Transitioning 22 month old to Toddler room

I am also so concerned about this transition, we have baby #2 arriving end of July I am planning on redoing our current guest room for my son and put him in a toddler bed in there in June. Also trying to avoid the baby stole my crib scenario. He went and climbed out of the crib this morning so it may speed up my timeline now! Not really sure how to introduce the bed and we have door handles not knobs so he can open them.

Crazy how many of us are due in April! My induction day just got set for April 3!As for the bed situation we recently transitioned him to a car bed so the mattress is essentially on the floor and has three high sides to it. Big brother has the same bed so I think that helps set an example but big brother for moved to his car bed at age two and never missed a beat then either. I do think it helps we transition to the car bed and the crib isn’t used for a few months before next baby so they don’t feel like the baby stole it from them.

I had my second little this last July. My first was 14 months old when she was born.I transitioned my first into a toddler bed then. She was getting this stride of independence and I didn't want her to feel like it broke when the new baby came.She took to the bed wonderfully.She loves being able to get out and play with her toys in the morning.It honestly gives me a breather too. I don't have to rush to the crib to get her out. She wakes up, stretches, reads books from her bedside table, and plays with her toys. I usually just open her door up once I hear she's up and she comes out for breakfast when it's done.

Our kids are the same ages! She will be 2 in May and her baby sis is due in April :) For is we moved to a new state last May so when we took apart her crib, we took off one side making it a toddler/day bed once we got into our new house. She transitioned very easily, and now approaching one year in our new house, she takes naps and sleeps all night in her room. Of course we have the occiaaonal nightmares where she wakes up crying for us, but settles down after a couple of mins. One thing we were firm about was to never take her out of her room and back into our bed to avoid any bad habits... which has worked great. She will play with her dolls in her bed, but usually falls asleep 10-15 mins on her own and rarely gets out of her bed(spying via cam lol) and she has never opened her door either(hope we don’t jinx ourselves lol)

Our boy is still in his crib in his own room. We are expecting baby number 3 any day now and have another crib set up in our room for him/her. I don’t want to make any major changes to my toddler’s environment at the same time we are adding another baby, if it’s not necessary right now. He is sleeping fine and hasn’t attempted to climb out of his crib so we plan on keeping him in it for at least another few months while we all adjust to having a newborn again. Our new babies have all stayed in our room for their first several months of life so there is no rush for us to move or change anything. Both of the cribs convert to toddler beds so we’re set for a while.

My son transitioned to a toddler bed in January and he’s doing relatively well. We kept the sleeptime rituals the same so he sleeps well at night but nap times are hit or miss. He keeps getting out of bed and playing or banging on his bedroom door. We eventually get him to nap by silently going into his bedroom and putting him back down without smiling or talking to him. We have to do this anywhere from 1-8 times per nap and it’s tiring. With that being said you have to decide if you have the energy and discipline to keep getting him back to bed. Your son will probably also learn how to open his door really quickly if he hasn’t already. My son did and he got out into the backyard through the dog door so I had to put a doorknob cover on his door so he can’t get out if he ever decides to wake at night.

Our son is still sleeping in his crib. he’s been in his crib since the day he came home from the hospital so it’s all he’s ever known so I’m so nervous to transition him. He sleeps wonderful as well and I’m so nervous his sleeping with change once we move him. We just redid our spare room for him as we are currently ttc our second and want the nursery for the next baby. We’ve been letting our son run around and play in his new room so he can get used to it before we put him in there for good. I contemplated starting naps in there first but he has been a devil lately with naps and will only nap on me 🤦🏼‍♀️. I may still try it though. We bought him a full size bed and I’m going to purchase bed rails. I’m praying the transition will go smooth. But since I’m not pregnant again yet we still have some time until we need to move him.