Co-sleepers - What do you do in the morning?

[fionas]

DD always woke up before me so not quite the same problem BUT I generally left her on the bed so I could go get her a bottle and she could have that in bed with me. That was the theory anyway, more and more often she would get off the bed and follow me. So we basically taught her how to get off the bed safely (feet rather than head first). Maybe that would work then you don't need to worry? We're lucky though in that our bed is pretty close to the floor so easy for her to get off.

[Liz]

DD is asleep on the bed right now I develop super hearing.. and hear her when she stirs. It helps that I know she usually sits up and makes noise before she starts to crawl around.

DS was climbing off the bed safely at about 13 months, but I found he never crawled off the edge anyway, it was him sitting himself up too close to the edge that made him fall off.. took him a while to work out where to put his bum when he sat up. hehe.

[Ezz]

DS can pretty much get off the bed safely (backwards) - but I'm not confident that he will do it every time. Maybe we need to practise that. Thanks!

[Liz]

forgot to update. The afternoon I posted here.. she fell off the bed, coz she got up without a sound! LOL. She survived tho

[Melody7]

Have you got a baby monitor? I got one so I could hear DS stirring when I was in another room. I found this helped alot. When he wakes up I can hear him stirring (on the monitor) he calls out and I call back to him. That way, he tends to stay on the bed until I come and get him.

I also taught him to "Stop. Turn Around and Slide Down" - which he does now all by himself and has done so for a while.