Should I move my 3 year old to a twin bed now, or wait until she physically outgrows the toddler bed?
My baby was 2 when she was moved to a twin bed. She had rails on the bed and she did quite well.
We moved our 3 year old into his twin 2 months before he turned 3, he loves it and has not fallen off it at all. Just make sure no hard toys are beside the bed when you put her to bed, so if she does roll off she wont get hurt.
My kids (ages 6 1/2 and 3 1/2) never had a toddler bed, or crib. After they outgrew the playpen, we went straight to a twin mattress on the floor with a bedrail. After a while, they got a real bed frame and are there now.
I moved my toddler into a twin when she was three, mainly because we needed to convert the toddler bed back to a crib for the baby. But she loved her big girl bed. She got to have cool sheets and tons of pillows. In my case it was a huge success moving her to a bigger bed. It's all a matter of opinion. I have found that a bed is a bed. My daughter sleeps everywhere, on the floor, in the truck, on the sofa. Where ever her head hits when she is sleepy so changing her bed was no big deal. There is no right or wrong in this, does she fall out of bed? Does she toss and turn a lot while sleeping? ^.^ Good luck, I know this isn't that helpful but I changed beds when my daughter was three and no issues here.
