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Beyond the transition bed: how to facilitate the change and when is it recommended to make it? - Walla! health

2022-06-26T05:01:37.512Z


Just before you say goodbye to the crib, you should be ready for the next step - a cot Beyond the transition bed: how to facilitate the change and when is it recommended to make it? Just before you say goodbye to the crib, you should be ready for the next step - a cot Daniel Sarantsky, in collaboration with JAMA 26/06/2022 Sunday, 26 June 2022, 07:22 Updated: 07:54 Share on Facebook Share on WhatsApp Share on Twitter Share on Email Share on general Comments Comments The big


Beyond the transition bed: how to facilitate the change and when is it recommended to make it?

Just before you say goodbye to the crib, you should be ready for the next step - a cot

Daniel Sarantsky, in collaboration with JAMA

26/06/2022

Sunday, 26 June 2022, 07:22 Updated: 07:54

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The big concerns of mothers considering moving their child to a cot is that he will now be able to get out of bed and move around freely at home or that the change will affect his sleep or the mode of anesthesia.

Dana Lev

, an early childhood parent facilitator, explains that infants and children are indeed sensitive to change, so it is important to do the process correctly and gradually so that the transition is smooth.

So how do you do that?

Here are some tips:



When should you move?



It depends on you and your considerations.

The range is from one and a half to three years old.

Of course, when there is a safety hazard and the child climbs or gets out of the crib - it should be moved.



What is important to be careful about?



Preparation - As with any process done with children, it is important to share with the child and tell him about what is to come.

He understands everything!

Good preparation relieves stress and creates a basis for change.



Coordinating expectations - Explain to the child in a matter-of-fact and clear way that the bed sleeps just like the previous bed.

Describe to him in detail his sleeping ritual and now the anesthesia will be performed in the new bed.

Emphasize in his face that if he wakes up at night, continue to sleep in bed until morning.

When he wakes up in the middle of the night - explain to him that you will come to be by his side and that he will continue to sleep in bed.



Sleep Ceremony - Continue with your regular sleeping ceremony.

Routine is the key word for safety for the child.



What can be done to facilitate and make the transition more pleasant?



Share the process of choosing the bed and assembling it - if possible, go with the child to the store to buy the bed and create a conversation that will excite him about it.

You can, for example, offer him to choose the bedding.

After the purchase, involve the child in assembling the bed to motivate him.



Create a positive experience towards the bed - play together in bed for a few days and allow the child to practice on it - teach him where to get up and down to strengthen his independence.

A doll that the child likes can be placed in the bed so that she can sleep with him and be comfortable with him.

You can offer him to "put to sleep" his dolls in the new bed as a game.

It is also possible to create a dialogue with the child's favorites (grandparents, kindergarten teacher, etc.) and tell that the child will soon move to a new bed and empower him about it.

In addition, you can retire a cloth diaper or a small blanket with your scent.



Make the transition gradually - first put the toddler to sleep in the new bed at noon and only then at night.



How to react if the child gets out of bed?



Understand that the child may want to explore the environment and get out of bed and simply respond as follows: Keep calm and respond in a matter-of-fact and clear manner.

Do not get into unnecessary explanations and conversations and pleas that he will go back to bed.

They said a short sentence - "Now go back to bed" and insisted.

Accompany the child back to bed so that the message is clear.



It is important not to break otherwise it will be an opening for the child to continue to do so, and then the next time you try to put him back to bed - it will be even more difficult because for him it has already happened and is possible.

In fact, the idea is to convey to the child in a simple way the message that they are going to sleep, that the bed is meant to sleep in at night and stay in it and that is all.



No games, no unnecessary attitude and no power struggles and control because otherwise you will enter the loop night after night.

Even if in the middle of the night the child comes to your bed, accompany him back, hug him, wait for him to get back in his bed and say good night.

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