Despite my hope and intention to leave her in her crib for a long long time (like, till she's 9), her incessant growing up has foiled me. When I lay her down in her crib these days it's almost laughable how big she is. She still loves it, and has never tried to get out, but she can't comfortably turn and toss as she'd like to and I think it's time to make the switch.
So we bought a full-sized mattress (and this cute comforter) and will just put it on the floor in her room, I think with the crib there too? But that's what I'm asking for advice on now. How to transition: - 1. Follow her lead, wait till she expresses interest in the mattress (she's not anywhere near the level of expressiveness with language that would allow her to do that, though)
- Cold turkey, take the crib out and do all mattress, all the time, from this point forward?
- Make the mattress a fun play place, as well as a sleeping place, or just identify it as somewhere to sleep?
- Lay down with her on the mattress at night and sleep with her there for a while?
- Other advice?
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I would put the mattress in her room, and keep putting her to bed in her crib until she expresses an interest in sleeping on the bed...
I'm amazed by any child who actually sleeps in a crib since the only place Gabe slept consistently after he outgrew his car seat was a Queen sized bed. I'm sure he was the only two year old who ever had Queen bed to himself...with safety rails on every side. Snazzy.
Hard to say, hard to say. Every child is different. We just took Quinn out of his crib (because he kicked it to death and it was broken to the point of dangerous). Since we don't have a bed for him yet (we're skipping the toddler bed so we can just get matching beds for the two boys since they share a room, and Tank Boy is getting too big for his toddler bed and will need a new bed soon) (like you needed all that info) . . . umm . . . oh yeah, since we don't have a new bed yet, we just put his crib matress on the floor with all the same blankets and stuffed toys, and he hasn't had a problem transitioning at all. I actually don't remember any of my kids having a hard time transitioning out of the crib. We just really hyped the big girl/boy bed thing, and they were super excited about it all. Except Quinn. He wasn't excited. He just didn't really care.
Very cute comforter! I have no advice, and here's another post where I'll have to check back to see what other input you get. I'm curious about it all myself, I've given up on the crib and will probably give it away this weekend. While I'm fine with her sleeping with me for a bit yet, I am thinking ahead to the next step and working on a plan. Good luck!
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