When to transition from cosleeping to toddler bed?

[micah_mae_]

I was thinking of moving DS to a toddler bed at 18 months...but I fear it may be too early.

What are y'alls experiences?

[VeezieTG]

what does he say about it?

[micah_mae_]

He doesn't talk much ATM..

[fruitfulmomma]

I said other because I think it totally depends on the individual child and how it is working for all involved. I bedshared with my oldest two until they were 4 & 2 and I was pregnant with number 3 and they got new beds and the transition went pretty smoothly. I can't remember when dd2 left our bed. DD3 just turned 3 and kind of goes back and forth between her bed and ours. DD4 is 10 months old and in no hurry to go anywhere. All of them still occasionally sleep with us when they are sick or scared or whatever...The morning after dh's dad died, all seven us slept in our king bed.

Could you put the toddler bed in your room and either start him in it and allow him back in bed when he wakes or start him in your bed and move him when he goes to sleep? That might make the transition a bit easier.

I guess it would totally depend on how much he is still nightnursing too.

[micah_mae_]

Yes we're going to start by just putting his mattress on the floor with ours and letting him have his own space...thanks for the reply!

[rzberrymom]

We decided to make that change at the point that it got everyone more sleep--at some point, DD started to sleep better in a bed right next to ours rather than squished up against us in our queen. But, I imagine the age for that will be different for every kiddo.

[mamakaikai]

We got a toddler bed for our 18 month old because it was the right time for us: new house -> new bedroom for dd. She loved that it was her bed. She was so proud of it. We asked her if she wanted to sleep in it and she was very excited about it. She'd only ever coslept in our bed between us up until the bed. So she naps in it now and goes to sleep for the night in it. She normally wakes up in the night and comes into our bed and we're ok with that. She knows she's welcome to sleep there. We would not have pushed it if she was uncomfortable with it.

I did not vote, simply because I think it depends on the child.

[rubidoux]

Our six year old is still happily co-sleeping. We are actually in the process now of putting his new room together and once we have the bed it'll be completely up to him where he sleeps. I wouldn't attempt to put a toddler in another room unless they were asking for it or we were having serious sleep problems.