Where do you sleep when your kid is poorly - practical question

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Hello, this isn’t a general question about a style of parenting. I’m talking about quite literally what is the bedroom setup on the days that your child is poorly and wants you to stay with them? Do you sleep on their floor? Do you squeeze into their bed? Do you keep a Z-bed or something?

My toddler is still in his cot, but as we are saving up for a big boy bed I’m wondering if I should get one with a trundle mattress in the drawer. I would like to stay with him on the occasions that he’s poorly (because he doesn’t like coming into our bed) However I don’t think I can sleep on the carpet because I have bony hips! Or do you just squeeze into the bed with them?

We stay in our own beds. Doors open if worried.

When they were little they liked to sleep fully on top of me if given half a chance, so I slept on a foldout next to them if they were ill enough to need the attention. I spent one miserable night on the foldout while 7m pregnant with DC2 rubbing DC1's back while he coughed and cried every ten minutes all night.

These days they've eased off on the octopus routine so if really necessary they go in our bed with me and DH sleeps elsewhere.

In my bed. The probably would sleep in their rooms but I like them close when they’re poorly!