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people w/ toddlers

My kid hasn't climbed out of his crib yet but he's been waking up in the middle of the night every g-d night.  We've been bringing him in with us and he sleeps like a baby so I think the mattress may be too stiff and uncomfortable.  When you switched your kids to a toddler bed, did you switch out the mattress?  do they make softer toddler mattresses?

Re: people w/ toddlers

  • Ours flips over to a softer "toddler" side. He still wakes up some nights and wants to be cuddled though.
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  • How old is he now?  I originally bought a mattress that you flipped over and had a 'softer' toddler side (aka still hard as a rock). We had this same problem you describe and I eventually folded up an old comforter and put it under the crib mattress pad. That bought me some more time with the toddler bed, but eventually he would get out and go sleep on the couch because it still sucked. Moving him to a real bed/mattress made a big difference. 
  • E's mattress had two sides- infant and toddler. I think I was supposed to turn it over at some point. Maybe that's why he sleeps through the night maybe 2x a week and he's 3. He's staying in the crib till like kindergarten though. I can't trust him in a bed- he's crafty.

    He yells out crazy things but so does B so the mattress thing may not help me. But yeah they make different mattresses for infants/toddlers etc.

  • I want to keep him in the crib forever too but I'm so sick of him waking up.  Wendy you went to a twin, right?  Did your crib convert? I can't see G sleeping in the double bed that his crib converts to just yet.  (he's 2.5)
  • imagedied4meatspin:
    I want to keep him in the crib forever too but I'm so sick of him waking up.  Wendy you went to a twin, right?  Did your crib convert? I can't see G sleeping in the double bed that his crib converts to just yet.  (he's 2.5)

    His crib converted to a toddler bed (which is when I did the comforter padding business) but now he's in a twin. 2 1/2 is about when I moved Connor to a twin. I definitely wouldn't spend money on a different sucktastic "toddler" mattress that won't last long though.  

  • Get a cheap. Emory foam mattress pad and cut it down. 
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  • B wakes up once a night because he has kicked his blankets off and is cold.
  • We didn't switch mattresses, but we did see a marked improvement in her sleep when we converted to the toddler bed.
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