Montessori floor bed

HattieLove · October 2012

What do you all think of the montessori idea of a floor bed? DD is still cosleeping and doesn't have her own room yet but we are currently doing renovations and adding a room for her. I was thinking that instead of a crib or a toddler bed we could just use a floor bed.

I like that I could lie down with her and nurse her, or read to her, etc. Since we're building the room with her in mind it could be completely baby-proofed.

Opinions?

HattieLove · October 2012

Forgot to mention that the renovation will probably be done in the spring so DD will be around 14-15 months old.

ncbelle · October 2012

We did a floor bed with Callum around 15 months - went beautifully. Eleanor actually went into a toddler bed around 16 months (well part time as she sleeps with me most nights the second half of the night) - primarily for space reasons we used the smaller mattress instead of the full size we did for Callum. The bigger bed is the way to go for sure

Also...your siggy makes me smile

chardonnay24 · October 2012

We have the Fjellse twin bed from IKEA. It's pretty low to the ground so he can get on and off, and has a relatively thin mattress. I do have a guard rail up just in case, as well. I love it because I can crawl in bed with him if he's sick, or if he wakes up in the middle of the night, instead of hauling him out of the crib.

We just transitioned last weekend and it went beautifully. It took one night of me laying with him and he was able to fall asleep on his own from then on. He gets up in the morning and plays with toys until he is ready to come out.

DeniseRN · October 2012

DS1 goes to a Montessori school and they gave us a catalog w Montessori stuff. There are a few great books about Montessori for 0 to 3 years. The website is forsmallhands dot com. I ordered the book and haven't read it, but I'm sure there's some good stuff about creating a Montessori house. And...they have awesome toys available

nosoup4u · October 2012

DS2 has been sleeping on a floor bed since he was about 18 months, it's been great.

pixieprincss · October 2012

We bedshare, but DS1 has a floor bed in his room for naps and starting the night (since we are not yet in bed). We started him in it at 9 months and he loves it.

earthmama2011 · October 2012

pixieprincss:
We bedshare, but DS1 has a floor bed in his room for naps and starting the night (since we are not yet in bed). We started him in it at 9 months and he loves it.

This is us exactly. We started DD in her floor bed when she began to crawl and she loves it. We originally had a crib for her and she HATED it, I think she only slept in it once. She sleeps great in her bed though. She is in it for naps and for the beginning of the night, usually until around 10. It's nice that I'm able to lay beside her and nap too!

We have her baby room completely baby proofed. She is able to get up and crawl around if she likes.

If you look up Montessori bedrooms on Pinterest you'll get some ideas:)

KCKappa · October 2012

We moved DD to a full-size mattress on the floor around 14 mos. Before that we'd been bedsharing for about 4 months, and the transition was super easy. It's worked out really well for us since she still doesn't STTN - I can just crawl in bed with her when she wakes up (usu between midnight and 3 a.m.) and spend the rest of the night there. Also, she naps better in the floor bed than she ever did in her crib.

StefandTodd · October 2012

Our 13 1/2 month old bedshares still, but we just got his new room (that he'll share with baby #2, due in Dec) set up and we did a futon mattress on the floor. That's our plan for transition for him. He has always napped and slept in our bed at home, and napped on a floor mat or a little cot at daycare, so I'm hopeful!

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