  ------------- Mum to Alex (11), Blaire (10) & Erika (8) and Damien (6) Successful HWB VBA2Cs! Soon to be surrogate |
Posted By: lenabeanz
Date Posted: 13 April 2006 at 7:01am
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Haha I put Arna in a bed when we moved up here (so January - abou 18 months) and we got a touchwood cot that you can take the sides off, we started with a single mattress on the floor and then put her back in the cot!! The reason for that is she changed rooms and I couldnt get the cot out of the door and lost the allen keys!! Anyway she was fine, only waken up about 3 times during the night and fallen out once so it depends on if they want to stay there or not.
We thought it would be hard to put her into a bed cause in her cot she would always move around (end up sideways or head down feet end) but she was fine! Good Luck  ------------- http://www.snugglepie.com"> 
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Posted By: AlyAyde
Date Posted: 13 April 2006 at 7:40am
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Alyssa was 16-18 months when we moved her and she loved it.
Did have to growl her and threaten to close the door when she started getting up ------------- Jayde 25/12/04 Alyssa 08/04/03 http://Alyayde.bebo.com |
Posted By: meow
Date Posted: 13 April 2006 at 8:28am
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Wow all you guys moved your kiddies over early! We won't be doing it until she can climb out and she's 22 months next week.. I'm hoping it will be the end of this year or early next year ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: AnnaD
Date Posted: 13 April 2006 at 8:31am
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I was thinking about putting Quinn in a bed around his second birthday... My question is: In the monrings, he wakes up waaaaaay before me and just plays in his cot, is he gonna get out of bed and wake me up early?
And also, does anyone here have a hubby/partner/? who goes to work super early? Quinn sometimes wakes up when Andy gets up, but Andy doesn't get him out of his cot (anymore!), how can I get him to stay in bed when he wakes that early? ------------- Anna and Quinn 10 July 2004 www.quinnariki.blogspot.com and one more on the way.... http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: lizzle
Date Posted: 13 April 2006 at 11:14am
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no idea! The problem is, sometimes Jake has slept in a queen size - when staying in Sydney for example. He constantly falls out of this! A queen size!! so, i better get a rail for a single bed, cause I think he'll fall out a lot.
Hmmm, might look into a single bed and stuff though. problem is, it's so expensive - not just the bed, but the sheets, duvet, duvet cover - winter and summer. |
Posted By: Maya
Date Posted: 13 April 2006 at 12:00pm
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We moved Maya at 18 mths, because we had been away overseas for a month so it seemed like a good time - she came home to a new bed. I was in tears as I took her cot to pieces tho! We didn't have any major probs, a couple of days of having to put her back in when she came out, then she got the message. But she was stoked with her new bed. We used a safety rail as well, took it off when she was 2 1/2 because she decided she was a 'big girl' and kept taking it off herself.
Anna, Willie goes to work at 4am and Maya often wakes up. Wish I had some good advice but unfortunately he usually just puts her in our bed and she goes back to sleep. That will be stopping big time when we get back from Oz next week as it has to stop before the babies come, and as far as I'm concerned the sooner the better! -------------  Maya Grace (28/02/03)
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Posted By: Xander&Harmony
Date Posted: 13 April 2006 at 1:00pm
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Liz,why not start buyng the bed linen now??? altho that means more to take when u move lol. We opted for a cheap 130 dollar bed from the warehouse(incl mattress and pillow)as it got pointed out to me that y buy expensive bed to start with when theres bound to be overnight accidents due to toilet trainng.and if it stains the mattress that would suck. Xanders is only a foam one but we have an underblanket then a mattress protector then sheet so wetness only goes thru to the protector.there a those waterproof mattresss tho so will get one of those too. ------------- BECS http://www.sparklee.com">
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Posted By: AlyAyde
Date Posted: 13 April 2006 at 3:49pm
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Liz, We just rolled up a pillow and put it under alyssa's mattress. It did the trick on stopping her from falling out. Cheaper than a rail too! Also with the getting up early I just used to send her back to bed or say she could play in her room until mummy got up. Worked great. ------------- Jayde 25/12/04 Alyssa 08/04/03 http://Alyayde.bebo.com |
