Anyone who never bothered with a bed guard on their toddler's bed?

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Ds moved out of his cot at the weekend. He is sleeping well in the converted bed apart from falling out. He doesn't hurt himself, but wakes as he is uncomfortable and needs us to lift him back in.
What did you do?
DId you give in and buy a rail in the end?
How long until he gets used to it?

Apart from Boys2mam, I seem to be the only one who's had a bad experience here. DS fell out of bed when he was 3.5 and fractured his collarbone

I bought a bedguard, but it wouldn't fit on the bed. It's only a low down bed anyway, and she slept at her grandmas in a normal double bed no problem. Kids can break things just falling over from standing, so I wouldn't worry. If they are going to break something they will. Its a lot safer falling out of bed than falling out of a cot.

We didn't start with one as she went into the spare double bed. Twas only when she managed to fall out of that that I got talking to one of my mindees parents, who gave me a guard. We only used it for a few weeks until she got used to not wriggling so much

We had one for both boys but they have quite high divans and it is a long drop. I'm glad we did as we often found DS1 wedged between the side of the bed and the guard. It acted as a net - must have been a bit like sleeping in a hammock. He moves around a lot in his sleep though.

We took it away when he stopped getting himself wedged and I think he as fallen out of bed once since.

DS2 probably didn't need one so much but we had it so we used it for a bit.

We initially didn't have one but she didn't sleep that well and kept getting out of bed to come to us - she only fell out once or twice onto pillows etc but I think that when we put a guard up (which we were lucky enough to borrow from a friend), I got the impression she felt a lot more secure with it and has slept much better since then. I think she missed the security of her cot and the guard has helped that transition.

i never did - so they fall out of bed - tell them to stop crying and go back to sleep

When my son first started sleeping in a bed, I just put a couple of pillows under his mattress, along the length of it. A child can't roll uphill. Guards don't always fit beds, and you can't always take a guard with you if you're away.
Didn't have any problems whatsoever with him falling out, and I as a child carer, I still use the same technique with littlies making the transition from cot to bed.

DD never had a rail. Bed was very low to the floor (it was her cot bed actually, so just the sides were removed) and she never fell out. However, now she's a bit older, she tends to wriggle more while asleep and has, on occasion, fallen out. She's never hurt herself though, and either gets back in or goes back to sleep on the floor!

We have an IKEA extendable bed for DS (aged just over 2). It is extended to the single bed size so that I can cuddle him on the bed (he's used to an element of co-sleeping). I have a guard rail for our bed because at the age of 17 months I worried that when he was on our bed he would fall off when I slept. I bought another rail for his new bed (they are the type that you join together under the bed so that you can have rails on both sides). When I put it on his bed though I realised that he'd get his foot caught in it trying to get out and also the bed had little fixed guards top and bottom so with the bedrail on there was nowhere for him to climb out. I worried that he would hurt himself, so I took the second rail back to the shop. He's been fine - I just tuck the duvet in on the open side and check on him whenever I go to the loo (adjusting him if necessary).

I do want to add however that I have found the Lindam bed rail really useful for our bed (which is much higher) and if it was a divan without any little guards I would have used one on his bed too.

DD went into her bed for the first time last week at 2.8. The bed is very close to the ground and has no guard on it. I put a pillow and small bean-bag pouffe on the floor next to it 'just in case' as there is a chest of drawers close by. She's only fallen out a couple of times - never waking up - in fact the first night she ended up almost in the middle of the room, on her front, bum in the air still fast asleep - I'm assuming she must have moved there in her sleep rather than falling that far!

Had to reply.
Our LO is 10 mths, bought one 3-4 mths ago for when Littleone coeeos on OH side of bed...

We used to have a troll cot, but aged 6 mths stood up and almost fell on floor.

After rolling off our bed one morning.. I invested in one of these. For normal or adult knee high beds I do recommend one of these. It saves the accidental slides.

I also have a wriggler. So for his last 2 months in troll cot and since in his big cot (which he is in as much as I can put him in - when he has a cd there's no point- ) he has breathable air bumpers.
He likes the soft edges of the bed rail, play pen when up and the breathable baby air bumper.

I like it as it saves rolling around and high falls.

If I had a lower cot/or adult bed. I probably wouldn't worry. But I have a easy to get out of bed... Hence the issue.
For the single adult bed in his room. Looking to sort out the radiator wall side and the side I try not to fall off when I end up in there.

I have read all other posts.
You need to decide what works for the type of LO yours is like?
Wriggler?
Likes to feel safe and encased?
Then yes you'll find it useful.

And you can always get a secondhand one to try, rather than pay 20-35£ for a new one.

Roll up a towel or two and put them under a fitted sheet along the open edge of the bed. It's enough of a barrier to stop them rolling out by accident and it's completely free!

Doubt they'll need one now as the child will be five years older