2 year old sleeping on the floor

[Muddlingalongalone]

So Dd2 (great sleeper for 6 months, shocking since but did sleep through X2 since) has decided over the last couple of weeks that she wants to sleep on the floor.
Any reason why I shouldn't just let her?
If it makes a difference she ends up with me every night anyway.

I assume you would give her a mattress on and bedding for her floor-bed? In which case, fine if it works for you. Potential problems:

• her deciding to get up and mess around in her bedroom at any point in the night or morning. This isn't good for fostering good sleep habits

• her deciding to get up, wander down into your room / bathroom / downstairs whenever she feels like it. Stairgate on do it solves this, but can mean you can no longer close the bedroom door (depends on design of doorframe)

• keeping her on her bed at bedtime. Especially difficult if going to bed is already a battle.

• Teaching her to stay in bed in the morning will be more of a challenge. Perhaps a non-issue if she's in with you anyway.

• some children get a suprising amount of security from the enclosed feeling of the cot. They can become unsettled and find it harder to relax if not emotionally ready for that loss of security

DD1 went through a phase of sleeping on her floor a while back. She has both a bed and a sofa in her room but chose the floor. Last week she slept on MY floor for 3 nights (on her mattress with covers etc) before deciding to move back to her own room. She ends up in my bed every night regardless of where she starts off. She is nearly 3. I just roll with it tbh. I see no reason for you not to let her as long as you are happy with it.

My 2 year old does this too, i even bought him a thomas air bed as well made no difference so i throw cover over him but he ends up in my bed by midnight anyway.

DD did this sometimes, at various points through toddler/ youngsterhood.A few times also wanted to sleep in a 'tent' she'd been playing in earlier on the sofa. We just went with it, as long as she was safe and warm.

Ds (now 14) had several years where he would have phases of sleeping on the floor. I figured if he had a bed in his room that he could sleep on, if he chose to put pillows and quilt of the floor and sleep there instead, it was up to him. His sleep was the same regardless so I just left him to it.

Thanks all - glad it's reasonably normal. My concern was no mattress but I like the theory that if she's choosing it over bed or sofa in her room then it's up to her. She's got covers/pillows & teddies and it's only til 11:30-12 anyway.

Hmmm can see why some of those may be issues FATE thanks for the detailed input. I think I'll have to cross the bridge of her playing in her room not sleeping when we get to it. Not much in her room anyway thankfully.