Oh man I have been a blog slacker lately. And I don't feel energetic enough today to make any promises of fruitful posts anytime soon! :) We're going on a month of teething, waking SUPER early, and now a cold... Hopefully over soon and back to our regular schedule and energy level!
Anyway, we've been thinking a lot about what to do with transitioning Olivia to her big girl bed with the new baby coming. She will be 22 mos. old, perfectly old enough, but she loves her crib. I am anxious about my good sleeper becoming not so good when she gets the "freedom" of a big girl bed, especially at nap time.
So, tell me about your transitions from crib to big girl/boy bed, particularly if there was another one on the way! Good stories and horror stories, especially how you handled the difficulties! And make sure you tell me how old your kids were! Thanks!
5 comments:
Good luck! With Annika, our transition went so well at first that we were giddy with delight. Annika was only 18 months. It was several months before she even considered climbing out and when she did that, it just took a night or two of putting her back in bed like 20 times before she fell asleep. I think there was a brief period where we had to take Lovey away if she got out of bed, but that phase didn't last long, either. Hopefully your anxiety will be unfounded!
Gabe was a little older, we didn't move him until after Jonathan was born, since Jonathan was in our room for awhile. The transition didn't go so great, we ended up laying with him until he would fall asleep. That lasted for quiet awhile, but when we stopped doing that, it just took a few night of spanking to keep him in bed. Now he does pretty good. I hope it goes well. One thing thought, I was told to make sure that Olivia doesn't feel like now with a new baby that all of her things she is use to go away, then she might have dislike toward the baby. Good luck
we have never had any issues. We have 3 kids in big kid beds and it all went great. They were ages 16 months-20 months. We set up the new bed in their bedroom and they were so interested in it that they just started sleeping in it. Seriously...so easy. I hope you find it to be the same. I think if you dont make a big deal of it, it doesnt seem like a big deal to them. And if you DO make a big deal...make it on the end of how exciting it is to be a big girl now, etc. and I would totally suggest doing it a significant amount of time before the baby is born
I totally agree with Miss. We have done the same thing...kind of talked a little about it, put up the bed (and I take the crib out right away) and start them sleeping in it. Usually right off they are very excited and love it...for us it has been over a year later that a "testing" issue comes...but a little spanking (or bribes) do the trick then! And yes, I would also start soon!
I must be the crazy one in this crowd, b/c I am all for keeping kids in their cribs as long as possible! We did the same thing that all the other commenters did, switch early and make it fun (she was 2.5 yrs). It started off great, but within the first month we had a lot of problems, which lasted for quite awhile. several pieces of advice-
-consider how unstable your life is before making the switch. We were not realizing just how much our oldest was affected by a lot of other stresses. We thought she was being disobedient or testing, but really we should have let her ride out the multitude of family issues in her safe, cozy crib.
-consider borrowing a crib...no shame in keeping life simple when a new baby comes, two cribs is no big deal!
-bedtime routines!!! we finally found that the a VERY specific bedtime routing was the key to enforcing staying in bed and bringing comfort.
Sorry about this super long comment! personally, when child #3 arrives, I'm totally open to keeping #2 in the crib for another 6 months.
Good luck!
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