My Ella was in a bed at 15 months no bed rails nothing she didnt even fall out. Once she did and hit her head on her bedside table but she loves her big girl bed. She had to give it up for her little sister.

My daughter refused her cot about the same age as your's. Thing is I didn't want to put her straight into a single bed yet b/c I was concerned she'd fall out in the night.

So I removed anything even remotely dangerous/reachable from her room & put a mattress down on ther bedroom floor. The cot stayed there awhile (I kept nappies & toys in it) but she no longer slept there. She stopped being at all willing to go to bed at the time I thought she should around the same time. So in practice, she ended up just falling asleep somewhere else on her bedroom floor after I put her to bed (there was some light in her room; very dim). At first I was afraid to wake her so (since we lived in the tropics anyway) I'd put a blanket over her where she was. After awhile she made it onto the mattress before she slept (I guess it was more comfortable). After I'd put her to bed at night, I wouldn't go into her again while she was awake tho I would sometimes slip a bottle in her door if I knew she was wanting that. Otherwise her door stayed firmly closed. If I left it open she'd be up & running around. At first she cried a little but I think she ended up enjoying her time with her toys at night. There was a glass panel in her door so I could slip quietly by & check on her (being very careful she didn't see/hear me of course).

As she got older, she went to bed with "Fat Cat" on TV. But sat up in bed & read or played.. I used to tell her I was "off duty" after 7.30pm so she'd take care of herself but she was generally asleep by 9pm anyway. I just didn't have the heart to grumble at her about it b/c I like to read in bed myself... So anyway, after that cot-refusal horror patch 18mo - 2yo, we never had an argument about bedtime again. I hope it works out that way for you too.

hugs

Rosalinda

I would say she is ready to go into a bed...my oldest was 15 months when he was ready for a bed & we never had any trouble with him and my youngest is 18 months & has just gone into a bed without much trouble. Get a bedrail so she doesn't roll out & give it a try...it might save you a lot of crying & she will probably love it!

Hi there,

What a coincidence, my little girl (also 17months) is going throught the same thing. Actually it started before she turned one and still does it sometimes. We also do the same thing you do (i.e put her to sleep in our bed) then when shes fast asleep we put her in the cot. She has kind of gotten used to it so when she wakes up she won't cry she will just play around in there for a bit. Maybe its just something they go through. But yeah i could us some of your advise as well i guess. Another thing is my little one won't go to sleep on her own, i have to be there until shes asleep. Im hoping she will grow out of it though.
 

Thanks

Hi I agree maybe she is ready for her own bed.  You can buy toddler beds which might be ideal for her they look so cute and i think not sure they are cot size but a little bed.  I am hoping to get my little man one when he is a little older check them out on ebay or in shops such as target or kmart.  not sure what you have in the Uk.  Good luck

Nikki xx

hi i just read your concern it must be time for your girl to have her own bed :) shes growing up very fast and is feeling locked in its worth a try or may be taking the sides off her cot to begin with if possible

hope this helps sleeping in your bed is a bad habit to get into beleive me good luck hun

from colleen