Cosleeping Setup Help

So I know people will come in hard on bed rails, but we did use them with my first from about 8/9 months to stop her falling out. If she rolled into the rail (only happened a couple of times) I would hear and immediately wake up and move her back into the bed so, for our set up, this definitely felt safer than no bed rail! A sleep specialist I follow said bed rails are safe to use if you're educated about entrapment risk and also you can pack down the side of the rail with towels so they can't get trapped.

I have kept the next to me style bassinet on my side of the bed. So if my baby rolls away from me, he is rolling into that. At the age your baby is, we started having baby in the middle more throughout the night so he couldn't roll out. We were never able to do a floor bed and I unfortunately wasn't educated enough when we bought our bigger bed and didn't get a frame for a floor bed. So we just are extra mindful of baby getting close to the edges of the bed and made sure to teach him how to get down safely when awake. Luckily when he wakes and I'm not in the bed he just either lays there or will sit up but doesn't crawl to the edge.
Little man is 14 months and we still haven't set up his mattress yet in his room. But once his room is set up, we will just have to pick up his mattress every day until we can get a twin size frame.

thanks for sharing. I see the “specialist” mention filling the gaps for floor beds and such so don’t see why that wouldn’t be okay with the rails. I think I would feel safe with them at this age. I would definitely hear him if he rolled into them. Something to consider.

that’s what I concluded, it’s cheaper to just make one but I don’t have the tools to do so. I’ll see if I can find someone to help!