r/floorbed

Has anyone done a floor bed a laid with their baby to fall asleep as a way of “sleep training”?

For reference my 9mo old co-sleeps and nurses all night long. We are weaning. We expect a lot of crying and frustration but wondering if has worked for anyone?

As title says, we've gotten 95% of of my daughter's room (9 month old) childproofed as we've moved her to a floor bed after trying to make a crib work for months without success.

The only thing I cannot figure out how to make child safe is our glider chair. She is very mobile for a 9mo (crawling for the last few months, can stand without pulling herself up, climbs stairs like a champ) and I am very worried that she is going to pull herself up on the chair and then fall off.

Right now I join her on her floor bed after midnight when my husband goes to bed because I am so worried about her waking up in the morning before me and getting herself hurt.

The room is small and the glider is necessary as it's where we do all of her feeding, reading and it's put main tool to get her to sleep (rocking).

What have others done to make the chair safe?

Hi all! I am looking to buy my first floorbed for my nearly 1 year old to enable co sleeping and hopefully to save our sleep. He hasn’t ever slept through the night and is a little boob barnacle waking every hour.

In terms of floorbed, I have some questions i’d love some advice on…

1. Should I avoid beds with rails? I’d like the option of him napping independently and don’t want him to fall off, but also worried about him hitting his head on them

2. If I go for one with rails, do I still need to position it in the centre of the room away from all walls?

3. Does it make a difference where the opening is on a bed with rails? What’s safest, and is it a pain to get out of as a co sleeping mum.

4. Should I opt for a UK double size bed, or would a single or small double be enough room for feeding to sleep/cosleeping/ eventually sneaking out (fingers crossed!!)

Thanks in advance and sorry if this has been asked before, feel free to point me in the right direction. There is just so much to consider and the cost is a lot.

Cheers!

Bought the mattress, going to buy the frame soon. I just can’t understand how my girl (16 months) isn’t going to just immediately standup and walk out of the bed and never actually sleep lol? Like currently I put her in the crib and she rolls around with her stuffies until she passes out…but I feel like with the floor bed instead of rolling around happily she’s going to instead standup and then go to the door and start crying to leave the room.

Just curious on others experiences and if their toddler was upset with the transition at first

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Having deliberated for months about how to transition my (now 10-month-old) baby into a safer sleep setup, we’ve recently moved from co-sleeping in our bed to a floor bed.

I’m a first-time mum and had fully planned for my baby to sleep in a cot from birth, but very quickly realised that co-sleeping was the only way any of us were getting any sleep. We’ve tried many times to get her into a cot, but it’s never worked for us, and I don’t want to do any cry-it-out sleep training.

Recently she started rolling a lot in her sleep, which made me too anxious to continue sleeping in our bed, so we switched to a simple floor bed, currently just a firm IKEA mattress on the floor (20cm high).

I thought it would solve my worries, but now I’m just anxious that she’s going to roll off and hit her head on the floor.

I’ve seen foldable crash pads and thick foam mats you can buy, but the room is already cramped and they seem expensive, especially if we’d need them around multiple sides of the bed.

Am I missing something here? What does everyone else do? Do babies actually fall out often, or do they somehow learn where the edge is?

For context, I still sleep next to her, but I’d eventually like to transition away from that.

Now I feel like I can’t sleep because I’m so worried she’ll fall and hurt herself. I've read that pool noodles/bumpers under the sheets are a hazard, and pillows around the bed seem unsafe too.

I’ve also wondered whether one of those large memory foam-style rugs might help cushion the floor a bit? Would that be a sensible option?

Would really appreciate hearing what others do because I feel like I’m overthinking it!

My boy is almost 7 months old. We switched him to a floor bed about a month ago and it has been SO helpful. His sleep has been improving so much.

BUT: Last night, he suddenly decided he likes to sleep with his face pressed down into the mattress.

I know everyone says if they can roll into that position, that they are fine and do not need to be moved. But since he is no longer in a crib mattress that is specifically designed for things like this… I’m freaking out about it. I’m an anxious wreck.

