My Own Big Bed

Another well-done book by Anna Grossnickle Hines! Beautiful illustrations, too. Pair this with Della Ross Ferreri's book, HOW WILL I EVER SLEEP IN THIS BED? or one of the Barney or Elmo books on this topic to help your toddler adjust to the transition of a big-kid bed.

I also bought an Elmo big bed book, and a Barney big bed book because these were characters my daughter knows...to my surprise, when choosing a book to read at night, she ALWAYS picked up this book. We practiced the things that the little girl in the book does together (i.e. in a big bed you can stretch your arms out wide with no bars to get in the way), and when it came time for the big bed, my daughter jumped in and stretched out her arms. (Although the other two are good too), She seemed to understand more what this book was trying to explain than the other two. In addition to talking about how fun a big girl bed was going to be, we read this book for a week before going to a big bed. Our big bed transition went smoothly and without a hitch!!!

I bought this book for my 2 yr. old son about a month before moving him from his crib to his "Big Boy Bed." I had really wanted to find a book that centered the story around a little boy, but after reading about the book & reading other reviews I decided to give it a try. I read it to him for that month & he really seemed to identify with the story. He was very excited about moving into his new bed & new "Big Boy Room." He's been sleeping there for a month now, & the transition couldn't have been smoother! This book really helped to prepare him for the change from crib to bed! The simple story & pictures made it very easy for him to grasp the concept! I highly recommend this book!

We bought this book for our daughter about a month before we were going to move her from her crib to her new "big girl bed". We've heard horror stories from other parents who experienced many sleepless nights when they tried to put their child in a regular bed. After reading her this book for about a month, we finally put her new bed in her room and it was a success! She slept the whole night and the night after that and so on! She never climbed out of her crib but we wanted to move her to a big bed (not a toddler bed) before she became too attached to her crib. She'll be 2 in a few days. Buy this book--it's GREAT!!! Good Luck!

This book was given to my two year old daughter to transition her out of her crib. It did exactly that. She was very interested in sleeping in her big bed after reading this book.