Transfer to Toddler Bed- Too Early?

I wouldn't. If he's not climbing out of his crib, leave him be. I wish I had heard the advice "Crib til 3, unless climbing out" about 9 months earlier than I did! Too late for me, but not for you! :-)
Is this the first child you'll be moving out of a crib? It can be a real nightmare! I'd wait til well after the new baby arrives--borrow another crib if you need to.
Get the new baby settles THEN work on moving him.
Good luck!

I say don't mess with a good thing! You might want to get him out by April or May if baby will go straight to the crib. Do you use a bassinet? That would buy you a couple more months.

My son LOVED his crib, slept SO well in it... and he was in his crib until he was already 3 years old. Then one day he told us, he wanted to be in a bed. So then we did. He sleeps on a mattress on the floor... he is a REAL active sleeper and will fall out. Despite railings.
He sleeps fine, as well on the mattress. He was ready.

Sure, at 2 years old, he climbed out of his crib. As they often do. I told him it is dangerous.... well one day he climbed out, fell out and got hurt. Not bad, but a bump and ever since then, he did NOT ever, climb out of his crib again.

It seems, you want him in a toddler bed because you need the crib for the baby????
Even if he is in a bed... be prepared for transitioning and his adjustment to it...

all the best,
Susan

I've known ppl that have moved their kids that young and they did fine - just depends on the kid. I moved mine when they were 3 - but no matter what age expect a week or so of getting up and down, etc... it will affect his sleeping at first but stay strong and keep putting him back into bed and he'll figure it out.

I moved all of my grandkids into toddler beds by the time they were 18 months old and I never had wanderers, they just went to bed and slept. It was normal to them not an adventure to them.

With one of them I did keep a baby gate in the doorway so he could not get up and out, he wakes very early, I consider his room safe so he can wake up as early as he wants and is still safe while watching tv and playing toys. Yes, he has simple TV in his room turned on the Disney Channel. All he has to do is push a putton, painted bright orange.

Okay, if he's not trying to get ouf of the crib, don't move him!!! Seriously, don't. If the baby isn't coming until June, I think you should wait until April to move him. My doc said to give it about 8 weeks before the toddler would really feel like the baby was taking over their "stuff" so we moved our daughter at 22 months and it was still hell. I am keeping my baby in his crib for as long as possible, not b/c some expert said it but b/c I've done it once thank you very much and I don't want to experience that nightmare again! If/when you do move him, I suggest skipping the toddler bed. I'm not even into putting the mattress on the floor, but I will suggest if you have to buy a bed, you should buy a full or queen bed. It is so much easier, especially if you have to lay down with him or read him a story or whatever...it's better. If your space doesn't allow it, then of course go with the twin, but I highly recommend a bigger bed!

Are you thinking of a toddler bed or a regular single bed? There is a world of difference, a toddler bed is the same size as a crib, uses a crib mattress and is low to the ground. He will only get another year or two out of it. If you move to a regular twin size bed, it is much higher off the ground, will last for years BUT it is harder during potty training, particularly for night time. All 3 of my kids were in their cribs until they were 3, in fact my youngest LOVED his crib and was in it until he turned 4 and even then it was our idea to move him. Personally, I would keep him in his crib for much longer, buy or borrow another crib ( if you can get one that turns into a toddler bed, so much the better).

We moved my daughter into a new room and toddler bed at 20 months --my son was due the next month.

Just make sure you make it fun. She loved panda's, so we bought her a giant panda. We also bought her a tool kit to help daddy take down the crib. We kept the crib up and next to her new bed until she made the transition. At first I tried to get her to sleep in the bed during the day. After about 5 days, she was in the new bed, sleeping great.

Havent read any other responses yet, but I have 2 girls, And for their first birthday, they both got toddler beds, they loved them, they are 2 and 3 now.... So happy I did. Good luck, you know when your child is ready... sound like he is :)

I know the experts say to wait as long as possible, but we never had trouble with our oldest getting out of bed because she couldn't do it by herself when we moved her at 20 months. (We were also expecting and decided to go with the move early.) We got the bed railing and put big fluffy blankets on the floor at the foot of the bed. (She did fall out twice, and both times it was off the end of all places.) She knew we had to help her in and out of bed, and since she'd fallen out a couple of times, she didn't try to do it on her own until about a year later when we were potty training. We're planning to move our youngest to a twin bed when she's about 18 mos as well.

he's a toddler, no it's not to early my daughter moved to toddler bed once she quit fighting to stay in bed but it's always been just her so wasn't on a time limit either

It depends, on your child. My son started climbing out of his crib, at 12 months. We had him in a ed by 14 months. He loves his bed and we've never had a problem. He sleeps more comfortably, in his bed...he's also a mover. Some children don't feel, as secure in a bed. You could try it, and if he gets upset he's probably not ready.

