How's your family bed set up? - Page 2

[celesterra]

I am single, so that's different from some. My twin boys are 27mo. They each have a crib in my room, and I have a king mattress on the floor. Each of them wakes at some point during the night, and I transfer them into bed with me (where they proceed to sleep on my head, etc, lol). I sleep in the middle. They both sleep much better this way (in my bed), and I am loving it. As they get older, assuming I am still single (?), I will just plop a twin next to the king for overflow. I will convert their cribs to toddler beds when the time comes, but I'm not too confident they'll stay put. They are just a little rough with each other, so them going to sleep on their own in the same bed doesn't seem like an option. 

[karma613]

When it was just DH, DS1 and Me, we all slept in a queen size bed. I became pregnant with DS2 when DS1 was 6 months old. Shortly into the pregnancy it became too uncomfortable, so we moved our mattress onto the floor and put a double futon mattress next to it and it was like musical beds. Sometimes DH and I would sleep together on one bed and DS1 on the other or DS1 would take turns sleeping with us.

When DS2 came along We traded in the futon mattress for a spring mattress and put both beds onto frames. DH would sleep with DS1 on the double and I would sleep with DS2 on the queen to make it easier to breastfeed at night.

A month ago we moved into a new apartment and changed things up a little. DS1 is almost 2 and DS2 is almost 9 months. We have the queen size mattress and boxspring on the floor with a safety rail on one side and a toddler bed on the other. DS1 sleeps in his "big boy bed" and DH, DS2 and I all sleep on the queen.

This seems to be working well for us for now and once DS2 no longer breastfeeds at night, or at least less often, we will probably get a second toddler bed for the other side of the bed. And in the future, they will probably share a double bed :) I LOVE our family bed!

[naturallymommy]

we all sleep in my queen, ds is 4 and getting big so because i stay home and dh has to leave for work at 4 am he often sleeps on the couch because he gets woken up a lot because apparently were bed hogs haha.  we've agreed as soon as we get the extra money were gonna get a king and a twin to combine. 

[JeepsterGirl]

At home we have a king size bed that sits on the floor.  DD sleeps on my arm on the outside of the bed so I'm in the middle.  There is also a dog at my feet and at least 1 cat at my knees.  We are expecting a new baby in a few weeks so DH has been sleeping with DD more and more to get her used to the transition, then the new baby will sleep on my arm on the outside of the bed while DH and DD sleep on the other side.  In the past we have used the two singles pushed together which works too.  In that case, DD seems to like to sleep next to the wall.  Probably because it gives her more room.  Right now we are traveling cross country and are all sharing a twin air mattress.  Can't wait to get back to our king mattress!

[LoveMyTwoBoys]

We have a queen and it is full with DS1, me, DS2. DH has been sleeping on the couch for the last few years.  He doesn't sleep well in the bed and it works for us.  If we ever get to have another baby, we'll probably get a toddler bed to squeeze in the tiny bedroom for overflow- no room for a twin.

[lisa133]

We tried the twin bed on the floor when DS1 was about 2.  What happened was my husband wound up sleeping in it while DS1 and I slept in the queen but sometimes we would alternate with DS1 always in the queen.  He slept in the twin for the first couple of nights but it was just easier to cuddle with him in the big bed.

Now he is 6 and has a younger brother.  We have a regular full next to the queen - both beds on regular frames.  2yo sleeps with me on the full and 6yo and husband sleep in the queen.  2yo still nurses almost all night long.  the 2 beds are next to each other.  it looks ridiculous and people think we are crazy but it works for us and we all have plenty of space and sleep pretty well.

6yo is starting to want to sleep in his bed completely on his own (with absolutely no coaxing from us) and tried for 5 minutes but then says he is too scared.  We are getting there but we are not in a rush.

[HappyMonkey]

We have two queen mattresses directly on the floor with separate comforters for baby and me, and my husband. It works really well. We just went from 1 to 2 about a month ago and OMG we are all sleeping so much better. We didn't realize how badly the lack of space was affecting us before.

We kept her on a high bed until she was a few months old and started to move more. That's when we took the mattress off the frame.

[jimblejamble]

We're all smooshed into a queen bed and Jude likes to lay sideways these days (so the 3 of us form an H). We have a crib in our room. He was going in there for abpout half the night then would join us but then he got pretty sick in october and has been back with us full-time ever since.

[mrskatiekuj]

Our bed looks like this

Daddy   One-year-old    Two-year-old    Mommy

We have a King Size bed. The kids start out the night in their room where they share a queen bed, but both come into bed with us at some point during the night. I am pregnant with #3 so not sure how that is going to work...in a perfect world I'd have both kids sleeping in their bed together all night, but if that doesn't work out, probably put a cosleeper on the side of our bed. We don't have anymore space in our bedroom for a second mattress.

[Carma]

We have:

wall [baby me dad] [5yo 3yo]

             king              full

on the floor

[mommykerrie]

our family bed is like musical beds lately since we have 5 kids ages 9 and down.  anyway, basically we have a queen bed pushed up to a twin bed, which is pushed up to the wall. currently in the queen is hubby, 3-year-old, me, 1-year-old, hoping to move the 3 yo to the twin bed since her 5 yo sister just moved to her own room. hubby is excited to get rid of the twin and wants 3 yo out to sleep with her sis, but that isn't happenin' anytime soon! i'd be happy with all 5 kids in our room every night, but i'm a litle nutty!

[FrenchMama]

We have a Queen bed. DD who is 16 months old starts out in her crib and I take her to our bed when she wakes up. DD sleeps in our guest bedroom sometimes so we all have more room. I LOVE having her close to me in bed, but because of comments from the pediatrician and mom's in general i feel self conscious about the fact that she isn't sleeping in her crib throughout the night and that i still nurse her at night, so it's nice to see all these comments and the 100's of them that are on facebook! I am not alone!

[erinleee]

we do this exact thing with our 10 month old. daddy is in another bed cuz he works early. Although he comes for sleepovers with us once in a while! and I have felt the pressure to crib the baby by the majority, but we are the lucky moms! we get to cherish the sweet tiny baby while they are little, it wont last.

queen size is the smallest we'd go with three... i'd love a king!
 

Originally Posted by FrenchMama 

We have a Queen bed. DD who is 16 months old starts out in her crib and I take her to our bed when she wakes up. DD sleeps in our guest bedroom sometimes so we all have more room. I LOVE having her close to me in bed, but because of comments from the pediatrician and mom's in general i feel self conscious about the fact that she isn't sleeping in her crib throughout the night and that i still nurse her at night, so it's nice to see all these comments and the 100's of them that are on facebook! I am not alone!