Staying in bed
Staying in bed

Toddler climbing out of the cot at 20 months, move to a bed now or fight it?

D Asked by Dev

He's figured out how to haul himself over the cot rail and I found him on the floor this morning. Absolutely terrified me. Do we move him to a bed even though he's only 20 months, or is there a way to keep him in the cot a bit longer without him hurting himself?

19–24m Cot
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Discussion · 2
S Steph just now
Safety wins here, once they're getting over the rail the cot is the more dangerous option. Things that bought us time: mattress dropped to the very lowest setting, took out anything he could use as a step, and a sleeping bag that made climbing awkward. Once he'd cracked all that we put him in a floor bed in a fully gated room, felt a lot safer than watching him launch off a rail.
W Will just now
Sleeping bag trick got us another month or two. When he beat it we moved him at 21 months. He was young for the whole staying in bed thing but we'd made the room completely safe so it didn't matter if he got up and pottered about. Rather that than a fall from that height.
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