Recently, I had wondered aloud when a good age was to transition from crib to bed. Most people seem to favor leaving a baby in the crib as long as possible since they cannot escape. My friend Beth, seemed to be a lone voice saying that she thought the earlier the better. That the younger toddlers don't fight the idea as hard as an older one might. It was her experience that toddlers were excited to sleep in a bed once they saw it set up.
Over the weekend, we bought a twin bed from IKEA and set it up. I was optimistic that Olive would sleep in it. After all, she seems to want to copy everything Kevin and I do--it only made sense to me that she would think it cool to sleep in a bed like ours. I bought some white sheets with pretty lace and a twin-sized fleece blanket to make it extra appealing...
Well, it worked pretty well! I knew there wouldn't be any chance of just laying her down and expecting her to stay, so I laid down next to her until she fell asleep. I was surprised to find the next morning that she had hardly moved! Same thing with the afternoon nap! I just laid her down tonight (only laid by her for a few minutes until she was done being fidgety) and everything seems to be perfect!
I'm a proud mama! I'll post some pictures soon but I wanted to wait until I finished all of her bedding. I finished the quilt tonight, and just want a couple of more decorative pillows first. So stay tuned!
We moved to our Arlington apartment, and we didn't have a crib, so we just put Penny in a twin bed. She was about 17 or 18 months then. She fell out twice, but after that she had no problems.
ReplyDeleteMy favorite part was that she couldn't get out of bed, so she didn't...even when she eventually could. She just sat on her bed and called for us. Now that she's 2 1/2, she sometimes gets out of bed, but she still won't come out of her room. She just knocks on her door for us to come let her out. I hope you have a similar experience.
Oh, and you would have been jealous of our way cute bedding in our apartment. Hotel-issue white. Wooo!
Cami did great transitioning to a bed around 18 months - except for her first few months, she never slept in her crib - so I was excited to have her out of my bed! Adam, on the other hand, needed to be ready. I'm sure you read it on my blog, but when I tried a couple months ago, he was always coming down the stairs. Now, he tells me he wants to get into his twin bed and stays there until morning - except for a couple times I found him gathering books in the upstairs hallway at 2am.
ReplyDeleteYEEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!! So glad :) Can't wait to see pictures!
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