i only had DD in her cot for a couple of weeks and then she just slept on my queen size bed with me until early last year, and then when me and DP starting to live together i just got her a bed and stuck her in that, and i had a foam mattress that id pull out onto the floor everytime she went to sleep. She was fine in it because when she'd wake up she'd just play on the bed and when she was ready to get up she'd go to the end of the bed and starting crying for me... but i had fun for a couple of weeks when she learnt how to get off the bed by herself, she'd jump off and start crying an id have to go and put her back on the bed because she couldnt get on it! about 4-5 months ago i bought her a little step stool thing because she was having trouble getting up. Now she can do it all by herself and i have had no troubles with her...