Oh The Sleep Thing?

[naomi]

Hi All,
Our little guy, Tanner, is just about to turn 2 in January, 05. Since around June this year, he has been sleeping on the lounge floor on a fold out couch (a Winnie the Pooh one with the sleeping bag attached!), because he had outgrown his cot and we hadn't yet looked into buying a bed for him. Since June, his sleeping has been great throughout the night - going off to bed around 8pm, with his bottle and listening to the television, waking around 6.30am. Now that he is getting a little older, and of course almost outgrowing the couch aswell, we have purchased a new bed, and his bedroom is downstairs (ours is upstairs). How have other families attempted the move from the cot or couch in our case, to the bed? I don't want to scare him and have that memory lingering when we continue to try the move, and I must admit I am a real softie when it comes to screaming and continual crying, as Tanner has had times when he sobs that hard and gets that upset that he vomits. I want to make this as pain free for both Tanner and us. I understand that persistence is the key, I just don't want to upset the great sleeping pattern that he has and go back to square one. Any input from anyone would be great.

[xkwzit]

Hi Naomi
We didn't have too much trouble moving our first daughter (she was about 2.5 yo) into a bed to make space for the new arrival. We had bought a mattress which we moved into her new room, but for the first few weeks it was just there in the room for her to play on (it was on the floor). Once the bed arrived, we moved the mattress up there, bought some pretty bed linen and made up the bed (once the linen was on she was told not to jump on the bed anymore :( ). She actually asked to sleep in it during her daytime nap and then we just told her that that's where she would sleep from now on. It has not disturbed her routine and she was really excited to sleep in her "big big bed". So best of luck (but you might not need that at all :p )