Co-sleeping and standing up

[wanderingalbatross]

11mo DD has recently got very good at pulling herself up to standing, even while wearing a grobag! The trouble is that we co-sleep and she has a little sidecar cot. The rails are low enough that I worry she could easily climb over and fall out.

I know plenty of people on here do co-sleep past this age, but how do you do it safely? Especially in the early part of the evening when they're (allegedly) asleep upstairs while you're (allegedly) having a lovely glass of wine downstairs with your DH discussing important grown-up matters.

Our other option is to get her to sleep in her cot, but I've never really managed to get her to sleep there before. Everything I try is met with screaming!

How big's your bed and are you or your partner smokers, serious drinkers or on any drowsy- making medication??

If not, during the night time proper you could put her in between the two of you - without the bars next to her she won't be able to pull herself up.

Or, could you convert the drop-down side to a normal side for the time being, and still have it pushed up against your bed? It will be a pain to get her out and feed her in the night but you never know, she might just get a bit more used to sleeping in her cot as a result.

As for the evening problem, that's a bit more tricky isn't it?? Putting her directly in bed with bed guards probably won't work for the obsessively-pulling-up stage..............

.......... Oh hang on, I have an idea - could you maybe lift your mattress onto the floor for now dispensing with the base? You would have to child-proof your bedroom tho. Nowhere to fall that way. If you want her still to have your own space at night, you could always lift her mattress onto the floor next to yours, too.