We used to use the Owlet sock, which would ease my worry with this A LOT, but it kept leaving marks on his foot and we had so many false alarms. It just became too problematic so we stopped using it.

He can roll both ways perfectly well. I’m just a terrified FTM.

Is this okay? Do I need to move him back to a crib mattress?

We have a 6 month old who we are planning on transitioning to a floor bed in the next couple weeks in her own room. However, we do not plan to cosleep with her. I will only go lay with her if need be. Is anybody else out there in the same boat?

Working on putting together my giant 12mo’s new room and transitioning her in the next few months because she is busting out of her crib, and love this community’s expertise! I’m curious when you felt comfortable to start adding pillows and blankets, and when you dropped the sleep sack completely.

Also looking for mattress recommendations (double or queen — my baby is already huge so we’re not going to bother with a twin that we’ll need to upgrade in 2 years). We’re not going to spend a fortune — all the other mattresses in our house are IKEA, some over 10 years old, and we’re still happy with them.

We are getting ready to transition our 6 month old out of the Snoo and onto a floor bed. We are forgoing the crib completely, as the floor bed just seems like a better fit for our family (eliminates a transfer, easier to nurse or snuggle her back to sleep.) Below is a list of items we’ve purchased to make sure this is a safe set up….

•Full sized Plank mattress with removable cooling cover
•frame for under mattress to prevent mold
•nonslip pad thing to keep mattress from sliding off frame
•Harpa play pen to go around mattress
•my husband purchased pool noodles to use as bumpers
•All possible baby proofing things for the room

I also have 2 questions. One: are the pool noodles as bumpers considered safe? Two: we want to put the mattress in the corner of the room. I’ve read mixed messages on the safety of this as well (risk of entrapment.) Any advice is appreciated!

My parents (dad & stepmom) are DYING to have a sleepover with my 15 month old son. This might be long… but advice is appreciated.

My son sleeps in a twin floor bed with 30” high rails. Where would he sleep if he stayed with them? He’s wild. He would absolutely roll off the bed.

If my son wakes during the night, if he’s not crying… I don’t go to him. Probably 90% of the time he puts himself back to sleep. Sometimes it takes 5 min & sometimes he lays there and babbles in the dark for a half hour before he falls back asleep. He has books within reach of his bed, and if he wakes super early, it’s not uncommon for him to pull a book through the rails and look at it then go back to sleep. I do not intervene until 7 am at the earliest. Unless he cries. Then I go in.

However, I have no doubt that without the crib rails he would get up and walk around. He would get out of bed. At least once a night, more likely once in the night and again around 6:00 am. I don’t see this going well at grandma & grandpa’s house.

I’m having another baby in July. My parents are not capable of carrying my son up our stairs. They’ve told me this. He walks, but if he doesn’t want to go upstairs… I pick his tiny butt up and take him upstairs. You cannot force a toddler to walk up stairs on their own. Sometimes transport is required. We have NOBODY to call when I go into labor. My son will HAVE to stay with my parents, and it will HAVE to be at their house because they have a single level home.

Any thoughts? Advice? How should I address this?

FTM in the UK.

LO has just turned 6 months and in the few week has decided that the next to me cot is evil. We have been co sleeping but this isn’t great for me with my lovely PGP left over from pregnancy. We are due to make the transition to his own room, but have a few Q’s about floor beds that I can’t seem to find answers to:

1. Currently feed to sleep. The ideal bed would be one where I could feed him like I do when we co-sleep (side lying BF) and then once he is asleep I can roll away to freedom, so probably would need a bed with no rails?

If the bed is low enough to the ground does this eliminate the need for rails? If bed is not against walls etc. he isn’t crawling fully quite yet.
When we co sleep he never moves from being on his back in the middle of the bed

Can the rails just be the same style as a crib (vertical I assume) but only round 3/4 of the sides?

2. All the frames sold online say they are for 18 months+ so now I’m doubting everything 😂

3. Any recommendations on a good place to get frames/ slats?

4. Other than firm are there any other mattress requirements? I’m quite a big lass so would need a bed bigger than a standard single most likely to facilitate the feeds.

