Cot advice

My LB is still in his next to me but we trialed him last night in the cot which didn’t go well and ended up back in our room lol (until the end of this week and then being evicted properly 😭😂) but he has a dummy for bed.. So my question is how does every stop the dummy from falling out of the cot between the bars? I know cot bumpers aren’t recommended so I’m looking for an alternative if anyone has any bright ideas?!

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We haven't found a way. I normally leave an extra in for her to find and keep spares for in the night

Ah okay, we did try this last night left about 3 in there and he played with them and threw them out 😂🤦🏼‍♀️

Ha, funny creatures 🤣

omg I’m online looking for glow in the dark dummies now 😂 didn’t even know these existed! Thank you! He might keep them in arms reach if they light up 😩🤣 x

Same issue! Haha.
We've just found some breathable mesh cot sides that we are waiting to arrive from Amazon!
Specially as dummy's go down the back of the cot and it's a nightmare as it's pushed up against the wall 😩😩

I don't have any ideas about losing dummy in the cot that others haven't already suggested. I do have a suggestion about moving LO into own room. We moved the next to me crib into DS bedroom and then eventually moved him into the cot a week later. I think it helped having the familiarity of the next to me crib but in different surroundings. Might be worth trying 😊

I have a breathable muslin type cot bumper of amazon, it’s really good!

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Airwrap-Bumper-Alternative-Safari-AWMU4S3401/dp/B08LLXL6ZS/ref=asc_df_B08LLXL6ZS/?tag=googshopuk-21&linkCode=df0&hvadid=499333111571&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=14653743745284377894&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=m&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=1006901&hvtargid=pla-1015364217817&psc=1&th=1&psc=1

Xx

I’ve now moved our cot to the wall as that was a before photo but he defo thinks it’s abit of fun when I put him in the cot 🤣

thank you, I was looking at those but just wasn’t sure! FTM over here 😅

I have a towel rolled up down the side of the cot between the wall to catch the ones that fall that way. But also keep a spare dummy in his cot. I have Tommy tippee nighttime Dummies that glow in the dark.

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This is such a ramble but I don’t know where else to put it all.

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I spent probably an hour apologizing to him after I snapped. And he’s of course hurt and frustrated because I said some very mean things in the moment.

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