When should I move my daughter from crib to toddler bed?

Question

My daughter is 16 months old and seems to HATE her crib. It's become a real fight laying her down in it. She always went to sleep really easy and lately about the last month we fight with her about 3-4 times a week for her to sleep in her crib. She will sleep anywhere else or lay anywhere else besides her crib. I tried an experient, I knew she was tired so I tried to put her in her crib, she screamed and through a huge fit, so I took her out and layed her on the floor. She grabbed her blanket and rolled over to go to sleep. She will sleep anywhere else I put her besides her crib. I feel she is to young to move her to a toddler bed and I worry about her getting out of bed at night on her own.She does play quite a bit in her crib and she moves a ton in her sleep. I'm not sure what to do. Any advice would be very helpful!

Answer 1

They say when your kids starts climbing out.    My son started climing out a few weeks ago, he turned 2 the end of June, and we got him a cool firetruck bed, and he loves me it!  16 months seems soon..to me anyway!

Answer 2

try a real bed if she rolls off she will only do it a few times or you could use a railing . she isdefinitelyy telling you to put the crib away. you could put a gate on her door to keep her in hrer room until it is time to get up. good luck. ps i never used toddler beds that is just one more expense. get the real thing to start off save a few dollars.

Answer 3

It sounds like she's ready for a bed. My son never used his crib. He hated it from day one. We just put little guards up on the sides and put him in a toddler bed at like 2 weeks. (Up until then he had slept in bed with me).

Answer 4

My son got his first bed at like 2 and half. That seems average to me. Seriously, when they start climbing out is a good time to consider it.

Answer 5

when she starts to climb out of her crib. A fall from a crib is worse than a fall from a toddler bed. You can always line the floor with pillows if you feel she'll fall out of the toddler bed.

Been there done that

Answer 6

well the perfect time to get her started on her toddler bed is at the age 4 that what we did and she liked it.

Answer 7

She's ready. Put the crib down all the way to last hole and turn it into the transition bed (if you have a 4 in 1 crib bed) otherwise, toddler beds are low to ground so kids don't fall far if they roll out of bed. They also have the side rails. She is a big girl and wants a big girl bed. Take a deep breathe mommy, your baby is growing up. i know it's hard.