We have two boys in our room with us, ages 25 months and 11 months. The older one sleeps in a crib, as he has since he was about 5 months old (his preference), The younger one cosleeps- and while he will nap in a pack and play occasionally, he is not thrilled about it.
While this arrangement is ok-ish for the moment, it's not working well for me in terms of getting sleep, or for my youngest in terms of the safety he needs. I woke last night to find him snuggling UNDER my dh's arm. I moved him, but noticed a burst blood vessel in his eye this morning. Obviously, before bed tonight, something will be different.
We have a king size bed on boxsprings, but not on a frame as it's quite high even without the frame. I would like to put one twin mattress on the floor beside my side of the bed and one on the floor at the end of the bed. The room is small and this will take up most of the floor space, but we don't *need* a lot of floor space in there.
Alternatively, I would consider putting a low loft bed beside our bed with a mattress underneath the low loft on the floor. This would free up floor space, but I'm not sure which child would sleep where as they are both so young that even the 3' drop scares me- though if directly beside the bed, they would fall onto the bed instead of onto the floor.
I do have a crib mattress and a brand new toddler bed frame as well and maybe I should consider that as an option as well, though again, I don't know which child to put where. I would like to put away the crib at this point as the two year old can swing a leg over the top rail and I *know* the 11 month old will not tolerate a crib.
Soo.. help!
While this arrangement is ok-ish for the moment, it's not working well for me in terms of getting sleep, or for my youngest in terms of the safety he needs. I woke last night to find him snuggling UNDER my dh's arm. I moved him, but noticed a burst blood vessel in his eye this morning. Obviously, before bed tonight, something will be different.
We have a king size bed on boxsprings, but not on a frame as it's quite high even without the frame. I would like to put one twin mattress on the floor beside my side of the bed and one on the floor at the end of the bed. The room is small and this will take up most of the floor space, but we don't *need* a lot of floor space in there.
Alternatively, I would consider putting a low loft bed beside our bed with a mattress underneath the low loft on the floor. This would free up floor space, but I'm not sure which child would sleep where as they are both so young that even the 3' drop scares me- though if directly beside the bed, they would fall onto the bed instead of onto the floor.
I do have a crib mattress and a brand new toddler bed frame as well and maybe I should consider that as an option as well, though again, I don't know which child to put where. I would like to put away the crib at this point as the two year old can swing a leg over the top rail and I *know* the 11 month old will not tolerate a crib.
Soo.. help!
