Re: Transition from crib to bed

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We aren't quite ready to transition from the crib to the bed - but I

can empathize with your concerns, as I know I will have the same

ones when we finally do make the BIG SWITCH! We are expecting #2 in

January (just found out) and will probably be making the transition

earlier than we had planned. Since Zach doesn't even attempt

climbing out of the crib because of his DBB we figured we would have

no problem keeping him in it until even 3...

That plan has been foiled now that #2 is on the way. In answer to

your question about blankets/sheets. I think for us, in order to

attempt keeping them on and allowing for him to move around and not

get all twisted up in the sheet/blankets - I wouldn't use the

typical sheets/blankets for a toddler bed. I would place a fitted

sheet on it, but would still cover him up with the same baby

blankets I was using in his crib. This way they aren't tucked into

the matress or too large for him to move around under them.

I'll be curious to read how other people respond!

Holly

Zachary 7/27/02

Unilateral Right Clubfoot

Treated by Dr. Ponseti

14 hrs/day DBB

EDD: #2 1/??/05

> My son, , is 2 years old and sleeps in a crib. I am

concerned

> about transitioning him to a bed and allowing him the freedom to

get

> out of the bed with the FAB and shoes on. Does anyone have any

> advice on how they dealt with this, especially since it is

> recommended that children wear the FAB until they are at least 3

> years old and possibly 4 years old? Also, how do you keep your

> child covered at night, with a sheet and blanket, but still allow

> them the room to turn from side to side?

>

> and

[Guest guest]

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My Olivia (2.5 yo) is still in a crib also. She just started

wearing her brace again after casting for a relapse, but was

completely out of it for over a year because of loose ligments. We

tried transitioning her to a toddler bed a few months ago while she

was not wearing the brace and just put a gate up at the top of the

stairs. She didn't like the toddler bed and demanded to be put back

in her crib. We left the toddler bed up in her room and will just

put her into it when she is ready. Now that she is wearing the

brace again, I don't think we will make any other adjustments when

she transitions other than to put the gate up.

As to sheets and blankets, I'm very interested to hear what other

people do as Olivia has REFUSED to use either since she first

started wearing her brace at 6.5 months old. Even after she stopped

wearing it, she still refused to use a blanket. We bought blanket

sleepers for during the winter months and when I went to bed at

night I put a light blanket on her. She invariably wakes up and

tosses it completely out of her crib and goes back to sleep. We

find it laying on the floor every morning. I've always assumed it's

because she doesn't have much mobility under a blanket with the

brace on and she is a very active sleeper. It'll be interesting to

me to see how many other little ones really do use a sheet or

blanket!

Good luck with your transition!

Jen & Livie

> My son, , is 2 years old and sleeps in a crib. I am

concerned

> about transitioning him to a bed and allowing him the freedom to

get

> out of the bed with the FAB and shoes on. Does anyone have any

> advice on how they dealt with this, especially since it is

> recommended that children wear the FAB until they are at least 3

> years old and possibly 4 years old? Also, how do you keep your

> child covered at night, with a sheet and blanket, but still allow

> them the room to turn from side to side?

>

> and

[Guest guest]

Claire, who is almost 4, has regular bedding -- sheets blankets,

coverlet, etc. just like all our other kids. She moved to a bed when

she was almost 3 (because she got so tall and started bouncing on the

crib mattress wearing her brace, and I was afraid she'd vault right

out).

Anyway.. for whatever reason, the sheets, blankets etc., don't bother

her. she sleeps just fine. You'd think it would be a tangle, but

maybe she's just used to it and is good at moving the way she

needs/wants to. She doesn't ever wake during the night. Sometimes I

find her on her side, from the waist up, sometimes on her back.

I remember worrying/wondering too.. but it's just like every stage so

far for us.. ( " how can they possibly roll over, crawl, stand up, etc.

wearing that brace? " ) but once we're there you see it wasn't an issue

after all..

> > My son, , is 2 years old and sleeps in a crib. I am

> concerned

> > about transitioning him to a bed and allowing him the freedom to

> get

> > out of the bed with the FAB and shoes on. Does anyone have any

> > advice on how they dealt with this, especially since it is

> > recommended that children wear the FAB until they are at least 3

> > years old and possibly 4 years old? Also, how do you keep your

> > child covered at night, with a sheet and blanket, but still allow

> > them the room to turn from side to side?

> >

> > and

[Guest guest]

this was a HUGE battle for us! our son kelby will be 3 in august

and we took him out of his crib a couple months ago ~ like theresa

said, kelby would jump so high in his crib that i thought he would

fly out, but he only wears his DBB at night so he did get out during

his afternoon nap. i took the crib mattress and put it on the floor

but he would wake up 5 - 10 times (NO JOKE!) saying " blankets on,

blankets on " . we figured that the bedding wasn't big enough to

cover him so we put a twin mattress on the floor with a body pillow

against the wall to protect it and used the type of comforter

that is fitted at the ends, it has elastic and wraps around the

mattress. he doesn't use a sheet because he would get tangled. we

live in florida so it doesn't really get cold at night but if you're

in a cold area, you could just use heavier pajamas to keep your

child warm in case the covers do get kicked off. it is a huge

transition but after a little time goes by you'll figure out what

works best for you. we do have a gate up at his door because he

walks around after he goes to bed, he's gotten very fast in his

brace! one time i forgot to do the gate and he ended up in the

kitchen standing at the refrigerator looking for cheesesticks at

9:00 wearing his brace on the tile! he's constantly amazing me!

hope this helps a little

Tia

Kelby 8-3-01

(congrats on the pregnancy!)

