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Article #441: When To Make The Transition To A Toddler Bed

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Many people are concerned about moving 3.5 years old. Many child experts
their child from their crib to a toddler recommendthat you wait until the child is
bed too soon or too late. There aresome closer to 3 before moving them. This is a
general guidelines but it really comes big change for most children, they are
down to each individual child. While age giving uptheir familiar and comfortable
and size can help provide someindicators crib. This can make it a very stressful
much of it depends on the childs mental situation for the child, if it seems to
and emotional development as to wether be causingundue stress for your little
they are ready to handle thisdramatic one you are certainly better off to hold
change in their life. off and wait a little longer before
If the child is starting to climb out of moving the child.
the crib then you definitely need to If your toddler is climbing out of their
start the process of moving him/her from crib yet resists being moved to a toddler
thecrib into a toddler bed. There is too bed you do have some alternatives.
great of a risk that the child can fall Youcould install a crib tent on the crib.
and injure themselves while climbing out This is a framework covered with a mesh
ofthe bed. like cloth that appears very similar to
If your child is three feet tall or thepopular dome tents. This mounts on
taller you should probably move them out the top of the rails of the crib and
of the crib because they are just getting fully encloses it to keep the baby from
toolarge for most cribs. Any time you climbing outof the crib and possibly
feel the child is too big, or active for injuring themself.
their crib you can move them. If the Whenever you do decide to move the child
child hasstarted potty training they may try to get them excited about it and
need to be in a bed to allow them to get carefully monitor how they are reacting
up and use the bathroom as needed. to thechange. There are a variety of
Most children can be safely moved to a things you can do to try to ease the
toddler bed anywhere from 18 months to transition for them.






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