Bed Rails?

[MamaK]

Hi all,

Our DD 3 months has been sleeping with us since birth. She is not always in the middle of myself and DH, and has just started becoming a bit more active during sleep.
So, I bought a bed rail and it sucked! I could push it ever so slightly and there was still HEAPS of room for a small baby to get stuck between, so, it's going back tomorrow!

Anyone got any great tips or brands for preventing bubs from falling out of bed?

Thanks in advance!!!!!

[smiles4u]

Sorry KELL i'm of no help to you but i need to purchase a bed rail for my 2.5year old so i'm interested too in anyone's suggestions in what brand to buy

P.S - Just LOVE your DD's name SEVEN !!!!

[Matryoshka]

I would just recommend NOT getting a wooden gaurd rail of any kind as my DS had an accident where he fell on to the wooden gaurd rail which was built on to his bed (a popular childrens bed actually), and had a large gash in the side of his chin. I would go for one of the padded mesh kinds.

We co-slept for 2 years though and never used a guard rail on our bed, he always slept between us, or if he did on the outside we put a pillow there, though i wouldn't do that until after 6 months just in case of smothering.

[Ezz]

I have a Safety 2st one that attaches to the mattress. It's great because there is no gap (it actually sits on top of the mattress & clamps underneath. You do lose a little bit of mattress - but at least there is no room for smothering. It's made from mesh (which DS loses running his fingers along - this is often how he falls to sleep. It's designed for an ensemble, but you can use it on a bed with wooden slats, provided that the slats are in the right position for the clamps underneath (which I guess you wouldn't know until you bought it! - fortunately for DS's bed, it fitted fine)

[MamaK]

Thanks Ezz. I did see those Safety 1st ones in the store but I didn't buy it because of the losing some of the room on the bed. We only have a Queen and am trying to conserve as much space as possible. How much room do you lose Ezz? I m having trouble with space as it is using pillows and such.

[Ezz]

You lose about 10cm. The nice thing is that you tuck the covers under the rail, so then you know they are going to be nice & firm across bub (and not going to ride up & smother him)

[MamaK]

Hrm. I might have to think about getting one of those then. Compromise for losing 10cm is the safety of Seven.

Thanks!

[Jewel]

The bed rail we got for DS1 was the brand babyhood. The fold down bed guard one.
I think it was fantastic for us.

I'm not much help sorry.
Good luck with finding the right one for you.

xx

[MamaK]

Update: I have been using the Safety 1st on top of bed rail for a few weeks and its brilliant!!!!

[Heaven]

That's great Kell!
I want to try co-sleeping I think when bub arrives but I don't know how I would get a bed rail that attaches to our bed. It's from IKEA and the mattress sort of sits inside the base of the bed, hmm....
Seeing as tho you've done your research now...any ideas??

[Marlene]

I have the same sort of bed SaraJane and am looking for a rail as well as DS is getting more mobile.
Will be watching this thread.

[Heaven]

Ooh...let me know if you find anything!!

[MamaK]

Hi SaraJane & Marlene,
Look at me now thinking I'm an expert on bedrails! LOL. I have a slat bed, and the two 'legs' of the bed rail position nicely over a slat each.
My mattress sits about an inch 'into' my bed frame and the rail 'feet' just sit nice and snug against the bed frame. If you aren't able to push your mattress a tiny bit over then it might not work for you.
I found that all the other bed frames are made for small mattresses and because we have a pillow top, the top of the frame was about 1cm higher than Seven, so kind of pointless!
Also I didn't find them very stable.

I can take some pictures if you like?
Also, I have a couple of suggestions for cosleeping aids if you want.
Hope this helps!