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Hi,

Just trying to catch up on recent messages... Got behind again, so now will

post a few... It's great that there are so many dedicated posters on this

list. If anyone was waiting for MY advice, they would've figured out the

answer by the time I got back to them! I hope the topic is still relevant at

this point! Here goes:

First of all, Zoe is a very big girl. At her 3 year check up she was 36

pounds, 42 inches. I was planning to keep Zoe in the crib until she was done

with the shoes at 3 years old, then move her to a toddler bed. She started

having sleeping difficulty even though the shoes were new and the bar was

the right length and she wasn't teething. I had also heard from lots of

friends who transitioned their children to toddler beds around 2 1/2 that

the kids refused to sleep in them, so I decided to skip it.

My theory is that the crib mattress becomes uncomfortable for children once

they reach 30 pounds. Most toddler beds use the crib mattress. So, we

transitioned Zoe to a twin bed with a rail on one side and the other side

against the wall. She fell out of bed twice in the beginning. She had never

tried to climb out of bed with the shoes and bar on. She calls for me to get

her out. The other day when she was having difficulty going to sleep, she

did try to get out of bed. I told her it was not safe for her to walk in her

bar. I'm not inclined to use little white lies, except when it relates to

sleeping! Also, when she's tired, she's extremely clumsy.

She still uses crib blankets, not twin size blankes. She sleeps on top of

the comforter to provide extra comfort.

Hope this helps. We did talk about it for several days (weeks?) before hand

and read several story books on the topic. Most cartoon characters geared

towards toddlers have story books about all the big changes: toilet

training, giving up bottle or pacifier, getting a " big kid bed " , going to

preschool, etc. Ultimately Zoe has made the " decision " (with a little

persuasion) to give up pacifiers, move to a big kid bed, and toilet train.

Joanne W. mom to Zoe (3-25-01, right clubfoot)

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Hi,

Just trying to catch up on recent messages... Got behind again, so now will

post a few... It's great that there are so many dedicated posters on this

list. If anyone was waiting for MY advice, they would've figured out the

answer by the time I got back to them! I hope the topic is still relevant at

this point! Here goes:

First of all, Zoe is a very big girl. At her 3 year check up she was 36

pounds, 42 inches. I was planning to keep Zoe in the crib until she was done

with the shoes at 3 years old, then move her to a toddler bed. She started

having sleeping difficulty even though the shoes were new and the bar was

the right length and she wasn't teething. I had also heard from lots of

friends who transitioned their children to toddler beds around 2 1/2 that

the kids refused to sleep in them, so I decided to skip it.

My theory is that the crib mattress becomes uncomfortable for children once

they reach 30 pounds. Most toddler beds use the crib mattress. So, we

transitioned Zoe to a twin bed with a rail on one side and the other side

against the wall. She fell out of bed twice in the beginning. She had never

tried to climb out of bed with the shoes and bar on. She calls for me to get

her out. The other day when she was having difficulty going to sleep, she

did try to get out of bed. I told her it was not safe for her to walk in her

bar. I'm not inclined to use little white lies, except when it relates to

sleeping! Also, when she's tired, she's extremely clumsy.

She still uses crib blankets, not twin size blankes. She sleeps on top of

the comforter to provide extra comfort.

Hope this helps. We did talk about it for several days (weeks?) before hand

and read several story books on the topic. Most cartoon characters geared

towards toddlers have story books about all the big changes: toilet

training, giving up bottle or pacifier, getting a " big kid bed " , going to

preschool, etc. Ultimately Zoe has made the " decision " (with a little

persuasion) to give up pacifiers, move to a big kid bed, and toilet train.

Joanne W. mom to Zoe (3-25-01, right clubfoot)

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Hi,

Just trying to catch up on recent messages... Got behind again, so now will

post a few... It's great that there are so many dedicated posters on this

list. If anyone was waiting for MY advice, they would've figured out the

answer by the time I got back to them! I hope the topic is still relevant at

this point! Here goes:

First of all, Zoe is a very big girl. At her 3 year check up she was 36

pounds, 42 inches. I was planning to keep Zoe in the crib until she was done

with the shoes at 3 years old, then move her to a toddler bed. She started

having sleeping difficulty even though the shoes were new and the bar was

the right length and she wasn't teething. I had also heard from lots of

friends who transitioned their children to toddler beds around 2 1/2 that

the kids refused to sleep in them, so I decided to skip it.

My theory is that the crib mattress becomes uncomfortable for children once

they reach 30 pounds. Most toddler beds use the crib mattress. So, we

transitioned Zoe to a twin bed with a rail on one side and the other side

against the wall. She fell out of bed twice in the beginning. She had never

tried to climb out of bed with the shoes and bar on. She calls for me to get

her out. The other day when she was having difficulty going to sleep, she

did try to get out of bed. I told her it was not safe for her to walk in her

bar. I'm not inclined to use little white lies, except when it relates to

sleeping! Also, when she's tired, she's extremely clumsy.

She still uses crib blankets, not twin size blankes. She sleeps on top of

the comforter to provide extra comfort.

Hope this helps. We did talk about it for several days (weeks?) before hand

and read several story books on the topic. Most cartoon characters geared

towards toddlers have story books about all the big changes: toilet

training, giving up bottle or pacifier, getting a " big kid bed " , going to

preschool, etc. Ultimately Zoe has made the " decision " (with a little

persuasion) to give up pacifiers, move to a big kid bed, and toilet train.

Joanne W. mom to Zoe (3-25-01, right clubfoot)

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