I have a 2.5 year old, still in a playpen. I know... he should be on a mat by now. I want to move him to a mat, the problem is that he rolls around before he sleeps. Some days it's for a few minutes, some days it's his entire naptime. He'll roll around for 2 hours. He's quiet, so he doesn't disturb anyone, but I'm concerned if I put him on a cot he'll roll right off of it.

Now, he has been with me for the past year for 2 days a week as mom's on mat leave. He starts back full time next week. I'm wondering if I give him a few weeks to get back into regular nap routine that will fix things.

Does anyone else have a little one that just rolls around? And what happened when you moved them to a sleep mat?

What are your guidelines to know they're ready to come out of the playpen?