still wanting crib

[puffingirl]

DD is almost 3, though very small for her age. She has never once tried to climb out of her crib and is definitely fine size/weight-wise in there. She really does not want a bed. Her toddler friends have them, she has slept on a blow-up bed on the floor when we've been away from home, but she really still just loves her crib. When we've talked about getting a bed for her, she is very clear about the fact that she wants her crib, not a bed (she's very verbal so it's easy to know what she thinks about it). I'm fine with this. DH and many other family members are really pushing the issue though. Am I missing something here about why she "needs" to get out of the crib? I get the idea of feeling good about doing things herself (if she got in and out of bed herself), but I'm just not feeling like that's reason enough to push her into a transition she clearly does not want. Can I tell them all to back off and chill or I am missing something?

[DeerMother]

So long as she's not over the weight limit, I don't see a problem with her staying in her crib.

Dc have never tried to get out of their cribs (they're just 25 months), and despite knowing children younger than them already in toddler beds, I don't see the rush either.

[swd12422]

DS is 28 months and shows no signs of being ready for a toddler bed, nevermind a regular bed. He tries to climb in, but not out, and when he sleeps he pushes his head all the way into the corner of the crib (so hard that sometimes he wakes with marks on his forehead).

If he did that in a bed, he'd fall right out! So, despite the fact that my little guy is growing up so fast in other ways, he's staying in the crib for now.

[LynnS6]

Saw this on new posts -- our ds slept in his crib until after his 5th birthday. He would have slept longer in there had we not repainted his room and removed the crib. He had a 'big bed' in his room for 2 years before we repainted and refused to use it.

He liked his crib, he felt safe there and didn't want to move. He's averse to change, and slow to warm up to new ideas. He liked being enclosed too.

He's a tall kid, though, so at 5+ we did feel like we had to move him. (The weight limits are quite high.) We actually got rid of both kids' cribs at the same time -- ds was 5 and a bit and dd was 2 and a bit!

So, don't worry. She won't go off to high school in her crib.

[limabean]

DS slept in his crib until he was almost 3.5. I didn't see any reason to change what was working well, and he liked his crib. Luckily we didn't have any family members pushing us to get him into a bed -- that would have been annoying. Who cares?

[JudiAU]

My huge toddler is almost 3 and loves his kids. I see no reason to remove him if he likes it. He doesn't get out of it by himself but he probably could have two years ago...