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Toddler bed?

Need help planning a bed change...

So we are thinking that we should get Phin into his toddler bed so he can start to feel like that is his and not the crib...Zach will be in a bassinet in with us until at least Feb/Mar and won't need the crib until then, so that way it won't appear to Phin that hte baby is pushing him out of his stuff. Question is,  how on earth do we do this?

We want to leave the crib in the room but it will be in a different spot and Phin's bed will go where he usually is. He has nice new bedding that he loves and when we first got the bed he laid right down on it. But how did you ladies that have done it, make the actual transition into the big bed?

I think we will need massive amounts of duct tape to keep him in. We are also nervous about gate jumping...the stairs are right outside his room. *gulp* I may never sleep again...
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427382 tn?1298209586
OH we dont need the crib for baby b/c we bought her a convertable and will buy the baby a new one tooo.
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427382 tn?1298209586
I sooo don't know when to make this transition.  I feel like i should get all this (potty, bed, ect) done before the new baby comes, but I am not ready either.  The stairs are right next to Mady's room also so that really scares me....  I have been contemplating this the past month or so.
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LOL! Ovaz you make me laugh :)

I also wanted to add that we would most definitely kept Mark in a crib for as long as we could,but his poor knees kept getting stuck between the railings & he figured out how to climb out of it. We were basically forced to move to the twin bed.
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WHITNEY:  I live by Supernanny!  So, not lame in my book!  haha

We have yet to do this transition, but I am getting nervous/anxious for the big day.  We have friends who moved their kids the day they turned 15-18 months (seriously) and then we have friends who don't move their kids until age 3.  I know Leighton is "ready" for the big bed, but honestly... I AM NOT!  So, we are waiting until the chaos of the holidays are over with when I can totally focus on keeping her in there and not be totally exhausted in doing so.  

Good question and I am curious to see what others have done.
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This is what we did with both boys during the transition:
We took advice from (lame, I know) Supernanny. We would go through our regular bedtime routine then put baby in his bed. Then every time he would get out we would simply go straight into his room, and without acknowledgment, place baby back into his bed and leave. The first couple times it would take an hour or so to get baby to stay in place, but within a few days both my boys learned not to get out of bed. It wasn't that bad.
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