day sleeps in big bed

Just wondering if anybody has some tips on how to make this easier. I have decided that i should start gabriel in a bed now but only for day sleeps (its how i did the basinnet to cot transition) and then just before bub arrives try him at night too. the bed is the bottom bunk in the other room and i have a safety rail. i think tho that it wont stop him getting out of the bed... Am wondering if maybe i should wait till the baby is here and then try him in the bed or will that make him feel rejected - am not even sure if he is going to be jealous of the baby and dont want to make him feel bad...maybe he is too young all together as he is 18 months in two days time... any thoughts or suggestions anyone?

we started paris in a big bed at 11 months.. so she wasn't able to get out by herself yet. do you usually use a safety sleep? if so, keep using that, not only will it keep him in (sounds terrible i know) but for paris we found it was kinda a comfort thing for her, having something secure around her tummy.

maybe beforehand, you could spend time on the bed, reading books, gettinghim used to it as a nice place to lie and relax etc, then after a few days do the nap thing. try choosing a day where he is just so tired he will sleep no matter what, give him all his familiar toys, and maybe stay with him if he finds it hard to settle, and when he wakes, go to him straight away, praise him, say how neat it is that he had a sleep in a big bed.. how it must be comfy cos he had a big sleep.. all that kinda stuff (the stuff that makes you think in your head "i sound like i'm nuts" lol) then the next day remind him about yesterday, and offer him the choice of doing it again.. make it exciting so he doesn't get all worried by it.

with new things with Paris we try and make it seem as exciting and neat as possible.. and it usually makes her eager to try it.. not always a sure fire trick, but it helps. we have gone through some interesting stuff as she learnt to get out of bed.. and for a while when she was falling out (old cot matress on floor comes in handy) but for the most part.. she has been fine.. and sleeps better in the big bed than her cot cos she has more room.

we are like that too becs.. i think sending paris in the mornings still will be good for her, and keep us both sane, but at the same time i don't want her thinking "they're sending me here, and then the baby stays at home with mum" also, she will be moving to the over-twos section soon after baby.. dunno if that's good, cos she will be in a separate part to baby and therefore not have to share caregivers.. or bad, cos all her caregivers will change and be different and new to her.

We purposely started Jayden at Kindy a couple of months before abby was due, As I had the same worry about him feeling like he was being pushed out. Turns out I think I could have sent him any time as he was so ready to start. I think he kind of liked the time with kids his own age and while he's there he doesn't have worry about a baby and a busy mum. If they are really secure at home I don't think you'll have a major problem. As it's a good getaway for them to.

Maya has just made the transition to the Over 2's and it has been a bit stressful, but overall she is pretty happy. It was easier for her I think because a lot of her little friends 'graduated' to the O2's at the same time so she has buddies to play with. The hard part is that she had been in the U2's since she was 5 mths so it was all she remembered. But they do let her visit, and the U2 teachers come across and see the kids sometimes which is nice too.

paris tried the getting out of bed thing for a while a couple of months back.. we would just go, and put her back in to bed, tuck her in say "i love you, go to sleep" and leave. sometimes it would be every 5 mins, for an hour.. and left us getting pretty irritable, but
I think, after a few nights of us just doing that, she got bored and decided that it was easier to just go to sleep.. lol, even on the times where she had gotten all her toys out of bed with her and dragged them into the hall and sat looking through the door at us.. we just bundled them all back to bed, said the same thing and left. what frustrating parents we must be...

I must be one of the lucky mums whos child hasnt gotten outta bed once being put in it?? or is it just a girl thing???

Ha ALyssa is a tummy sleeper also, i also have the pillow under the side of the mattress but i have to get up usually at least once a night and put her back in bed. She is usually sound asleep on the floor.

my post was ment to say once a week not once a night. We have pillows beside ALyssa's bed to cushion her fall.

Maya is pretty restless too. Of late I have been having to go in once or twice a night and tuck her back in. She loses her "fuzzy bubba" in the blankets and gets upset, but she settles quickly, I think she only semi-wakes up.