Yeah, that might be ok if she doesn't move around too much. DS was on a queen size (with me for much of the time, I got a tiny sliver of bed and he took the rest)
Hmm she does move a lot, now that I think of it... sometimes she's upside-down in her cot!
I actually don't know if she'll 'notice' that it's not her cot, firstly because of her age, and secondly because she only sleeps there at night. (Day naps are on my lap while being breastfed.)
At night we breastfeed to sleep in the dark, and then put in the cot when she's 99% asleep.
I guess I will find out pretty quickly whether she 'notices' or not!
If it's a bigger mattress you can maybe lie down next to her to get her to sleep. Might even work for day sleeps, who knows?
DS was all over the place when he was on the mattress, but moves much less now - I think they learn to (or else fall out). Mind you, he's still upside down or sideways hanging over the edge sometimes.
Thanks, yeah maybe one day she will be able to sleep without a breastfeed!.... If she does I will collapse in shock
I think maybe when she's old enough to reason with, she might do it. I'd be very happy to take naps with her in our bed every day, but she just doesn't know how to sleep without the boob. Feeding her while lying on the bed doesn't seem to work, for some reason...
She has fallen asleep in the car TWICE in 16 months, and only because she missed her nap.
She's always been one of those babies who fights sleep. I remember when she was just born and we were still in hospital, and I'd read that newborns couldn't stay awake for more than 1 hour, tops.
Our beady eyed little one was awake for 5 hours straight on the day we left hospital!
Great thread, I'm getting loads of info to. We plan on ttc again soon which means ds will be in a bed at around 18 months if not before if all goes to plan with getting pg. Good luck with your decision, just do whatever your comfortable with
DS went into a bed at 18 months. We got him the Malm single bed from Ikea as it's low to the ground but still a normal single size bed. No rail, just gave him my body pillow and then some more cushions on the floor. He has a toddler pillow. Tontine make them and they're called My First Pillow or something like that. He fell out a few times over the first couple of months and then was fine.
we moved DS to a bed (at floor level) at 20 months as he used to roll around and smack his head on the cot and wake himself, he is on a single sized mattress as the cot mattress was too small (he'd roll off it), still rolls of the single actually but as its at floor level it doesnt matter
I have to say that his sleeping improved out of sight!!
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