We are due with our first in November and plan on cosleeping from day one. However, I'm trying to think ahead and figure out what would work best for us. SO and I both sleep best when we have a little space. We'd love to get a king bed but it's not quite in the budget right now. So I'm a little worried about bringing another person into our bed. I know how sleep deprived we will be with a newborn, and I want to figure out how to get as much sleep, especially good quality sleep, as possible.
I had thought about side-carring a crib or getting an arm's reach, but I already have a twin bed I could use, so i'm thinking about just side-carring that. I have seen things that you can use to kind of strap two beds together, and they fill in the gap between the beds as well. I'm not sure how well they work but I am thinking about trying one out and just making our current bed bigger that way so we all have space.
Has anyone done this with a newborn or older baby? Both beds would be on the floor, btw.
I had thought about side-carring a crib or getting an arm's reach, but I already have a twin bed I could use, so i'm thinking about just side-carring that. I have seen things that you can use to kind of strap two beds together, and they fill in the gap between the beds as well. I'm not sure how well they work but I am thinking about trying one out and just making our current bed bigger that way so we all have space.
Has anyone done this with a newborn or older baby? Both beds would be on the floor, btw.
We have been co-sleeping with DS in a queen since he was 2 months old (it took me that long to come to the realization that it was best for everyone - kudos to you for planning ahead!). It worked ok for a while, but the past few months have been a bit brutal (he's nearly 35 in. tall @ 15 months, and often lays sideways, lol). We'd talked about adding a twin (makes more sense, since DS could use it as his bed later in life), but hadn't done it yet - thanks!
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