# Is 2 too young for a big-boy bed?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [September 30, 2004, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-2-too-young-for-a-big-boy-bed/266763 "2004-09-30T00:23:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![irishgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8edcca/32.png) [@irishgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/irishgirl)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2004, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-2-too-young-for-a-big-boy-bed/266763/21 "2004-09-30T19:26:43Z")

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My parents bought one of those bunk bed sets that comes apart into twin beds when my sister had outgrown her cot, she was about 2 and I was 3 and a half.

The only problem they had was that every night they would find her in my bed, so they pushed the twin beds together and for about 12 months we had a double bed to share, before I demanded bunks, because I was going to “big school”.

There were no smashed heads or black eyes resulting from either arrangement of the beds, so I guess we were old enough.

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**Author:** ![hill\_o\_beans](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/4491bb/32.png) [@hill\_o\_beans](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hill_o_beans)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2004, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-2-too-young-for-a-big-boy-bed/266763/22 "2004-09-30T20:26:53Z")

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> [@Twiddle](#):
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> Been wondering about the same thing with my 2 year-old actually. I think we’ll go with the toddler bed, but since she’s not escaping her crib yet I wonder if we are ruining a good thing. I’m not sure that she’ll stay in bed once she can get out on her own. I worry about her wandering the house at night or ending up in our bed every night.
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> Twiddle

This is exactly what happened with my daughter. She was not climbing out or otherwise unhappy with her crib, but we thought it was “time” to move her to a toddler bed so we did (she was about 2 and a half at the time). She ended up in our room every 15-30 minutes all night long and awake at 4:30 in the morning, for nights in a row. Desperate to get some sleep, we put her back in her crib, where she promptly slept through the night once again.

She is now 4 and is still in her crib. She has never even attempted to climb out and finds it very comforting (she loves enclosed, smaller spaces, maybe I carried her in the sling too much as a newborn? 🙂 ). I expect someday soon she will ask for a “big girl bed” and then we’ll get her one.

So I second those who say to go with what is best for the child. Some kids are ready to leave the crib at 15 months and others might be happy in a crib for years to come…the best way to know is to take your cues from your child.

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