We moved to our new house a week ago today. Instead of moving ds's crib we just set up the toddler bed for him, he's 21mos. Well naturally he's having a bit of a tough time with the switch and also the new house. DH and I have tossed around the idea of putting him back in his crib a bit longer. MIL thinks this is ridiculous and that he'll get used to his bed eventually. Our problem is that he shares a room with dd and all night long he's waking up crying and getting out of bed. The last two nights he ended up in bed with us and I do not want to end up co-sleeping, it's not for us. He leaves his room and the other night we all woke up to him on his Mickey Mouse ride-on toy lol. So should we tough it out with the toddler bed or put him back in his crib? Personally I don't think it's a bad idea, he'd feel better about the sleeping arrangements and get a good sleep. Are we jumping the gun?
paper_girl_76
10-06-2008, 08:45 AM
If he wasn't trying to climb out of his crib and you aren't expecting another baby soon, yes put him back in the crib. DD stayed in her crib until just a couple months ago and she turned 2 in April. If he feels more comfortable that way, and it works for you, I don't see a problem.
Jenney17
10-06-2008, 08:48 AM
If he wasn't trying to climb out of his crib and you aren't expecting another baby soon, yes put him back in the crib. DD stayed in her crib until just a couple months ago and she turned 2 in April. If he feels more comfortable that way, and it works for you, I don't see a problem.
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mbsr76
10-06-2008, 08:50 AM
I would do whatever is easiest. If he sleeps better in his crib that is what I would do for now. It's probably hard to get used to a new room in a new house, plus a new bed. I say make life easy when you can!
whalvo
10-06-2008, 08:53 AM
I also agree. If he wasn't climbing out or asking for the big kid bed then he just may not be ready. Another thing you could do is put a baby gate in his door, but that doesn't solve the problem of him waking his sister if they share a room.
Hope it works out for ya, mama!
justjess
10-06-2008, 09:01 AM
we had this same issue sort of.... my DH deployed, we moved to a different state, and i had a new baby all in one month and was trying to get my 18 month old out of his crib. i stuck it out and he eventually did fine but ended up having to have a baby gate in the door so he wouldnt come sleep with me. (praise the Lord the new baby slept through the crying) he would scream til 1 in the morning before he would fall asleep on the floor after having turned the lights on in his room. even thought everythign worked out just fine over a few months if i could go back i would def. have just kept him in his crib and i even told my DH now that i would rather buy another crib then have to go through all that over again!
best of luck on whatever you decide! he'll survive through either way so pick the one that works best for you!!!
mommyfrog
10-06-2008, 10:03 AM
I say put him back in his crib. It can be a real comfort zone for some kids. I had one ds who stayed in his until he was over 3. I tried to move him to a toddler bed at 2 and he had an absolute fit and wouldn't sleep in it. So I put him back in the crib. When he was almost three, I took the side off and put a bed rail. Then he finally wanted a big kid bed. Other kids of mine stayed in the crib until they were over two also.
EmsMom
10-06-2008, 01:12 PM
Thanks ladies. We went back to the old house today and picked his crib up. He was so happy to see it, he hugged it and pointed at it lol. When we finally got it set up he started jumping around in it. He actually seemed like himself, he's been out of sorts since we moved.
mbsr76
10-06-2008, 01:15 PM
Awwww, that's so sweet that he loves his crib that much! I bet your nights are going to go a lot better now.
