We recently purchased a bunk bed set that we anticipate being useful and practical for us. We currently have the bed separated and the top bunk is in Caleb's room and the bottom bunk is in the extra kid's room that a foster child could sleep in if needed. The top bunk is at regular bed level and is not bunked. Since it is a top bunk it has rails and is a great transitional bed for Caleb. Eventually we could bunk the two (without the ladder) and let Caleb sleep on the bottom bunk once he gets used to a twin bed. That would get the twin bed out of the extra kids room in case we need a crib for a foster child. Lots of options.
Anyway we wanted to get Caleb out of the crib so it would be available in case it's needed for another child. We wanted to do it sooner than later so he has absolutely no attachment to the crib if another kid is using it. We started by having his big boy bed set up in his room for a few months. A couple of times he attempted a nap in it but that quickly deteriorated into sleeping in the crib.
Caleb likes his routine an normal comforts so I wasn't surprised he was attached to the crib. A couple of weeks ago though he stared asking to sleep in the big bed so we tried again. He successfully took some naps in it but struggled a little at night. He slept a couple of nights in it but still seemed to prefer the crib. Also he is able to climb in and out of his crib so I think there was a lot of bed switching going on.
We weren't a huge fan of the bed switching that was happening so after putting him down in the crib one night only to find him in the big bed one morning we decided to take the crib down. We figured at this point he'd had several successful naps and nights in the big bed. He even chose the big bed one night. So Matt took the crib apart and it's in the extra kid's room closet for now. After the crib was down we've had no issues with the big boy bed.
So Caleb is officially in the big boy bed and he LOVES it!
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