Toddler Beds what do you think

**Issey** · 05-04-2007 21:53

Has anyone bought a toddler bed

or did you go for a BIG bed.

What type and how did your littly go, how old were they when they moved from the cot?

**Niki** · 05-04-2007 21:55

my ds has a low to the ground single bed, he has his day naps in it and has since he was 11months but doesnt use it at night as we co-sleep

**FourAngelKisses** · 05-04-2007 21:57

All of mine went straight to a single bed. I can't see the point in spending $200+ on a bed that they will only be in for a year or 2, only to spend another $200+ on a single bed.

I moved Jacob at 10mths, Brooke at 12mths and Matthew at 7mths. I'll be moving Troy at around 7-8mths too.

**Melo** · 05-04-2007 21:58

DS is 18.5 months and has just moved into a big bed (King Single).

He is going really well, goes to bed no worries and sleeps so much better then he did in the cot!

**raisingwhirlwinds** · 05-04-2007 22:00

have also transferred my 22 month old to a 'big bed' and he loves it.

**sugar n spice** · 05-04-2007 22:01

my son has a love n care toddler bed and went into it at two. Its great but not cheap. Its worth it if your going to have more kids, thats the only reason i did as i have a baby that can use it when he groes out of it. My 5yr old can fit in the toddler bed aswell

**SorenLorensen** · 05-04-2007 22:08

dd has a toddler bed, i only got it becasue we could not say no to it...it is sooo cute. she went into at x-mass, so 17 months, she has had no problem with it and it is close to the ground she she gets in and out of it by herself

she has a little tikes one
http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o...3/IMG_0579.jpg

**mum33** · 05-04-2007 22:10

dont know what we will be doing yet but wil try and get DS out of his cot soon so our DD when she is born doesnt have to be in the bassinette too long.

**OJandMe** · 05-04-2007 22:29

we converted the boys cots into toddler beds with the use of a few DIY Bunnings supplies

Couldn't afford 2 toddler beds, and 2 single beds won't fit in their room, and they're too young for bunks yet.

So we just took the sides off their cots and strengthened all sides with steel brackets. Solid as a post!

They LOVE their little beds.... and since we got the safety rail that you can fold down so you can sit on the bed (we got the 'childcare' brand one) they have slept like rocks (the first week was hard as we didn't have the rails yet and they kept rolling onto the floor

I think it made the transition easier too, as all the bedding was familiar, the look of the bed was familiar and we could leave their room in the same arrangement. Once they grow out of them, they'll go into bunks.

**Issey** · 05-04-2007 22:42

I've seen a step 2 like little tykes car bed, you know like those yellow cars that they can drive around only it is a bed. It is second hand $220, we have our own cot mattress. I think it would be cool.