i have 20 month old twin girls. they have slept in the same crib since they were born. their crib turns into a toddler bed and then a double bed. should i let them go ahead and sleep in the double bed or change it into a toddler bed and get another toddler bed so they will each have one? also, when did you switch from the crib to a bed? thanks!
I would have them sleep in the double bed, as i don't think there's any reason to buy another toddler bed, esp. if they are used to sleeping together, they may not like being apart. If u are having trouble with them sleeping together now, then i would buy the other toddler bed. I switched my son from the crib to a toddler bed at 12 months old, and then to a big bed at 18 months old. Hope this helps and good luck, :D
my son is 18 months old and I am not taking him out of his crib until he needs to switch. My son moves around alot and if he could run around his room he would!! He has never crawled out(shocking)and they say when they climb out its time to start thinking about getting them out. If your girls sleep pretty still and you think they will deal with the switch well then you can move them. I know three year old twin boys who still sleep in the same crib. They love sleeping next to each other.
I switched when my daughter climbed out! She hadn't even turned 2 yet she was 18 months old and then when she turned 2 I put her in a twin size bed. I think it is adorable that they sleep together=) but might be time to get them each their own toddler bed! Good Luck with everything!!!!
Since they have slept together so long its going to be hard to have them in their own beds but you could use the double bed and let them get used to not sleeping in a crib, If you are worried about separating them it has to happen some time sooner or later so if you want to get another toddler bed go ahead but don't be surprised if you get up in the morning and see them together in one bed,when my kids (3) were little they were always crawling in each others bed.I think once we started potty training them they were out of the crib,probably 18-24 months is a good time to get them into a toddler bed or a bed that is close to the floor, you also might want to get a side rail if you put both of them in same bed. Good luck keeping them in bed!
Well, I think this depends on how much space you have. Our twins were in the same crib til they were about 9 months, then in seperate cribs til about 2 1/2, then into their own toddler beds. They always shared a room til we moved into our new house last summer which had 3 bedrooms. But their one room was the big room of the two bedrooms in our house (yes, mom dad got to share the smaller room), but it worked out well. Ours were more of the type to wake each other up more than sleep together. It really depends on how you view the twin relationship. Ours were very different and independent from each other from the get go. I think it's important that they can fall asleep and stay asleep seperately, because this will end up really being an issue once they're older if they don't learn now. If they're fine going to sleep on their own,I don't know if it matters if you seperate them, you could always go to the double bed for now, then seperate toddler beds in a year or so. Bonding is important, but I think they have that no matter what. If you forsee this being an issue, I would go to seperate beds now, I'm actually quite amazed that you got away with one crib.
