Have you transitioned your toddler to a bed? I need your help…

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We have her big girl room set up, lately when I say it’s nap time she walks into that room & jumps up onto the bed. Since she’s the one guiding me I go with it. However it takes half an hour for her to fall asleep (me laying next to her) & her naps are only lasting 20-40mins! 
In her cot I usually put her in there awake, walk out & she puts herself to sleep & will nap for 1.5/2hrs. 
My question is: Is this because the bed is still a new thing for her & she will eventually learn to put herself to sleep & nap longer or is she just not ready to transition yet? I’m scared to wreck a good thing by doing it too soon.

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We’re still in a crib and no plan to move soon. Figure I’ll wait until she’s climbing out which she has zero signs of doing yet, just sometime before she’s 3.

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We are moving her to a twin bed at 2 years or sooner - gonna use crib for new baby (after bassinet) arriving in a month. Gonna put the bed in her room soon to get her interested and excited about it. I have read that If you wait too long, they can get an attachment to the crib snd make the process really difficult. It took my friend months to get her 3 year old daughter into a full bed. She is very ready to be potty trained but it’s bad timing because baby is coming so soon. But I want to have her in big bed before potty training.

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It’s really up to you,  some kids are ready and some are determined.  We had to convert.  Her mattress was all the way to the floor and she still got out😵‍💫

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For my 3 year old we got her a new big girl toddler bed for her 2nd birthday and she "helped" us put it together. She was always a VERY good sleeper so we had no issues. Now that she's older she will play in her room and when she gets tired she just crawls in her bed and goes to sleep. My son (19m) is now sharing the room with her. He's still in his crib but we hope to put him in a toddler bed as soon as he's 2 just like his sister. We'll see how that goes but we have a little over 4 months to prepare for that haha

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Is the lighting different in there? Is she missing a sound machine from the other room?

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We’re still in a crib. I transitioned my oldest at 22 months but my November baby I’m in no hurry for. He’s not trying to climb out and he sleeps great so why mess with a good thing. We just got the four month old sleeping in the same room overnight with him successfully so I’m not making more changes soon. They’re good in matching cribs and last thing I need right now is him throwing stuff in the baby’s crib etc 😆

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We just laid ours in there and walked out and said goodnight. She should know that means it’s time to fall asleep

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It may be too early. I’ve read that it’s best to wait until 2.5 years or so to transition out of the crib.

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We switched her crib to a toddler bed about a month ago or so. She does sleep well in her bed, she even lays down but we do have a problem with her putting herself to bed usually she talks in her bed for 10-15 minutes then she’s down for 12 hours, nap time she fights it but it started at 40 mins now she does her regular 1-2 hour nap

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I never used a crib with my kids but at a year I switched them to a full size bed. My November baby has done well on it, took maybe a week for us. But she got used to it

Have you transitioned your toddler to a bed? I need your help…

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