I have an 19 month old daughter who is very independent and capable, and I am pregnant and due in August. We have a three bedroom house. Currently the 8 and 18mos sort of share a room,but the 18mos sleeps in a crib in the office(all of her "stuff" is in sissys room). When the youngest was born she slept with us/co-sleeper for about 5 months, then we moved her to the crib in the office. It is our plan to have the new baby also sleep in our room for about the same time, then move her to the crib in the office(eventually the office will completly dissapear). I have a toddler bed and plan on setting it up in big sisssys room......My question is when do I move her in there? she sleeps pretty well, usually all night 7pm-6am, she takes 2-3 hour naps in the day.
It seems a little early now. She likes her crib and sleeps well. But on the other hand I am worried about pushing her out of her bed after the baby is born and having this new little bundle take over. any suggestions?
I suggest moving her into it now so she has time to adapt to the change and then you can help her adapt to it also. Another thing like the other response said, itll be one last thing for her to have to worry about when the new baby arrives.
Hi J.,
I suggest moving her in there as soon as possible. You will want to give her as much time as she needs to get adjusted. If you do it at the same time the baby arrives, she will be resentful and jealous. Start with putting her in there for naps only and then slowly move her into the toddler bed at night.
Good luck and congratulations on the new one coming!
Molly
Ditto to what the other moms said about sooner rather than later. A friend of mine had a "big girl party" for her daughter when she got her "big girl bed". This seemed to make it easier on everyone.
Good luck
Doing it now is right. She'll have time to adjust and be the big girl, and of course it's one less thing for her to adjust to once baby comes around.
Be prepared for her to possibly fall out of bed a few times. Her body has to adjust to the physical boundary. Best thing is to put a rug and maybe a large pillow on the sides of her bed so she has something soft to land on. For the most part they don't get hurt, they don't even notice that it happened during the night.
I took my son from crib to playpin (even though the experts suggest you don't), mostly because he was climbing up the crib and nothing we did could stop him. So when baby took the crib, he didn't care cause it wasn't his anymore. :-)
