Is it OK to sleep on a mattress that is directly on the floor?

[ItsAllGoingToBeFine]

Hi,

I am planning to co-sleep and I would rather have a low bed so it doesn't matter (although obviously I will be trying to avoid that! )if baby falls out, rather than worrying about her being smooshed against a bed guard.

Is it ok to put a mattress/mattresses directly on the floor? I was always taught this was a no no due to the amount of perspiration that needs to pass through a mattress in the night (i.e. if mattress was on floor the bottom would get soggy and minging).

However, if it is ok to put mattress straight on floor it means that I don't have to try a persuade DP to bodge some sort of a base for a cot mattress

no idea but have you thought about a futon? we slept on one for ages

Second the futon, we didn't co-sleep but whenever we put DS on it we didn't really have to worry about if he rolled off.

Can't afford a new bed So its either a mattress on the floor, or bodge something to lift it up a bit so can ventilate

where roughly in the uk are you? think we have a futon we need rid of

Well it's better than a futon!!! Futons are probably not as good for long term sleeping as a proper mattress.

I do wonder about some of the questions people ask sometimes. Seriously. How much sweating do you imagine you do at night that owuld leave the bottom of a mattress soggy and minging? And what do you think happens in that ase with mattresses on Divans?

I think you need to think very very carefully about this and possibly ask your GP. I have heard some terrible and surprising things.

ItsAllGoingToBeFine just rotate tha mattress every month or so, but this isn't the sahara, you are just not going to sweat that much at night! (unloess of course, you are in the sahara, in which case, forgive me!)

I've slept on a mattress on the floor on carpeted, stone, and wooden floors, both in the UK, and in high humidity tropical environments (my sister accuses me of never living anywhere, but always camping) and I've never had any problems with 'sweaty bottomed mattress'. My belts and jackets got mouldy just hanging in the humid wardrobe, but no problem with the mattress - you can always turn it once a month if you're worried.

I think you'd have to sweat an enormous amount to get through the top mattress pad....

Agree with the futon base - even though mattresses probably don't actually suffer from sweat draining to the bottom it's good to keep them aired. I have mine on a futon base and it's great.

It wasn't so much sweat more sort of warm moist air, then condensing on the colder floor beneath that I was worried about.

hullygully I am intrigued...terrible and surprising things about cosleeping or mattresses on the floor?