Introducing my two year old into his own bed.?

[ARG]

My 2 year old son sleeps in his cot at the moment, and very well and I put a sleeping bag on him as part of the going to bed ritual. He has never tried to get out of his cot, probably because of his sleeping bag. I was wondering what anyone else has done when introducing into the childs own bed, should I get him out of the habit of the sleeping bag and just put him in his jim jams, or would the bag make it more like a routine. Just looking for any advise.

 

[CypKitty]

Keep the sleeping bag as it will be a comfort thing and put him in the bed, tell him he's a big boy

 

[fuzzymolly]

I ditched the sleeping bag at 2 yrs old but I've decided to keep the cot bars for another few months because she would drive us nuts coming into our room and we just want to wait until she is that little bit older until she shows signs of not bouncing in her cot etc. She is 2 and a half now so we figure by the time she is three we can convert the cot to a toddler bed and night time toilet train her at the same time. Hopefully she will be mature enough then to stay put. My advice is unless it is completely necessary, dont put him into a bed till he is old enough to stay put. The last thing you want to risk is creating a pattern of him running into your bed. Having said that you know your son best yourself. Good luck.

 

[kitchd]

if he likes the sleeping bag, then I'd think you'd want to continue doing that as part of his routine .

 

[who me?]

I tried all the sensitive bit with my lad - put the bed in his new bedroom (had swopped him so impending daughter could have his old nursery) so he could get used to it. What a waste of time! He took one look at that bed and you couldn't keep him out of it! He was 19mo.