Floor bed?

Anyone using a floor bed for their toddler? We are thinking of it at the moment as sleep is awful. My main worry is how easy she can get out of bed and it not waking us up. Obvs I will safety proof the hell out of her room but still worries me.

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We aren't yet but in the process and moving house and going to use one.

One of the main reasons for a floor bed is so they can get in and out themselves. It gives them some control over things that they don't get a lot of the time. As long as you've said the room is safety proofed it should be all good.

My little girl is in a cot bed with a side rail on it she can get in and out on her own we had no choice as she was climbing over the top of the cot 😂.. we just safety proofed the bedroom she is in and put a gate at the top of the stairs and shut all the other doors and just leave ours open so she can come in

My daughter has been on a floor bed since 10 months and it was the best thing we did. She hated her cot as she didn’t have a lot of space to move around in her sleep, we don’t have that issue anymore and we like that she can communicate with us when she’s tired, ie getting into bed herself. She’s slept through ever since x

We coslept so her floor bes is in our room. We put her to sleep in our bed and then move her to the floor. She wakes up at 7am. And if early she just wakes up and get up into our bed and continue sleeping.

We put our 19 month old into a low single bed about 6 weeks ago. She can climb in and out easily, and we safety proofed the room. She loves the independence. She still usually wakes 0-2 times a night, but so far hasn't gotten out of the bed, she just calls for us. She can open all our doors (we don't have stairs), so we just leave them open.

Thanks all! I think we are going to purchase. Does anyone else have a double one? Think we are gonna get that so I can lay with her to help her get too sleep. Any mattress recommendations?

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Just out of curiosity, why do parents love zipper onesies?

Don’t get me wrong, I tried zipper ones it’s easy to zip in and out when putting it on the first time and taking it out, but I find it difficult when changing diapers especially when baby is asleep.

I prefer those kimono style buttons where it’s easy to button or too down button with crotch snaps.

Is everyone thinking the same or different? Lol

At this point I’m not enjoying motherhood

My 22 month old is horrendous at the moment🫣 biting, hitting, pushing, pulling and shoving not only adults but children he also wants what other children have and will just snatch it away from them.

We repeat ‘nice hands’ ‘be gentle’ ‘let’s share’ etc

But how do I make him understand what he’s doing isn’t very nice? At the end of the day I feel like I’ve just been saying his name all day and nothing else.

What can I do?

This might rattle some people

Ok, this might get a bit long, and a bit bumpy, so get comfy and buckle up.

So about a week or 2 ago, there was a post on here regarding sleepovers. Not letting their child go to them as you can't trust who'll be at the house etc.

Now, given recent incidents in nurseries and schools, plus my own experience back in the 90s, I am more concerned about sending my child to nursery and later school than I am to a friend's house for a sleep over.

The other day a man was jailed for abusing children at the nursery he worked at. A woman has been arrested for sleeping with an underage boy and then getting pregnant by a different underage boy while on bail for the first offence.

Young girls and boys get sexually harassed and bullied when at school, not all of them. But more than you think. And not just by other kids, but by adults who we as parents are trusting to look after our kids.

A sleepover, is a more controlled environment, with only a handful of people coming into contact with your child. A school, a club etc there can be 100s of people coming into contact with your child.

I was targeted at 7 years old by the owner of a prominent private school. Thankfully, I wasn't SA'd. In year 5 of primary school, I started to develop early, I was harassed by the boys and teachers made remarks about how my uniform didn't fit right, always "adjusting it" around my chest and legs.

Years 7-9 of secondary school were hell. But it was all under the guise of "we're just messing around". A teacher twanging my exposed bra strap (none uniform day) is not "messing around".

Boys pinning me down trying to rip open my shirt to see my breasts.

I fear for my daughter. I hope she takes after my father's family, flat chested.

We need to educate all our children, what is acceptable behaviour. And to come to us, as their parents should ANYTHING happen.

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My baby has had a dummy since about 2 weeks old (now 5 months) and over the course of the last month we weaned her off it during the day only for naps and night (which was fine) and then 5 days took it completely away during the day.

The first day no dummy was fine, the second bit rougher. But now it feels impossible she just moans and cries all the time it takes ages for her to go down to sleep (she’s always been an amazing sleeper)

I thought it was meant to get better as time went on not worse. I’m at my wits end I dunno what to do.

Currently typing this as she screams uncontrollably in the car and I cry with her cos I can’t do anything.

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My LO every feed. Drs don’t seem to think it’s a problem the whole Muslim cloth gets soaked so much I’m using towels now. I’ve tried size O teats he gets really frustrated and still spills it out :(

Of these two, which seems more overall “demanding” to you, overall? Lighthearted poll, not putting anyone down 🫶🏼

As a mum who breastfed for 3 years, I think formula feeding seems 100x harder and more demanding. I give those mamas all the credit because I could not keep up with that faff haha. I truly don’t understand why people say breastfeeding is more effort, other than the fact that no one else can do it. But personally I’d take that over endless bottle prep & cleaning.