Advice When Switching Our Son Into a “Big Boy” Bed
Today’s Grounds for Divorce is something I am nervous about if I am being honest. We are having another baby in March and want to try to transition our 1 1/2 year old into a big boy bed before the baby comes. I wanted to know what advice you guys had for us while we attempt to make the switch.
One we have is, is he to young right now for this switch? Either way, I think we are going to attempt it and see what happens.
Here is the question I asked on air.
GROUNDS FOR DIVORCE 11/30
WHAT ARE SOME GOOD STRATEGIES FOR MOVING OUR SON TO A “BIG BOY” BED? WE ARE ABOUT TO MAKE THE MOVE AND WANT TO MAKE IT AS SMOOTH AS POSSIBLE
I will get to the conversation we had on air, but first I want to share our logic behind this choice. We figured if we get him comfortable now then when the new baby comes we won’t have to worry about it. But what do you think? How can we make this work.
ON AIR CONVERSATION:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQRvJdnGcAk
LISTENER COMMENTS:
They make tents for beds, get him one, they have different patterns. Also a star projector, projecting stars on the ceiling. Make it sound like the crib is for babies, which he is not. Good luck.
Don’t go to a toddler bed. Yes you can get really cute ones. They will put grow them so fast. I mean think about it, toddler beds use a crib size mattress. Just go right to a twin ( if you have the room you can go right to a full.) Still lots of cool and cute bedding for your little ones.
I had to put my first kids bed in the room with us for him to get use to his own bed it took about 3 weeks the we moved in in his own room
Don’t let him play on it because he will want to play every time you want him to sleep
Here are my final thoughts, we are going to give it a try and use the ideas you guys have helped us out with. If we still think he is to young for it after a while we will stop and come back to it down the road. I honestly think that is the best way for us to go about this.
Check out the past GFD below:
https://wcsx.com/shows/grounds-for-divorce/