Posted By: jack_&_charli
Date Posted: 13 April 2006 at 3:50pm
i've been thinking about this lately too. we are re-decorating the spare room for jack to move into before bubs is born and i'm worried he will fall out of his big boy bed  like arna, jack always moves around his cot. he never stays at the same end all night long. i've seen a really cool race car bed at the warehouse which i think i'll get for him. it's quite low to the ground so if he falls, it won't be too far. also, it may make him more inclined to sleep in it cos it's a car bed
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Posted By: lizzle
Date Posted: 13 April 2006 at 8:16pm
| I've seen that too! So cute! Am planning to o to Briscoes "the boss has been convicted of embezellement" sale, and get some single sheets. I'm hoping Jake will be okay with having a new bed, especially since taine will get his old one. he may be miffed. Oh well, won't deal with it til july when I head back to Gisborne. |
Posted By: nikkitheknitter
Date Posted: 13 April 2006 at 8:17pm
| OK, so I shut Hannah's door when she's asleep... and I'm pretty sure I'll keep doing it when she's in a bed... am I a bad mother??? |
Posted By: lenabeanz
Date Posted: 13 April 2006 at 8:20pm
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No your not Nikki cause I do the same!! Arna is a nosy parker and when we left the door open she would always come out and also the kitten goes into her room all the time and Arna prefers to play with "Puss" so we keep it closed - she knocks on the door or yells Mummy when shes awake so its all good ------------- http://www.snugglepie.com">
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Posted By: jack_&_charli
Date Posted: 13 April 2006 at 9:56pm
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i just had a thought today about heaters in kids rooms. jack has a oil heater in his room and we were going to get another one to put in his new room, but what if he gets up and plays with it or touches it and burns himself?? what do you all do to keep the room warm? maybe i should get a guard for it? ------------- http://www.alternatickers.com">
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Posted By: angel
Date Posted: 14 April 2006 at 8:57pm
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We moved Ella around 15 months no worries. Her cot was secondhand and looking rather wobbly when she stood up and shook it, so that was the main reason to move her! I put the cot matress on the floor at the head of the bed, she fell out on the first 2 nights and has hardly done it since. We had to resort to shutting her door when putting her to bed. Lying down with her stopped working - she started to trick us then get out of bed when we thought she was asleep! At least with her door shut, she would get up if not 100% ready to sleep and read her books, then one of us would put her back in bed 5-10 mins later. Dont have this problem now with daylight savings, its too dark for her to see anything. Straight to sleep! ------------- Aimee Ella - 5.5 years old! Toby - nearly 3 years old! 
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Posted By: lizzle
Date Posted: 14 April 2006 at 9:04pm
| it souds awful, but if it were jake and the heater - i wouldn't get a guard. I figure if he touches it, he'll get a hot hand, probably not a burn, and he won't do it again. I have a guard around the gas heater, but only cause he may run into it accidentally. Th oil heater I don't...but thats in my room, not his. |
Posted By: robyn
Date Posted: 14 April 2006 at 9:18pm
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Lizzle you could always use your cot sheets for a while if they fit over the side, we did that with Kobe because he doesnt reach the end of the bed yet anyway.
As I mentioned we got a racing car bed but what a mission finding it. I looked around and a lot of single beds are still expensive I reckon. This on was $500 but the bottom where the wheels are rolls out to a trundle bed plus with the higher sides I didnt have to buy a rail. Trade me have a really cool little tikes car bed for sale, its so neat but still $500 I think. As for the heater, we have a little oil heater in his room and he has never touched it, we made it clear from day one that it was no go and for some reason he actually listened to us, doesnt happen often believe me! ------------- KOBE born 19 March 2004 http://www.TickerFactory.com/">
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Posted By: Xander&Harmony
Date Posted: 14 April 2006 at 10:09pm
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Xander has an oil fin in his room too but has never touched it and come to think of it i never said to him not to touch otherwise u will hurt urself oops lol wat a bad mum i was hehe ------------- BECS http://www.sparklee.com">
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