So my LO’s crib has been next to our bed since he was like 6 months old. And now that he is 2 1/2, he needs more space. In our master bedroom we just don’t have enough room to keep a toddler bed. SO its time he moved to his room and into a toddler bed. How should i go about it? I know earlier would have been better but it took me time to convince my husband, mom, inlaws (who ask us every weekend on Skype if he is still in our room :{) and hubby has finally agreed. Our master bed room is downstairs and the rest of the bedrooms are upstairs…so we will be camping out in the next bedroom upstairs for a little while…until LO gets use to his room. This was comprise i reached with my husband.
We will be going bed shopping for him this weekend. And i was thinking starting by next weekend iA!
My next concern is that currently he is with a desi nanny/daycare lady (but he is the only kid that she has,) and we will be moving him to a daycare in mid-May. Do you think these two things are too close together? Or can the LO handle both???
Any advice, recommendation would be great. Please share your experiences
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Talk to him about it and involve him in choosing the bed sheets and a fun comforter. Maybe redo his room while you’re at it with fun prints and artwork, move his toys and gear there, get a nice rug etc- really make it a space he can be happy about and wants to spend time in. Mine loves his room and spending time in it. He’s always happy to show visitors his space and I think feeling that ownership helps. And of course, be prepared for this to take some time. Be patient.
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Agree with the above suggestion.
I never bought a toddler bed. It seemed a waste of money to me. I dont know about your child but my kids move a lot in sleep and toddler bed does not seem to have any space for all that movement. Also they eventually grow out of it so for me it was not worth it.
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^ thank you SGC, WD and Sarad. I think we will also end up with a regular bed…but something fun to attract him.
His room is pretty much set up with his toys right now. So everything we make a trip upstairs and spend about 30 minutes in his room and toys anyways…I just hope it not too difficult to move him now.
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He’ll be fine, I think.
How long time do you plan on camping in the next room? I do think he’s pretty young (2,5 years) to be all alone on another floor but that’s probably just me
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^ Arzi i think we will be upstairs for a while. Really no need to move downstair…except that the master is a larger room. Its just us 3 so no biggie.
I talked to him yesterday and she didn’t seem to like the topic…but when i mentioned his room will be a mickey mouse theme…he didnt say anything. I think that why i will have to do. get a lot of mickey mouse stuff for his bedroom.
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In addition to what others have said, in the beginning, we made it clear that if our LO needed ANYTHING she could come to us, so she didn’t feel separated or scared. The more times she did that run back and forth in those early days, the more comfortable she got because it made the separation seem smaller.
Make sure you and your husband are both on the same page about sticking with this (and if one is about to give in and let the kid back in your room, don’t discuss in front of the kid!).
Also, our toddler bed is actually the same physical size as the crib (they take the same size mattress). Does your kid need more space than the standard crib size?
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^ SO2, sorry for the late reply, but thank you for your suggestions. The toddler beds we are looking for uses twin bed so they are bigger then the crib. Also, my husband doesn’t take care of the LO during night (i go to sleep earlier, so i get the night duty,) so I will have e to be the tough parent and IshLAllah will be able to. I been wanting this for a while but hubby just agreeed to it.
We went bed shopping this weekend and had no luck. Will go back next saturday and finalize something. BUT I have started to talk to my toddler and tell him about him sleeping in his own room etc. He seems to get it (i think.)
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Just wanted to give you guys a update. Alhumdulilah LO has been sleeping in his room for few days now. He calls his bed the mickey bed…and happily has been walking up to his room and going to bed we are happy parents right now. He will wake up, find me the next room and ask for his pacifier (another thing i will be working on after the daycare change is over,) but he walks right back to his room.
I took all of your advice and started to tell him about his new bed coming, we ended up getting the mickey mouse cover set…which we got before the bed arrived. I continued to show him the cover and told him it was for his room. Once the bed came…we still had to wait a few more days for the bed rails to arrive. Anyways…thank you again for the help!!
and into a toddler bed. How should i go about it? I know earlier would have been better but it took me time to convince my husband, mom, inlaws (who ask us every weekend on Skype if he is still in our room :{) and hubby has finally agreed. Our master bed room is downstairs and the rest of the bedrooms are upstairs…so we will be camping out in the next bedroom upstairs for a little while…until LO gets use to his room. This was comprise i reached with my husband.
we are happy parents right now. He will wake up, find me the next room and ask for his pacifier (another thing i will be working on after the daycare change is over,) but he walks right back to his room.
