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My toddler keeps getting out of her new bed — how do I get her to stay put?

We moved our 2.5 year old into a floor bed last week and she pops out twenty times a night.

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P Priya Reviewed Jun 2026

Is 18 months too early to move from cot to a toddler bed?

He's started trying to climb out of his cot and I'm worried he'll fall.

Verified answer 1 answer

S Sam Reviewed Jun 2026

He wakes confused and crying in the night since the cot went — is this normal?

A few nights into the floor bed he's waking around midnight crying and seems disoriented.

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J Joel

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