Co-sleeping Q

[MegBusset]

After a nightmare couple of weeks' non-sleeping, I am going to try co-sleeping for a couple of nights while DH sleeps on sofa, seems the only way to catch up on sleep.

But layout of room means bed can't go against wall, so how do I make sure DS can't roll out of bed? Can I buy a bed rail and if so where? We have a double mattress on metal frame.

I have a tomy bed rail, argos seem to have the same model p1503 but they say its only suitable for divan beds. We managed to fit it somehow to our non divan bed but it took some fiddling around. I think some of the baby mail order places (eg jojo maman bebe) have a wider range. I got mine from a shop in Kings Lynn.

Before I got the rail and when DS was quite little and didn't take up so much room I'd put a pillow on the other side of him (a few inches away) just for a bit of security.

Another option if the co sleeping works out could be to put your mattress on the floor.

Hope that's a bit of help, good luck!

I wondered about using a pillow, but is that safe?

how old is your ds?

dp stayed in bed, baby between us but with my arm round.

He;s 14 weeks, very kicky and starting to roll.

Bed is too small for all 3 of us, last night he has in with us from 3.30 and poor DH didn't sleep at all (kept getting kicked in the back).

did the same as fishie, dh stayed in the bed and ds in the middle but from about 9 months. Never had a problem with him falling out. Depends if you can all get a decent sleep in together

sorry x posts.

can you put the matress on the floor?

we got a rail off ebay - only cost about £5 I think.

Fits onto any type of bed, just slots under the matress.

Hes never actually rolled into the rail, but it's good to know it's there if/when he does - iyswim!

Sorry! just checked and my rail isn't Tomy its "nursery classics"..

TBH I only used a pillow as that was what they showed me in the hospital for feeding (in case I nodded off....) if he is rolling I wouldn't use one and I never put it next to him.

Our bed isn't big enough for the three of us either, DS hates it if DH is in the bed as he doesn't get so much room and ends up sliding towards us because of the weight!

eventually when kicking etc became too much (bit later for us i think about 7m? but we have big bed), i took the side off the cot and tied it to the bed. the cot not the side is there room for that?

nice bedrail here you can get them all over the place, kiddicare, john lewis, mothercare.

We have a bedside cot - which allows you to put one side of the cot down entirely - we then wedge the cot plus our bed against the wall and I have a long body pillow to bridge gap btwn the two and this is working well for us. I get to sleep with dh as well as dd and everyone has enough room.

Thanks for all your replies!

He is currently in a crib so can't have that against the bed - we are planning to get a bedside cot when we move house in a few weeks, but no room for it at the mo.

Mattress can't go on floor as we use the space under the bed for storing loads of stuff that we don't have room for anywhere else! (We are in small flat - hence moving house soon!)

Perhaps I will see if I can get Tomy one from Argos and see if DH can fix it to our (non-divan) bed. Just needs to be a short-term solution as I don't want to co-sleep full time, miss having DH in bed!