Co-Sleeping with Baby No Longer Working

[Kipster]

I need advice, please!

My daughter is 8 months old. She has slept with me since she was born. I periodically tried to put her in a crib but she is not happy with that. I've tried putting her in when she's awake, awake but drowsy, and asleep. She can tell instantly and wakes up and cries. I'm not a big fan of cry-it-out, so she comes with me.

In the last three-four weeks I've really wanted to have my bed back to myself. She's getting more mobile and the bed is feeling smaller. I put a pillow on her side of the bed, which has always worked. Last night I woke up because she was crying and on the floor. She'd managed to wiggle around the pillow and fallen out of bed. I feel terrible.

I could use any suggestions about how to handle this.

[ShwarmaQueen]

DS and I moved to a matress and box springs that sit directly on the floor (18 in or so high) when he became mobile. Falling is a huge concern.

I don't have any advice because DD is still cosleeping but wanted to offer an alternative for you.

[Kipster]

She doesn't seem to be ready to sleep on her own. The mattress might be going on the floor.

[laurata]

Is her crib too cold? We placed a hot water bottle under dd's blanket before I began her bedtime nursing, which eased the transition. Of course temperament plays a big role. Another option might be a bed rail? Or a twin mattress on the floor next to your bed? And just remembering that things shift over time, of course.

[bella99]

We did a combo of co-sleeping and a co-sleeper until my daughter was 6 months, before she moved to her crib (she was not a long term co-sleeper).

But while she was full time co-sleeping, we had a bed rail. Would something like that work? She slept between me and the edge of the bed with the bed rail up.

You can get them lots of places.

[ShwarmaQueen]

The bedrail was impractical for us. DS was (and still is) into pulling up and crawling over things, so the rail would just add inches to his fall. He doesn't understand danger yet, so the best solution for us was to move to the floor.

We do have one, but it's for DD , who sometimes rolls while she's sleeping, but obviously doesn't crash onto the floor anymore on accident.

[ommom]

queen futon on the floor
& then when she got bigger & more wiggly & i wasn't getting good sleep
we got a 2nd queen futon to go next to the 1st one so now all 3 of us have plenty of real estate to sleep on.

[Tattooed Hand]

I should have done this, because DD is OK in her twin bed (all our beds are on the floor) until about 4 am, when she wants to snuggle. Not like there would be enough room in the bedroom, but we should have two full sized beds, instead of a full and the twin on which I end up scrunched on with her after 4am.

[aidenn]

We have a queen and a full next to each other on our floor for 3.5 of us. It takes up a lot of room, but if Tom and I want to catnap a bit, Maiya can get up and get her snacks from the playroom (we set them out the night before) and that buys us an extra 20 minutes of peace!