Sorry for the long post but just trying to get it right and only today realised floor beds are a thing 😂

Hi all! Thinking about a floor bed for my 16 month old who doesn’t sleep well currently. He starts the night in his crib then comes into my bed during the night. My thinking is a floor bed with me supporting him back to sleep and rolling away might seem like a more permanent arrangement and hopefully my toddler will feel comfortable there. Anyways, my questions are, what type of floor bed is best? One with mostly rails with a small gap? No rails at all? Best size?
The side comes completely off his crib, it’s not a big drop and I could put a mattress half under for him to roll onto - would that not be a similar set up, or am I missing the point?
Do your children not just constantly get up and out? How do you prevent them leaving the room (he can open doors) I don’t want him locked in.

Do you nurse or cuddle them to sleep or do they fall asleep independently? I have a very sensitive 10 month old bad sleeper but I stopped nursing to sleep some months ago. He‘s fine with cuddling to sleep now but this means that he wakes up 30-90mins after bedtime and I have to go in again and basically spend the night with him in his bed. How do others do it?

Been sleeping on the floor for about a year now because of some back issues. It honestly started as a random experiment after hearing people say it could help with alignment, and for me, it actually has. My back feels more supported and I’ve gotten used to that very firm, flat surface with almost no give.

But now I’m moving in with my partner, so sleeping on the floor every night probably isn’t the best long-term plan. We’re looking into getting an actual bed but I’m worried most mattresses will feel way too soft compared to what I’m used to. I’m trying to find a really firm mattress that feels as close to floor sleeping as possible. Something flat, supportive and simple that keeps my spine straight and doesn’t soften too much over time.

A few people have mentioned the Plank Firm to me, looks good but I’ve also seen mixed opinions. Some say it’s extremely firm, while others say it still has a little softness to it. So what is it really?? Has anyone here gone from floor sleeping to a mattress and found something that felt similar? I’d appreciate any recommendations/advice.

Like the title says I plan to start transitioning my LO from sidecar bassinet to a floor bed after we move apartments over the summer. Right now she typically nurses to sleep and transitions pretty well to her bassinet once she’s actually asleep. Since she nurses to sleep and sometimes wants to bedshare in the mornings I’m torn between doing a twin size bed bed so I could lay with her or a crib size with crib mattress to be safer, I know it’s a ways away and her habits could change not to mention the big feelings that could potentially come from moving and being in a completely new space. I’m curious about safe (or safer) options and what sort of set ups have worked for others. TIA!

I switched to a floor bed (mattress directly on the floor) with my daughter at 18 months. She did great, but she also adapts really well to new things. We had bought a twin mattress for her and the rest is history.

Fast forward to today with my 15 month old boy, he’s energetic, all over the place, light sleeper but falls asleep easily. He’s not walking yet. I currently rock him to sleep but 1. He’s getting bigger and it’s a little more difficult to rock him. 2. The constant alligator rolling around in my arms is driving me nuts lol 3. The rocking chair is killing my back especially during sleep regressions where it takes me hours to get him to sleep.

I’d like to get him used to falling asleep in a bed rather than rocking him forever. I was thinking of baby proofing his room completely and putting his crib mattress on the floor to start.

Should I just go for it? Should I wait to get a twin size mattress instead?

As I learned in my last post that we have to ditch the floor bed with a flame thing we had, I’m trying to find a new set up for our 5 months old baby asap. I initially wanted to fully babyproof the room and put a crib mattress on the floor, but baby proofing seems to be not so straightforward in our case. I’m now thinking of putting the mattress in a playpen (the one with just a wooden flame). I’m reading there’s an entrapment risk, but if the playpen is large enough (170cm by 170cm) for the mattress (120cm by 70cm) and the mattress is very thin (4cm), would it still be dangerous? I can’t really imagine how he would trap himself in a setup up like this, but thought I would ask your opinions here. I remember reading it once here that using a playpen would be safe if there’s enough margins between the mattress, but I can’t seem to find that post now, and I could be wrong. We don’t plan to cosleep at the moment as the baby is a great independent sleeper.