We moved our oldest son at 22 months (he wasnt climbing out but was getting to big for the crib and was potty trained at 2 1/2), it worked out great for him and us. You might want to wait until the excitement of the holidays has passed before trying it.

We moved my daughter to a toddler bed before she was 2 and it was absolutely fine.

my oldest was 16 months and in the toddler bed. He did fine with it, also had good sleeping habits prior to moving him. I just had both in the room and he liked the crib for naps and toddler bed for night time sleeping. We did that for a month or so but he didn't always take naps by 16 months. He would sit quietly in his crib and look at a book or play with a toy during naptime, then in his toddler bed I had the baby gate up at his door and would peek in and check on him every once in a while because he wasn't sleeping but played quietly in his room during his normal naptime. He slept 11-12 hours through the night so he didn't require naps during the day and wasn't fussy at all if he didn't get a nap and would go to sleep easily at night.

2nd was around 18 months and she did fine in her toddler bed from the beginning, we didn't have the crib and toddler set up for her, didn't have room for both.

3rd was climbing out before age 2 and didn't use his toddler bed too long because he shared a room with older brother who had bunk beds and we would find him in the bottom bunk in the morning so he was in the regular twin bed pretty early.

All you can do is try it and see how things go. some like the crib, other kids don't care but be prepared, once they are in the toddler bed and realize their freedom they tend to get up more often and may not go right to sleep like they used to.

My niece however didn't realize her freedom and with the side bars on the toddler bed, she thought she couldn't get out so would fall fast asleep when she was in her bed and would cry to get out as if she was in the crib and didn't realize she had the freedom to get out when she wanted until she was 3.

little ones don't get hurt falling out of bed. don't let that deter you. (it may, however, teach him where the edge of the bed is lol) toddler beds are very low to the ground as well. it sounds like he is ready anytime you are. i would do it sooner rather than later. it is a change, and not dealing with it while adjusting to new baby would be easier on your son.

I am in agreement with those who recommend a twin bed. For the first few weeks just put the mattress on the floor. He'll get used to the "sleeping area" and have an easier time staying on the mattress once you actually set up the bed frame.

I'd also advise utilizing a baby gate on his door or you'll have a very early morning visitor (sometimes late night!). Resist the urge to use night lights (which will distract from sleep and make toys VERY interesting). Children are only afraid of the dark because adults teach them to be. All three of my boys have slept in a dark room (with no issues when it comes to getting up to urinate) for their entire lives. And, finally, you'll need to go through his room and find any and all toys which light up or make noise...because he WILL find them once he's released from sleeping within the confines of his crib.

Good luck!

My son went to a toddler bed at 13 months... he did great from the very beginning. My daughter transitioned at 16 months.

We have 3 boys. We moved the older two to twin beds at 2 years old. We needed the crib for the next baby. We decided to skip the toddler bed because it was just one more think to transition out of. Plus, we would have ended up with a bunch of crib mattresses. When you decide to move your son, consider a twin bed. You can put the mattress on the floor initially or buy a bed rail to keep him from falling out. Plus, it will give him more space if he moves around a lot. My sister put her daughter in a twin and it was fine. She decided to put her son in a toddler bed because of space and he hated it. He now sleeps most nights in the guest room. Her 11 month old is big--25lbs--so she's going to put him in a regular bed soon.

My son was sleeping in a big twin size bed with his brother at about 14mos. Had no problems and they both sleep crazy!

Unfortunately, you won't know until you try. My first response would be "why mess with a good thing"...my daughter was never a good sleeper due to food allergies, but was finally going to sleep on her own in her crib and sleeping all night most nights. She was happy in her crib....I think she felt secure. When we moved her to a toddler bed at 3.5, she started needing someone there until she fell asleep.