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Ours moved just before she turned 23 months and was fine, taking just one night to adjust to the change. She still naps during the day and doesn't escape at night! The main reason we did it so early was that we were expecting #2 who would need the cot after a few months. We didn't want to buy a second cot but equally didn't want our daughter to undergo too many changes after the arrival of a new sibling, least of all the sibling taking something that was hers! The bed itself, is an adult single and had been in her room from the beginning, so prior to her moving in we started to refer to it as her bed. We then bought a new duvet cover set for her and made it all seem very exciting. After a couple of weeks in a bed we dismantled her cot and she didn't even notice it was gone. 6 months down the line the cot is in use again for #2 and she has completely forgotten it was once hers. I think it all depends on the personality of your child. Our daughter is fairly compliant and has quite a good understanding of things, we are able to explain and negotiate with her. Also, she is not a daredevil type so has never tried to escape from her cot, which helped. However, she has a strong sense of ownership so would have been very upset if we tried to make the change after her brother was born; she's not thrilled about her buggy being used by him and even doesn't like it if I use my husband's phone or vice versa! Maybe a gradual introduction to the bed would help if you decide to go with the change e.g start reading bedtime stories there, change into night clothes on the bed, duvet with favourite characters etc. Good luck with whatever you decide!

Thanks everyone for your input. I spoke with the manager and my daughter's key worker and they are happy to keep her in knickers during the day and use pull-ups for naps. We only use pull-ups for overnight but I am fine with the compromise, as they can still be referred to as her 'bed-time pants'. Potty training is going fine, usually one wee accident a day, although none today - hoorah! - and she has long stopped asking for stickers for her reward chart after each wee/poo. As a bonus, she now says (very loudly) "clever mummy, you did a wee, well done!", whenever she come into the loos with me! Incidentally, our nursery is a daycare nursery, taking children from 4 months-ish, so potty training is very much part of their role.

Sorry, I haven't read all the posts, but here's my 2p worth... ...babies tend to nap 1-1.5h hours from when they last woke, so look out for very early signs of tiredness around this time and put them straight for a nap; ...develop a sleep time routine, e.g sing the same nursery rhyme before you put them down. Eventually, they'll learn the association. You can do this from day 1. You can use a more elaborate one for bedtime proper e.g. bath, massage, feed, nursery rhyme. In my personal experience, it was only around 3 months that a defined bedtime time developed. Good luck!

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etta166 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Quite a few of my friends have taken a week off > nursery and work, gone cold turkey with nappies, > and then returned to nursery with a pants-only > approach. I've always thought that pull-ups were > meant to be confusing for them and to make potty > training harder, but then I don't know anyone who > has actually tried them. That's we did essentially - took the latter half of a week off which ran straight into a week's staycation i.e 10 days off nursery and only in knickers/naked during the day. As an added bonus, my niece who is dry day and night also holidayed with us, which provided further encouragement. The whole thing worked quite well. The difficulty is that potty training is a long process and accidents will happen over the next few weeks/months and my daughter needs to learn how to ask for the potty/loo when at nursery and the staff need to prompt her - I sort of feel pull-ups may slow or even reverse that learning process. She's very easy to communicate with and explain new skills to and has embraced potty training, so hopefully she won't be confused by it. Saffron - thanks for the suggestions, I'll see what nursery staff say and offer these ideas as suggestions if necessary. Naively, I thought this would be the easy bit of potty training!!

My daughter's 2.5y and this evening has been taking herself to the potty or asking for the loo unprompted. When in pull-ups she feels she has been given permission to not use the loo, also the sensation of a small leak of wee as cue to use loo/potty is lost. At nursery access to the loo/potty is not easy and, as Jenny says, being engrossed in nursery play means that she forgets to ask (hence the accident) or just does it in the pull-up. She is only 10 days into potty training so does need reminders about going to the loo. Incidentally, as per the last 2 posts, I said she is out of nappies and gave loads of spare underwear/clothes; they used their own supply of pull-ups. As I said in my original post, I will be speaking to the nursery (and i will be listening to what they say(!), we have a good relationship and want it to stay that way)but just wanted to hear other's experiences as I am hoping the randomness of sometimes being in knickers and sometimes in pull-ups doesn't confuse her.

I've been potty training my daughter for just over a week during which time we were either at home or on holiday. We went cold turkey on daytime nappies and used pull-ups at night and apart from the occasional accident, things have been fine with wees at least; slower progress with poos. Today was the first day back at nursery, she wet herself and they put her straight into pull-ups. As far as I can glean, there seems to be no regularity with which they take her to the loo - they either ask her if she needs the loo or they take when another child needs to go. Being at such an early stage in potty training, I feel she needs extra support (esp as this is all new to her and she will be distracted with play etc) and going into pull-ups after one accident is a step backwards and, dare I say it, lazy on their part. Am I justified in feeling this way or is the way it is done in nurseries generally? I will, of course, speak to them directly, but would value hearing other's experiences. Thanks!

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