Confused and need opinions

[BlueWolf]

I cosleep with my DD who is 4.5 months old. My DH travels M-F, so it's just baby and I in bed. He sleeps in another room on the weekends because he doesn't want to mess up our routine. Currently, DD has her side of the bed with a barrier to keep her from falling off the bed and me on the other side. As she's getting older, she's starting to move around more in her sleep. I usually wake up when I sense her awake, but not always immediately. I'm starting to worry that she might roll off the bed or something bad happening without her being between two sleeping parents. Should I side car her crib (which has never been used)? Should I start to transition her to her own bed? I have no problem putting her crib into our room but I do not want her sleeping in her own room alone right now. I want my baby close to me but I don't think our current sleep set up is completely safe. Help?

[ssh]

We put our mattresses on the floor next to a wall. When I was in bed my DD was between me and the wall. When I wasn't in bed, I put a pillow beside her and then a thick comforter on the floor next to the bed.

[lcisne]

I have twins and really worried about this issues, but figured out like last poster to put the mattress on the floor, in the corner, so no rolling out problem. I always slept between the babies and my husband, because I do not believe fathers have the same instincts we do necessarily and I just didn't trust Daddy not to roll over on a baby by accident. Also a couple of times I had noticed that by accident he wound up with a baby on the other side of him and the baby snuggled up to his back! My husband is huge and the baby so tiny, I was terrified so I became human barrier. I rolled up blankets to put next to the wall to cover the "crack." my only caveat, is one of my kids turned out to have a severe dust allergy, which is harder to deal with when the bed is on the floor!

[Blessed_Bess]

Something I wish I had done when DS was younger was have him sleep in different areas- like in his crib next to our bed. He's almost 2 now, and getting him to sleep anywhere except alongside me is a real trial. He has never slept in that crib! He won't even sleep between me and DH anymore. I love sleeping next to him, but I know the time will come when he needs to have his own bed. I wish I had gotten him used to different sleeping arrangements when he was just a few months old like your DD! Also, for the sake of you and your DH, you may want to get your baby acclimated to different ways of sleeping, so he can share the bed on the weekends too. Just my 2 cents for you!

[KayTeeJay]

I did the same thing as a few of the pp's, put my mattress and box springs on the floor. I didn't put it in the corner because that doesn't really work with the layout of the room, but he was fine with pillows around the edges. He rolled into me if anywhere, although I kept him in a sleep positioner for awhile since it freaked me out. My DH works nights through the week (he's home Fri and Sat night) and he was scared to sleep in the same bed as us for awhile. Now that E is older, though, he sleeps in between DH and I and it works out just fine. I woke up the other morning to see E sleeping peacefully with one hand on me and one hand on a sleeping DH. I love it!

[Maluhia]

I'd suggest a bed-rail on the baby's side or bed on the floor....

[Latte Mama]

Originally Posted by Maluhia

I'd suggest a bed-rail on the baby's side or bed on the floor....

Yes, you can get a fairly inexpensive portable bedrail fron Toys R us. See below.

http://www.toysrus.com/product/index...ductId=2309634

They come in longer lengths too.

[BlueWolf]

Thanks guys. I'm going to talk with DH about our options.

[paulamc]

We have a king latex mattress on the floor. Not against the wall, but it's only 7 inches thick, and there's carpet on the floor, so if he falls off it's not a big deal. We never did the bedrail thing because once they get very mobile, they could climb right over it, and they'd be falling from higher up than otherwise. That said, I guess it's helpful at the rolling only stage.

[fireHC11]

We have a sidecar crib (one of the sides removed). DS (10mo) doesn't sleep in it, but I like knowing it's there. Sometimes we use it as overflow for my libs, or when DS sleep-crawls he ends up there.

The other side of the bed is against the wall.

I use pool noodles to fill any gaps between the bed & wall, or the crib mattress & crib edge.