DD scared me to death today when she was playing in her crib before napping. I caught her on the webcam with a leg flung over the front crib rail and then raced upstairs to get her before she dumped herself out onto the hardwood floor. She's only 16.5 months old so we were not expecting to need to make changes this soon.
The crib doesn't convert to a toddler bed, and even if it did, we bought it off craigslist so we wouldn't have had the pieces needed anyway. My sister suggested taking off the front rail and using a portable bed rail (the kind that goes under the mattress) to make a toddler bed out of it. Thoughts? Obviously we'd make sure the crib could even stay upright and in place before we let her sleep in it if we went this direction.
We had originally planned to move her to a twin bed on some Ikea bed slats on the floor when it came time to transition instead of buying a toddler bed. She's really active in her sleep and regularly rolls into the walls of her crib. This is the most expensive option by far, but also has the most longevity since she'll use a twin for years.
DH started looking at toddler beds. Ikea doesn't have anything he liked, but there are super cheap options at BRU. I just hate the idea of spending money on something that won't last very long (DD just got onto the height charts at her 15m appointment, prior to that she was off the height charts).
The only other thread I saw about toddler beds vs cribs, it seemed like people didn't need to transition until much later and their kids weren't climbers. Any advice, recommendations, suggestions for making a change with a young toddler? We really weren't expecting to have to change her sleeping accommodations this soon!