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From: woof@hpfcla.UUCP
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Subject: Re: Crib to Big Bed advice needed
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Date: Fri, 6-Dec-85 12:55:00 EST
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Posted: Fri Dec  6 12:55:00 1985
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> I am curious if any one has suggestions about when to
> *introduce* a child to a normal bed- i.e. mattress and
> box spring.
> 
> Our little girl is almost 30 months and with another
> due in march, I have already purchased a good quality
> twin, but have not put it up yet.
 
We started  our older one,  Becky, in a bed at about 22  months,  due to
similar  circumstances.  :-)  First,  we  just  put the  matress  on the
floor, so she didn't  have far to fall if she  happened to do so.  After
about a month, we put the box  underneath  it.  We didn't  put the frame
underneath  until she was big  enough to climb up onto the bed.  I think
she was about 30 months at that point.

This graduated method helped both Becky and her parents to adjust to the
change very easily.

Steve Wolf					 Hewlett-Packard Company
{ihnp4|hplabs}!hpfcla!woof			  Fort Collins, Colorado