Largest bedside co-sleeper?

[lottierich]

Hi ladies...so my 8.5month old is a terrible sleeper and the only way I can manage is to continue to let him sleep next to me in his SnuzPod...otherwise I'm up and down like a yo-yo to his room all night. As you can imagine tho he is too big for Snuzpod now as it's meant to be for 0-6months!..thankfully he's not a massive baby. I've no room to fit a cot up against the bed unfortunately so I'm considering buying another co-sleeper cot as iv heard some are larger than the Snuzpod...anyone any suggestions? Or does anyone have a baby over 6months still in a co-sleeper and if so which one?! Thanks x

I found the Chicco Next2me was considerably larger than Snuzpod and my eldest was in it until 7/8 months. If you have space for a compact cot in your room/space to add a single bed in his room, I would recommend doing one of those, taking the side off the cot and wedging it against the bed. We have done this with DC2 as a friend was due 4 months after me and I gave her my Next2me - it works like a dream.

I know people put older babies in the next to me and I think DS would still physically fit in ours at 9.5 months (and he's a big baby) BUT there's a reason they say it's for babies before 6 months and I don't think it's safe to have an older baby in one - the sides are very low. DS went from not pulling himself up on the bars of his cot to doing it near instantly overnight and I have absolutely no doubt that if we still used the next to me he could pull, or just flop, himself over the side if he was sat up in it. Obviously if you literally never leave them unattended in it and you know you wake whenever they wake it's a bit different, but lots of people put a baby down in a cosleeper at the beginning of the night and then join them later, and I don't think it's safe for that.

Hi ladies thanks for the replies...
Yes agree co-sleepers could be dangerous with older baby unattended...I put DS to bed around 8pm in his own room in cotbed...but he only stays there for approx 2 hours then when he wakes he just won't re-settle unless he's lying next to me 🙄
Hi Riddles...yes totally agree...I did this work DS2 and it works a treat! We've now moved house tho and our bedroom is really awkward shape so we hve limited options for bed/furniture etc and physically can't fit cot in next to bed! Gutted...might not have bought the house if I'd thought about it 😂😂 joking obvs but do need a solution 🤔 Maybe Next to me is worth a try if I could pick one up cheap second hand...might buy me a few more months??!!! Oh these babies 😆

You need a normal cot or cot bed with a drop side not a side sleeper IYSWIM

Or just co-sleep with bed against the wall or get a bed edge thing