Moving out of crib

Hi! I am in the same process right now. My 17 month old is way too wiggly at night to sleep outside of a crib. I want to give it a few more weeks. Also remember that once they are out of a crib, they can wander around the house at night... Would your next child spend a few weeks in a bassinet in your room? If so, the agency may consider that ok. Good luck!

When I transitioned my kids from crib to bed I always made sure the room was "baby proof" and put a safety gate up at the door so they could not wander around the house at night. That worked well for me. I think he would be fine as long as he is excited about his new room. GOOD LUCK!

We are working on baby-proofing. The room will have a bed and dresser. Nothing else for a while at least. And we plan to put a baby gate in the doorway so he cannot get out. We have a three bedroom house and we can get a second crib if we need to, so I am not concerned about what the agnecy thinks. And we do not plan to have the baby in our room at all. We are not fans of sleeping with babes. Cameron went straight to his crib as soon as we got home and we plan the same for the next baby. Thanks for the advice!

Hi Marci,We are appoved and waiting for #2 now and I think our boys are just a couple months apart, so I thought I'd share what we are doing. We had alot of conversations with friends with more than 1 kiddo and all of them said to try to keep the babes in the crib as long as possible. And ds is a busy, whirlwind of a kid, so I'm all for it. I just don't see him going down and staying down in a bed for a while. He is a climber, but thankfully has not yet even attempted to clinb from his crib. Yet!So as soon as the holidays are over and we can get back to routine, we are going to move ds into his new room, but we are moving his crib with him, so he will just have the one change at a time. I plan to keep him in as long as I can. When baby comes, I have a moses basket/bassinet thingy for the interm (to use in baby's room, I too am not a baby in room person) so I can see where we are at. If it is sooner that later, another crib may then be in order for baby. If it is later, the basket or playpen may work for the time until ds is in a bed.Just our plan. I hope you find something that works for you. Our friend's little man was in his crib until he was 3 1/2! He had tried to climb out once, so they told him he needed to stay in and call them but left the side down in case he tried again. He never tried to get out and when they moved him into a bed, he never got out either. I want that story! lol With their 1st, they put her in a bed at 18 months and it was a nightmare. She had been a good sleeper, but it all changed, she was up all the time, in their room, in their bed... That is just one story though...I'm sure alot of kids do better.Let me know what you do and how it works for you! M

Our DD is two (just turned 2 on Dec 1st). We bought a toddler bed a few months ago and still haven't transitioned yet. We are also in the process of a second adoption, but here is my thought on getting a quick placement (I guess it all depends on if you are doing domestic infant vs. some other type of adoption)....our dd was in a bassinet/pack-n-play in our room for a few months when she was born. I figure if we get a quick placement we will just do the same with baby #2 and then transition. DD does not try to climb out and actually feels quite secure in the crib. Sometimes after a nap she actually just likes to lie there peacefully. We worked a little on getting her into the toddler bed before, but she seemed scared and wanted us to lay there with her. She also wanted to get up and down and up and down and cried because of the baby gate, etc. It just didn't seem like she was ready yet. I haven't yet pushed the issue. Oh BTW she also likes to JUMP on the toddler bed and thinks it is her mini trampoline. Many of my friends have to have them stay in the crib as long as possible, but if you need the crib and/or if your child is ready I say go for it. It just may not be easy...

I'm thinking about hte same type things "just in case." I think, though that we would keep Woob in his own room and do up the other bedroom for baby should it come to that, that way there's one less transition for Woob. Given Cameron's age, I'd keep him in his crib as long as possible (can't imagine Woob in a big boy bed even now nearing 22 mos!). Perhaps borrowing a crib from someone not using theirs as a temporary fix instead of spending the money, or going to a resale shop and getting a gently used one for cheaper? Let me know how that works out for you. Seems like there are so many transitions at once around 2-3 with beds and potty training and all.

