Help - I want to carry on co-sleeping - what do you do when they can crawl?

[Gooby]

Hi. Just read a post about co-sleeping so now know there are lots of you out there who have been doing it long term (very reassuring). Co-sleeping is (mostly) working for us so I'm keen to carry on, but ds (nearly 8 months) is on the verge of crawling and I'm wondering about safety. He's going through a phase of waking in the night and gettign on all fours - I'm worried that once he can crawl he'll be off the side of the bed before I can stop him.

How did you make co-sleeping work once your babies were more mobile?

hi gooby,
we coslept with dd until she was 15 months and even now a year later most nights she ends up in bed with us. We always had her in the middle between us so she wasn't able to crawl out without us knowing.....our bed is very low so I didn't worry too much about a fall out.
We also had the stairgate closed at the top of the stairs - still do - 'in case'. I'm sure a pillow or folded up think blanket on the side of the bed would cushion a fall? Can you push the bed up against a wall? Good luck, hope you find a solution that works for you!
hana

Hi like hana our dd slept in the middle of us, if dh was away i just used to put pillows on the her side of the bed. Never had any problems. Oh also had a stairgate.

hi, we are the same, in fact we are 4 in the bed, ds 3 y and dd 9 mo, we make sure someone on each side of dd.

Bed against the wall, baby sandwich, something soft on floor at foot of bed. Better still sleep on a mattress on the floor.