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Sign up for PureWow to get more daily discoveries sent straight to your inbox. This reduces the risk of your child falling out of bed and being injured. Your child might feel safer too.
Start with a toddler bed. Toddler beds are usually the same size as cots, and some cots even convert to toddler beds. They reduce the risk of your child falling out of bed and being hurt. And you can keep using your cot mattress and bedding. Use a single bed.
Making a safe move from cot to bed Whichever cot-to-bed option you choose, some simple precautions and planning can help keep your child safe: Choose a fairly firm mattress. Keep the bed or mattress on the floor away from walls to reduce suffocation risk. Keep pillows out of the bed for children under two years — pillows are a suffocation risk for young children.
If you choose a single bed, use bed rails to stop your child falling out of bed. Check the bed frame and the bed rails for gaps that your child could get stuck in. Make sure the rails and the bed frame fit tightly against the mattress.
If there are a lot of gaps, a mattress on the floor is a safer option until your child is older. It is difficult and unsafe for a toddler to climb out of bed at night whenever nature calls. Potty training implies that you are training your child to become more independent. But do you feel safe with the thought of your child waking up in the middle of the night and being unattended with their own devices? If not, let them continue sleeping in the crib for a bit longer, ensure that the house is child-proofed at every hinge and turn, and have a baby or child alarm that lets you know when the child tries to get out of the crib.
You can switch them to a toddler bed when you are comfortable with the idea of them waking up and using the toilet on their own. Cribs have rails, which are very clear boundaries. Check to see if your child is able to sense and understand imaginary boundaries.
You could play a little game something like mellowed-down hopscotch with just two or three boxes, for instance to see if your toddler is aware of the space and boundaries around them. You can also put them in the bed next to you and plop up some pillows around just to see how much they are moving around in their sleep. Make sure that you are always around when your baby is asleep on your bed with the pillows. But if the child is jumping out every now and then, they are not yet ready for a toddler bed.
Rushing toddlers into the transition before they are aware of their boundaries will spoil both their sleep and yours. Your toddler may look at their older brother or sister and ask you for their own big bed. They may even take a dislike to their crib. If your child is able to verbalize a complex thought, such as wanting a bigger bed, they are probably ready for the change and well aware of their imaginary boundaries.
It is generally advised that your child should be over two years in order to transition to a toddler bed. So, if your toddler is not of age yet, consider letting them sleep in their crib a little longer and buying a bassinet or a co-sleeper for your newborn. Use of this site is subject to our terms of use and privacy policy. Registry Builder New. Is your toddler ready for a big-kid bed? Where Should Baby Sleep? Continue Reading Below. More About Toddler Sleeping Habits. Toddler Night Waking.
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