From cot, to toddler bed...

[randomv]

Nearly 2.5 and even then it was only because he was starting to outgrow the cot but had seriously outgrown the travel cot so I wanted to overcome any bed/escaping issues at home rather than when we were staying with parents. The older the better I think as they will almost inevitably get out of bed and run around the first few nights so they need to be of an age where they can understand the consequences of not staying in bed. We kept the cot in his room for a week and threatened to put him in there to sleep if he got out of bed to play around. It wasn't all stick though as we also used a reward chart for staying in bed, but again, LO needs to be old enough to understand.

[Mook]

Other half had kittens during the week as he walked into little Mook's room to find him body-surfing over the railing of cot. Needless to say, as of yesterday there is a new bed on order. Note to self - the week that little Mook goes into bed, other half is not allowed to work late, go out for a pint, go to gym, etc etc and we can both sit a top of stairs waiting to catch little Mook as he tries to hurtle past us to get to his toys.