Cosleeping, preventing falling out before I go to bed!

[GGtops]

Hi, I'm after a bit of advice regarding cosleeping please.
I cosleep on a sofa bed in my DD's (11.5 months old) bedroom. It is a low bed so she is able to crawl out without hurting herself, although she doesn't usually attempt this during the night.
What do I do when we stay away from home in a normal bed which is further from the floor? I worry that she will fall out, especially if she wakes before I go to bed. What do other people do in this instance?
I am looking to make the transition to a cot before long as she is getting increasingly mobile, which is a whole different story!

TIA xx

[Christelle2207]

Take a travel cot and put her in that until you go to bed
Or
Get a video monitor and keep a close eye
Or
You can get portable bed guards I think

[GGtops]

Thanks Christelle2207, good suggestions. I've been thinking about bed guards, I'll do some research. Can't afford video monitor and she won't usually stay in a travel cot unfortunately. Xx

[KittyandTeal]

We have (although don't use it anymore) a bed guard that slips under the mattress. Think it's a Tomy one. Was about £25 from amazon.

We used it from about 12mo to 26mo and then on her own bed for a little bit when she finally went in there

[ISpidersmanYouMeanPirate]

We have a portable bed guard (we only bought portable because it was the cheapest on amazon - it's been fantastic and we've even taken it on the plane on holiday in our suitcase!)

We put DS1 in a normal single bed aged 12 months when he refused to go into the cot - he still uses the bed guard aged nearly 4 years cos when I took it off he fell out of bed

I co-sleep with DS2 (14 months) and use a bed guard on our bed.

[GGtops]

Thank you ????
I think I'll invest in a bed guard. Tonight I'm going to attempt getting her to sleep in her cot... She always feeds to sleep and has at least 2 feeds during the night so I imagine I'll have a long night ahead of me! Xx

[basilflower]

We use the lindam bed guards, they just fit in the car boot too. Though we've also on occasion just taken the mattress off the bed when visiting people, though you need a big room to do that!

[Artandco]

Away I just let them fall asleep downstairs on dh or I, or in pram, or on sofa. Then take to bed when we went