With a toddler there are always things you will change and transform as he or she grows up. One of those is making the transition from a cot into a single bed. You can easily make this an easy exercise with a little imagination and perseverance. Here are ways you can introduce a single bed into a toddler’s bedroom.

When your baby has become too big for his or her cot, you want to make sure that they are still safe, but in a bed of their own. The first thing you want to do when putting a single bed into your child’s room is to make sure it is against a wall with only one side open. This should then be covered with a guard when the child is sleeping.

To start off with, your child might find sleeping in such a big bed a bit strange. They might find it scary and want to feel cozy again. You should reassure them that this is much better and add a whole lot of pillows and toys against the wall and at the foot of the bed to make them feel safer.

When you use the bed for the first time and for a few weeks or even months afterwards, always use the same pillows, blankets and bedding that were in the cot until your child gets used to the bed. You can also start off by using the cot mattress for your child to sleep on. You can put this on top of the bed and this will help them to get used to it with something familiar.

Once they seem used to the bed you can remove the mattress and get them to sleep under the duvet or the comforter. You should get them a special one with their favorite characters or pictures on it. This will make it a fun adventure. You can still use some of the cot bedding as well.

There is another way to make the transition easier and more fun, and that is by getting a bed that take the shape of a princess carriage for girls and a car for boys.

A fancy headboard may also do the trick, the point is that you want to make your child see the process as fun, and not just chuck him or her into the deep end.