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melanie
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Posted: Nov 10 2007 at 9:20am \| IP Logged

What age do you all do this? My 3yo is still sleeping in a crib in what used to be his room but is now our school/play room. I'd like to have that room all for school and play now, but it's going to be hard to keep him in a toddler bed in a room with the 7yo. Is there an easier age to do this? We are pregnant and plan on putting the new baby in our room, but I don't know if I really want to share my bedroom until *this* baby is 3 also.

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Posted: Nov 10 2007 at 2:29pm \| IP Logged

We always do it at 21 months when the next guy comes along since we don't share our room with the kids. It hasn't been horrific, but it's not easy either. I can't imagine it's easy at any age though.

Our biggest question this time is which 3 to group together or should the baby go in a closet?

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Posted: Nov 10 2007 at 2:32pm \| IP Logged

well I find that mine will shift very easily from sleeping with mom and dad to sleeping with a sibling usually between 2 and 3 yrs. But even if we used cribs there's no way one could keep any of my kids in for long anyway. Why not just move the crib into the child's room.. and then after the room is settled in.. start switching from crib to bed. No clue how to do that since I've never used one.

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Donna Marie
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Posted: Nov 10 2007 at 3:25pm \| IP Logged

I am discerning this very thing for my 2.5yo. I love having her in bed with us but I know it is about time to transition her to the "big girl room"

In the past, the birth of a sibling would push the youngest from our bed to a co-sleeper (aka crib that was adjusted to my bed's height) We did away with that a few years ago because of the tightness of our bedroom. The last evict-ee (my now 4.5yo ds) transitioned into a bed very easily when he was just past 2. I made his bed special and he thinks it is great to be there. At first I would stay with him in bed till he fell asleep. Then I would sit on the floor by his bed singing to him softly till he fell asleep. I eventually was able to tell him I would be there in 5 minutes with him laying down on the pillow. If he made it for 5 minutes with his head on the pillow being quiet, I would come in...eventually he just said "good night, Mom!" rolled over and went to sleep. I think I cried that first day..my little man seemed so grown up...I am such a goof.

After this latest bought of bad chest colds, I decided to move my 2.5yo after the worst of winter was past...so she will be just 3. I like monitoring her in my bed and I have a thing about losing sleep

Twill be a sad day for me when that moment comes. Maybe I will be pregnant again by then...we shall see

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