Both of my girls were just over two and a half when they went to toddler beds. My oldest did very well. Only got out one or two times and has stayed put since. She is now three and a half. My youngest just transitioned right before Thanksgiving. She does fine at night and will stay in bed in the morning until we tell her it is okay to get up. Nap time has been harder. At first she was great and stayed in bed. The last couple of weeks she has been getting in and out of bed quite a bit during nap. Always staying in her room, never trying to get out, but just up and down. I think it has more to do with her personality and trying to fight naptime than anything else. Personally, I'd agree with previous posters and keep Cameron in his crib as long as possible. It's easier to talk to and reason with a 2.5 or 3 year old about staying in bed than a 17 month old, especially if climbing out of the crib and safety are not an issue yet.

My oldest son was 3 when he transitioned into a big boy bed, and my youngest was 3 1/2 (yikes! lol) My oldest was 2 when we brought home our youngest - we tried to transition him then, but he had none of it, so we bought a second crib (which we desparately tried to avoid!!) We did it for our own piece of mind because our youngest was up all night and had colic all day, and I could not "handle" two kids up all night by myself (my DH works midnights) My youngest had some emotional/sensitivity issues when he was younger, and "needed" the security of his crib - he was small, and with some of the sleeping issues he had as a baby, it was easier for us to keep him there. When my youngest turned 3 1/2, my older son decided that enough was enough and took it upon himself to start disassembling the crib. Thank heavens he did well!!! He's one of those rare kids that goes to bed at bedtime and stays there until morning (I like to think that he's making up for the 2 years that he didn't sleep through the night) lol. Each kid is different - maybe give it a try, but if it doesn't seem to be working out, he can always go back in the crib...

We moved Katie out of her crib about a month after her second birthday. We had set up her "big girl" bed right next to the crib and let her sleep next to it for a few weeks. She was just totally comfortable in her crib that we thought she would never move out of it. She never once tried to get out of her crib. We ended up telling a little white lie and said one day that her crib broke and that she would have to sleep in her bed. It only took a night or two for her to get totally used to the bed. We do put a gate up in her doorway to keep her from wandering and we've toddler-proofed her room.

I think we have decided to move Cameron's crib into his big boy room as soon as it is finished. (I still need to paint.) Then we will let him sleep in his crib for as long as he wants. And we will just buy a second crib if we need to. I am going to tell my freinds / family to think of us if they have any unneeded cribs!

My little guy is almost 28 months. My sister just found her toddler bed for us, so we'll be putting it in his room soon. That way, when he's ready to transition, he'll be used to it. Then I"ll babyproof it more, and we'll see what happens. I'm putting it off as long as possible. Right now, when he's ready to take a nap, or at night, he stays in there. A few weeks ago, he started to climb out when he's NOT ready to nap. My bigger problem is trying to decide when to lose the pacifier, which he only uses when he sleeps....

We had a very easy transition with DD. But we didn't even start thinking about it til around 22 months old. We went out together and bought a toddler bed and put it in her room. We didn't put any bedding or anything on it but just started talking about it. Then we put a sheet on and some of her stuffed animals. And we talked about it some more. And then I tried to get her to nap in it right after she turned two. Nope. Wouldn't stay in it so we put her back in her crib and she was quite content there. For us, in the middle of it, when she was 27 months we moved, and DS was born so her transition didn't happen until 29 months (we didn't want to do anything drastic in that timeframe) when one day at naptime she asked to sleep in the special bed and since then has slept without incident. But that's our girl. It has to be her idea. (She potty trained in a week too once she decided she wanted too...sigh...) We left the crib up for a little while (like a few weeks) and then she helped her Daddy take it down and move it into DS's room who was sleeping in our room at the time. Because of her age we were able to involve her in the transition which made it so very easy.

I just saw this post. I think it is a good idea to let it happen in his own time. Roo slept in a bassinet, then pacnplay (one of those that works as a bassinet) for the first 4 months until Bug was ready to move. It worked for us.

Our older son, Shai stayed in a crib until a few months before his 3rd birthday. The transition was really smooth and easy. Our little one, Adam, started climbing out of his crib regularily by the age of 18 months. There was no choice, we had to get him into a toddler bed. To keep him from wandering at night time we installed a gate in the kids room door. It didn't take him long to learn how to open it. We added a wire tie to the regular lock, making it more difficult to open. So, he started to wake up his brother to open it for him (the kids share a room).