My 2nd was 2years and 2 months old when my 3rd was born (both girls). We didn't have an issue with the crib because DD2 is still in a bassinet in our room at 3 months old. The crib is still in DD1's room, but she's sleeping in a toddler bed. She loves her bed, and it will not be an issue when baby is ready for the crib. As for potty training, we've been working on that this month and DD1 will be 2.5 at the end of this month. She's doing fabulously! I would not push your daughter to potty train. Most kids are not ready before 2yrs old, and honestly it's not that bad to have 2 in diapers for a few months. Girls are apparently pretty easy to train when they are ready. This is just what we've done. I'd definitely recommend it because the transition of adding a baby, for my DD1, has been wonderful.

Personally the minute we found out we were pregnant with Orion we moved anella to a big girl bed (twin mattress on the floor) she was 12 months old it was one of the best decisions we made because she was still "too young" to realize that she could do what she wanted and to this dy when she wakes up she calls us
Orion was moved into his big boy bed at 7 months because he wasn't sleeping anyway and we thought itd be easier
A lot of my friends who've waited have really struggled with teaching their toddler to stay in the bed
As for two in diapers it's seriously not that bad, anella potty trained at 25 months and Orion was born when she was 20 months. It's a hell of a lot more work trying to potty train a toddler that's not ready
I'd wait until shes ready

My girls are 16 months apart. I was also torn about what to do with the crib situation. I decided against using my daughter's crib for the baby. she has one of those convertible cribs that was still being used as a crib. We went out and bought another one for the new baby. For us, it was the best thing. I wasn't thrilled about spending the money, but since both are girls, we were lucky to not have much else to buy other than formula and diapers, so another crib was a good investment. It is also convertible. My older daughter (now 2.5) is in the toddler bed, and her little sister (16 months old) is still using her crib. I wouldn't have it any other way :-)

As for potty training, I didn't want to rush that either. At 2.5, she still isn't showing interest in the potty. We I plan on really trying this summer, but for now, having two in diapers is what we have to deal with. I will say this: I hate it!!! Little daughter urinates a LOT. Like every hour she has a HEAVY diaper and pees through her pajamas almost every night. I literally change one diaper and then her sister needs to be changed too. I feel like I am constantly changing diapers. One poops and then the other one does too shortly after. Trash fills up so fast. I have two diaper genies and those fill up really quickly! I guess once I potty train them I'll be making tons of trips to the bathroom to wipe them and such as opposed to changing diapers, so I'll still be really busy. I do wish one was potty trained, but I think once they really show an interest, it'll be a lot easier with less resistance.

My oldest two children are 5yrs apart so my experience with them as far as having two little ones goes doesn't apply.... but, we switched each one from crib to toddler bed when they were ready. We were lucky enough with the oldest to have both the crib and toddler bed set up in one room. He started with naps in the toddler bed sometime close to two. A few months later we had him help us take down the crib. With my 2nd we had the crib in our bedroom. Sometime after age two we set up the toddler bed. He slept there until we moved into a new house at age 3 and then slept on the bottom of a bunk bed. I started potty training somewhere close to two and went at their pace. There was never any hurry to get it done. It was easy, and they were potty accident free by age three.
I am currently pregnant with #4. My toddler will be 22 months on Feb 7th and the baby is due on Feb 17th.
We attempted moving my toddler to the toddler bed and he wasn't ready at all. The bed was in my room by my bed. He would stir in the middle of the night, sit up, go to lay back down but being disoriented he would almost lay down with his back towards the floor where he would fall off the bed if I wasn't awake to catch him. Keeping my son in the crib is right for him now. It's not about him having his freedom and knowing he can get up and roam the house or whatever, it is about him being in a bed that will keep him safe.
I think you need to do what feels right for your daughter. I have a cradle for my newborn and plan to attempt moving my son to the toddler bed two months after the baby arrives. I will start with naptime and hopefully by time baby is 4 months and ready to be moved to a crib the toddler will be ready to be only in the bed. If not, it won't hurt the new baby to sleep in the pack in play for a little bit.
As for potty training, my toddler has made pee pee in the potty a few times. He wanted to sit. He hasn't shown much interest since those times. I know this is going to sound gross, but while changing his diaper today i was looking at his poop, which is still soft and squishy, and realized there is no way this kid is ready. He does not have big boy poop! In my opinion it is perfectly fine to introduce a potty chair to your child but potty training isn't going to work until the child is ready.
I don't know about you, but I know when I am going to need to change my toddler.... we aren't on a time schedule but there is a semi-routine. I feel like those times are times my son is going to count on me giving him my full attention because he is used to me talking and singing with him during a change. I can't imagine feeling like it is a pain in the butt to diaper my newborn and then diaper my toddler.

I am pregnant, due next week, and have an 18 month old (both girls). I also was struggling with the whole toddler bed/crib/potty training situation. To throw another change in the mix, we moved to a new house last week! I purchased a cheaper crib from Babies R Us (around $125), and a dresser from Ikea that I can put a changing pad on top and then use as a dresser once she's fully potty trained. I didn't realize that she can climb right out of the cheaper crib, so in the meantime I am keeping her in her crib (she would just hop out and get into her closet and everything else if I let her climb out on her own now) and once new baby is ready for a crib I will switch her to her new crib with the toddler convertible sides. Hopefully if it's presented in a way that she's a "special big girl", it'll all be alright.

Potty training seems to happen whenever the toddler shows signs of being ready. I have heard situations where the parents have tried to force it and have gotten back lash. My 18 month old likes to use the potty now, but I know she is still too young to fully potty train (can't pull her own pants up, still has wet diapers in the morning). So, we just let her go when she says she wants to, reward her if she actually goes (she's pooped on the potty 4 times already!), and just let it happen. The new baby may throw a wrench in things a bit, but hopefully with lots of attention and keeping her involved with new baby will make the transition great!

My daughter was 20 months old when my son was born. Currently my daughter is 2 1/2 and my son is 10 months. We were fortunate to be given a toddler bed. We had to buy a new mattress. We decided to switch her to a toddler a few months before my son was born. She did great. No problems what so ever. She is not potty trained yet. She has showed signs of readiness for a while now. She has used the potty (#1) several times but it's not every day. She just recently started acting like a baby. She does baby talk, chews on things and crawls around. I think the reason she doesn't want to go on the potty is because she wants to be the baby. I'm not worried. I know it will happen when she is ready and so I don't push it. I may be potty training them both at the same time and that's fine with me. Having two in diapers is a pain but really not that bad when you look at the big picture. Good luck. Believe me when I say it will be hard. But I know the baby stage doesn't last that long. In only 2 months my son will be 1 year old. Where did the time go?!

I am 24 weeks pregnant with a 19 month old. We are planning to transition our DS at 22 months when the baby is born to a new room with new furniture. We are then going to change the nursery decor and will place the new baby there after he is with us for 3 months in the bassinet. We hope this will work well. Fingers crossed.

As far as potty training.. I would like to get that done prior to the arrival of #2 but that is doubtful at 22 months...

Good luck to you and please let us know how it goes!

Our kids are 25m apart and we wanted to use the same crib so we bought her a double and put a gate in the door a few months before the baby was due. Set up the crib in his room and got her adjusted to her room and her bed. It went well...we didn't even attempt potty training..we are working on it now but she wasn't ready before..and I didn't want her to fall off the wagon. It came in time..the first few months were an adjustment with both kids.