Crawling and bed sharing

katiewhompus · March 2012

Any tips for safely bed sharing with a crawler? DD has no fear and has come way too close to launching herself off the edge of the bed when we're half asleep/asleep. We are trying to avoid dropping the mattress to the floor if possible but I can't think of how else to do it. Are guard rails tall enough she wouldn't climb over them easily?

tokenhoser · March 2012

DS could crawl over the rail, but he hasn't. Once he's up, he usually chooses to crawl over me instead and then I'm up.

I do feel better with the rail.

katiewhompus · March 2012

Which one do you have?

pixieprincss · March 2012

We started DS on a mattress on the floor in his room for naps and the first nightime stretch before we're in bed. He took well to it, so we still do it. But, he now knows how to scale the side of the bed on his tummy. We started working on that with him at 10 months, but he was too short to make it anything less than a big, jarring drop. Now, he can do it quite well.

tokenhoser · March 2012

katiewhompus:
Which one do you have?

https://www.amazon.com/Safety-1st-Secure-Rail-Beige/dp/B002X7A008/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1319824868&sr=8-1

We are also working on him getting safely out of bed. That stops him rolling out by accident, but it won't stop him crawling over.

Jena503 · March 2012

Depends on exactly how adventerous your DD is!

With my DD, a bedrail was enough. With my DS, it was not and we had to go to a floor mattress. He didn't crawl over the bedrail though, he'd just go around it.

missnineteeneighty · March 2012

We moved to a floor bed/mattress once DS began crawling. The best part is that he easily transitioned to sleeping on his own later in a big bed, but I can always lay with him if he needs me.

skyejo · March 2012

We use a bedrail with DD and it's worked perfect for us. Here's the one we have--

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000H1IYXW/ref=wms_ohs_product

ACAsomeday · March 2012

missnineteeneighty:
We moved to a floor bed/mattress once DS began crawling. The best part is that he easily transitioned to sleeping on his own later in a big bed, but I can always lay with him if he needs me.

When did you transition to a big bed?

ACAsomeday · March 2012

Katie, I keep wanting to tell you this - your babygirl is SO PRECIOUS!

missnineteeneighty · March 2012

ACAsomeday:

missnineteeneighty:
We moved to a floor bed/mattress once DS began crawling. The best part is that he easily transitioned to sleeping on his own later in a big bed, but I can always lay with him if he needs me.

When did you transition to a big bed?

We added a boxspring when he turned two. He's now two and a half and we are going to add a bed frame, headboard, footboard.

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