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From: cjdb@sphinx.UChicago.UUCP (Charles Blair)
Newsgroups: net.kids
Subject: Re: Crib to Big Bed advice needed
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Date: Wed, 4-Dec-85 10:02:50 EST
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We bought our daughter a twin bed a couple of months before her second
birthday, primarily to spare our backs the strain of trying to lower
her gently into the crib. She liked it from the start, and she did not
protest when we dismantled the crib (just after the bed arrived). She
had no trouble getting on it, nor has she ever fallen off (and we don't
tuck her in since she can't stand confinement of any sort). We do keep
a foam rubber mattress on the floor next to her bed just in case,
however. I think the key to a successful transition, as some other
posters have already noted, depends on a positive answer to these
questions: (1) Is she physically ready for it? (i.e., can she climb on
the bed herself, with or without a stool?) (2) Does she feel she's
gaining a bed, rather than losing a crib? Unless the spacing of the
children is too close to permit it, I would second the views of those
posters who said it is best to make the transition well in advance of
the new arrival, to lessen any feeling of rivalry or resentment on the
part of the older child towards the younger.