bilby went into a single bed before two (with rail and HEAPS of pillows UNDER the sheets to build up the sides, so she was sleeping in the recess. but no pillow for her head, above the sheets, to sleep on at that age. As long as she got her breastfeed to sleep, she was fine. But sometime during the night, i would hear a pad pad pad down the corridor, and there she would be, sleepily, coming to find me for a breastfeed. Like a homing pigeon. LOL.

i agree, you know when YOUR child is ready for a bed. the mattress on the floor sounds a great idea.