How old was your little one?

My daughter is 20 months so I haven't put her in a toddler bed yet. I'm planning on making the switch for her 2nd birthday. A new bed is going to be one of her birthday presents. What I'm planning on doing to make the transition is to let her pick out her favorite blanket and stuffed animal to sleep with and make it a really big deal to be sleeping in a big girl bed. I'm hoping for an easy transition but who knows.

My oldest who is six kinna told us when she was ready when she tried to climb out of her crib one evening and fell on her head, she didnt get hurt but we didnt want to take the chance of her doing it again. So we put her directly into a twin bed which she loved but was aprehnsive about sleeping in but i layed with her a few nights untill she went to sleep and then i started getting out of the bed beofre she was alseep and she would get up and come out to the livning room so we gated her door to her room and i told her that it was there to keep her in her bed like the crib had a gate to keep her in it and she didnt get out of her bed anymore. My other daughter was a bit more complicated and was never normal. She wouldnt sleep in a crib or bassinett or pack and play as a baby the only thing she would sleep in was her swing. when we moved to a smaller place and there wasnt any room for her swing she acually started sleeping in this luxury car seat that we had it was very comfy and it reclined back much like a swing and she slept in it for a while. then i figured it was time to get her out of that she was getting to big for it. And i managed to put a pack and play half in my room and half in the hall where we were living at the time becasue it was too small of a bedroom to put it in it. we moved shortly after that and she still slept in a pack and play for a while even after she could get in and out of it. We had a bed that was all hers in her sisters room but she didnt want to have anything to do with it. Then i had to put my foot down. with a crib in my room becasue i have a son too who is 2 years younger then her and a newborn at this time and her in a pack and play my hubby and i werent getting alone time. so i took her into her sisters room one night and layed with her untill she went to sleep and she must of realized how cool it was cause she went to bed from then on in in her own bed wothout a fuss. My son is almost 2 now and he loves his crib i dont know when he might be ready to get into a bed. He has his own room but when i tell him it is nap time or bed time he claps his hands and goes right to it and tries to get in. So i have yet to see how i will get him into his own bed knowing that he will be in his own room and not have his sister there for moral support like my first daughter was for my second.

My daughter is still in a cot for the moment & we wont be getting a toddler bed - it just means when she's too big she'll need a normal bed & it's too much of a hassle! We'll get her an adult's Queen sized bed, plenty of room, less chance of her falling but all of this wont be happening until she's 2! Everyone i have spoken to about this has said they've transferred kids to a normal bed around the age of 2! Here in Australia, those toddler beds aren't overly popular coz you need to replace them with a normal bed too quickly, it's far easier just to get a normal 'single' bed & put in the railings if necessary!