2 under 2...sleeping arrangements?

Hey guys, just after some advice, bub number 2 is due when Jack is not quite 2, and were wondering whether we need to buy a 2nd cot, or just move him into a big bed, and give the baby his cot?
What age do most kids happily move into a bed?? and are they likely to get upset having to give their cot to the baby??!!

Id buy him a big boys bed. Just make a big fuss like he is grown up enough for it otherwise he will just think you want him out of the cot for the new baby
I know a couple of people who have there children in a big bed from the time they are walking,

how long before bubs is due? Id suggest taking the side off the cot for a couple of weeks to help him adjust before putting him into the large bed, as I know from my boys they were scared of the big bed at first but when they slept on the cot with no sides then put into the big bed they were fine

also remember it can take a few unsettled nights before they will adjust to the new bed

Daniel has been in a big bed from about 18 months. Things we learnt (which may just be Daniel) is that taking the side off the cot was a nightmare, he wanted his cot to be how he knew his cot was meant to be, removing part of it caused major meltdowns. Also having the cot up in his room as well as the big bed just caused confusion for him. It went great once we removed the cot completely. Only took a day or two to adjust

I moved Jack at 18 months, 2 months out from when Ava was born.

What I did was buy a big bed 3 months prior and set it up in his room, then went on and on for that time saying about how big boys sleep in beds and babies sleep in cots.

Then on transition day, I took everything out of his cot and turned the mattress on its side. Put his cot quilt on his big bed for the first week. I didn't take the cot down because they'll be sharing that room eventually anyway and I was pg so couldn't be bothered basically.

Day sleeps are still an issue, but thats more him dropping that sleep rather than the bed. He wouldn't sleep more if he was in a cot.

Also, consider getting a pillow and putting it in the cot at first. I found Jack slept a lot more still once he had a pillow so it made me less concerned about having him in a big bed.

Oh, and emz your pillow idea sounds good - how old is safest to introduce a pillow? Scares me a little!

Morgan was due a few days after Jake turned 2. We put the big bed into his new room at 18months but left him in the cot for another 5 or 6 weeks ... so he was used to the bed being there, and played on it. Then one day (between 19-20months) he had a day nap in it (still in his sleeping bag), which went fine so that night we said he would sleep in the big boy bed .... he fell out the first night so after that I put some rolled up towels under the fitted sheet, and we've never had a problem since. Took the cot out a few days later. I'm sure he didn't even remember it was his by the time Morgan came.

far out seems i'm one of the only ones with a nearly two year old still in cot!:)

tom transitioned on his 2nd birthday so dont worry KA.

So did tom when I tried to take side off his cot. He thought is was great fun till it came to sleep time.

What changed it for us....probably an age thing....was when we were away he got sick and DH had to sleep with him in a single. The next night he wanted to sleep in the single bed instead of the portacot. When we got home we bought him a bed and that was that.

I might add that we put a gate up on the door so we can keep him in it and up unitl this week I have had to lie down with him to get him to sleep. So its not automatic!

DS1 was 16mths when DS2 arrived and was sleeping so well in his cot we didn't want to add any extras to the mix! within a month of DS2 being born he was climbing out, so we took the side off the cot. he still sleeps in it and is 3 next month. wondering now whether to make a toddler bed and keep him on his cot mattress as the room is small, or buy a single bed.

DS2 is in his cot with the side off, but still using a safety sleep at 18 mths.

have a bassinet, which i don't really want to use again for DS3, if needed.