Making our bed safe for baby daytime naps. 4m+

[Jellybabie3]

So we've had some progress with my velcro baby that needs to be held for all naps, he will sleep on our bed. This is great as I now have two hands to do things (read a book! Cross stitch! Have a cup of tea and a biscuit!)

I know alot of people do this so I am curious how you make the bed safe if for example you wanted/needed to pop to the loo, answer the door for the postman, stir the dinner, whatever...

So, do you:

Just stay with them the whole time (i anticipate trying to nap too sometimes or do as I am now and sit next to him)

Or somehow make the bed safe for fear of them waking and rolling etc and if so how?

Thanks in advance

Thanks @amelie427 i will camp out where needed and cuddle (when i need it!) Be a good opportunity for me to catch some zzzz's

As with PP I’d suggest making a bed on the floor somewhere. That way if you do need to pop away and baby rolls then there’s not really any damage to be done. If baby is really fussy and will only settle on your bed, then I’d suggest getting everything you need sorted before baby goes for nap. Sometimes this is what I had to do and if I needed the loo I’d just have to wait 😂 not ideal but my DS went through a phase of being an absolute nap refuser so once he did fall asleep I wasn’t waking him for anything.

Also, just to give you hope. My DS was a Velcro baby aswell. I wore him in a sling pretty much 24/7 for the first 14 weeks and held for all naps and he cried/moaned pretty much all day. At about 4 months he was suddenly happy to be put in his cot. It was a gradual thing. Now at 9 months he goes to sleep fully awake and babbles himself to sleep- with the occasion moan but rarely a real protest. No dummies ever. Wee rascal never took one.

Hey Jellie! We did this and like a previous poster, we used things to wedge the bed but also had a video monitor on - the bedroom wasn’t that far away from all other rooms so was easy enough to rush through if I saw baby waking.

But I stayed with her for all naps until 6 months anyway - hope that helps somewhat.

@FATEdestiny I never hated you, I don’t even know you - but have often been exasperated at your attitude towards people that’s all. I also have a lot of respect for some of your advice, and you seem to have softened lately although not to Jellie it seems

I'll never soften or change. Just around less frequently (now youngest is at preschool so I walk the dog more). Thus my "I can't be arsed to pander to your shit" attitude is less concentrated.