If you ever bring LO into bed with you. . .

GuitaristsGirl · February 2011

How in the world do you keep him/ her from falling out? Or, at the very least, how do you not worry that he/ she's going to fall out?!

DS is sick and I brought him into bed with me last night. He slept soooo much better. He started out on my chest until his breathing/ congestion improved, then he squirmed to lay down. . . which was fine, except I couldn't rest for fear that he'd roll off the bed!

I put a pillow between him and the edge of the bed but, really - is that going to stop him? He's such an active sleeper. (I'd already run DH off to the couch with my own cough, so it was just me and little man.) I'd love to let him sleep with me again tonight so he can rest better, but I can't do another night of not sleeping myself.

SeaSoul · February 2011

We'd put him in between us. If I was alone w/ him in bed I would make a barrier w/ pillows on the other side of him, but also keep my arm around him all night. Suffice it to say, I didn't get much sleep in those cases!

roaringrock · February 2011

ginny and I actually sleep in a twin bed. shocking, I know!

I found a mesh side rail (20 years old from my nephews) that has "arms" that slide under the mattress. with my body on one side and the rail on the other ginny really can't fall out. I've seen new and improved versions but they are kind of pricey.

krissyh21 · February 2011

I tuck him in the blanket so he really can't get anywhere plus put pillows on the side I am not on ( if h isn't in bed). I actually sleep better when he is there.

jds0521 · February 2011

I've only let DD in the bed with me for small stretches like 1.5-2 hours at a time & normally, I sleep with my arm around her. She tends to stay still except she smacks me in the face with her hands sometimes, lol. But she is also in btwn DH & I..

marcuej · February 2011

SeaSoul:
We'd put him in between us. If I was alone w/ him in bed I would make a barrier w/ pillows on the other side of him, but also keep my arm around him all night. Suffice it to say, I didn't get much sleep in those cases!

This is how we do it too.

ESTH2000 · February 2011

roaringrock:

ginny and I actually sleep in a twin bed. shocking, I know!

I found a mesh side rail (20 years old from my nephews) that has "arms" that slide under the mattress. with my body on one side and the rail on the other ginny really can't fall out. I've seen new and improved versions but they are kind of pricey.

We have this because we bedshare so it was worth the investment...plus whe she moves to her own bed we can use there too!

How is the little guy feeling today?

GuitaristsGirl · February 2011

ESTH2000:
roaringrock:

ginny and I actually sleep in a twin bed. shocking, I know!

I found a mesh side rail (20 years old from my nephews) that has "arms" that slide under the mattress. with my body on one side and the rail on the other ginny really can't fall out. I've seen new and improved versions but they are kind of pricey.

We have this because we bedshare so it was worth the investment...plus whe she moves to her own bed we can use there too!

How is the little guy feeling today?

Thanks for asking, and for responding to my post last night I keep going back and reading all the responses and they really help me feel more calm and in control!

Last night was really, really rough. I was convinced we were headed to the dr. first thing this morning. But, after finally getting some rest in bed with me, he woke up with a smile - it was the strangest thing! We watched him for maybe 2 hours, thought things were good, got him ready for daycare. . . and he started sliding downhill again, coughing, wheezing, sneezing/runny (projectile!) nose, etc. We have a pedi appt scheduled for Friday anyway (to follow up re the alleged asthma) - now just trying to decide if we should try to move it up.

Quizzle · February 2011

She sleeps between us. If she's on her side facing me (like she's been nursing/wants to nurse) my hand is usually on her. Although she does like to kick, I keep telling her I need more than a quarter of the bed because I've noticed myself on my side almost falling off before. Otherwise she sleeps on her back. My arm is often around her or tucked above her head under my pillow then.

If one of us gets up, we put pillows on our side of the bed.

ESTH2000 · February 2011

Have you called the pedi to tell them about the coughing wheezing? Is his cough like a barking cough? I ask because Bella had croup and it was awful. She needed steroids to help it. I would hate for him to get worse if you can catch in time and the wheezing or anything with labored breathing scares me a bit....

schmoodle · February 2011

When he was littler, he slept on one side of me and the Pack and Play with bassinet setup was next to the bed so if he rolled, he would have just dropped about a foot into the Pack and Play. Once he was mobile we put him between us and I don't really worry anymore. In the morning DH gets out of bed before us and he stacks a whole bunch of pillows on his side so Toodle doesn't roll off that side.

JGirl2005 · February 2011

We have a rail but don't use it. ds is in a bed that is on the floor but DH sleeps with him. Whenhe slept with me on my king bed I used heavy pillows on the side I wasn't on. dd sleeps with me after 4Am and I put a pillow on each side when I an not there.

kimarino13 · February 2011

Lily sometime sleeps with us if she wakes up crying in the middle of the night from teething or a bad dream. It stresses me out because even though she sleeps between us, she sleeps with her head toward the foot of the bed (so, upside down). And she'll wake up and stand and walk on the bed. Ugh. No amount of pillows would stop her from doing this. I just have to sleep really lightly (i.e. not really sleep at all).

Cassian · February 2011

SeaSoul:
We'd put him in between us. If I was alone w/ him in bed I would make a barrier w/ pillows on the other side of him, but also keep my arm around him all night. Suffice it to say, I didn't get much sleep in those cases!

This.

nicolita14w · February 2011

Ben sleeps in the crook of my arm, with his head resting on my upper arm and the lower part of my arm wrapped around him. I wake up if he even moves a little. However, we are trying to transition him to the crib because I'm sure when he gets bigger he wouldn't be happy sleeping in that position all night.

skoorbnibor · February 2011

I sleep with my arm around him. Then my left bicep aches for days!

he cannot sleep between us, he is all over the place and he seems to melt into me, yet he kicks the bejebbus out of my husband!

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