Montessori bed or cot?

Hi,
I am moving in a few months and need to plan my babies room. He would be 7 and a half months and I wonder if we should get him a cot or a Montessori floor bed? I like the idea of him crawling in and out as he pleases but not sure if you girls have had any experience with them?
Thank you

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We went from a cot to a toddler bed (mine is nearly 2) and she doesn't even get on and out of it shes not realised she has free will yet 🤣

My baby is not yet 6 months but when she is she will be straight into a floor bed and not a cot. For me eliminates the extra change when it comes to cot to toddler bed. She will become more confident and content in a floor bed by the times she old enough to walk and get out of it herself. Makes it less of a big deal, causing
Less issues with her staying in it at night.

Personally I would do a cotbed my eldest 2 didn't go in to the toddler bed till they were 2 or just a little older my littlest 1 now is 3months and has a cot bed it goes from birth up til she is around 5/6 yrs old and id rather that and know she is happy and safe not falling out no matter how low to the floor tbey are it can still scare them xxx

Mine would just refuse to stay in a floor bed when settling at bedtime 🤣
He would probably end up falling asleep somewhere really random 🤣

I LOVE our floor bed! its been a life saver for breast feeding for my back, and co sleeping, and me getting more sleep, my little one wakes up (room is baby safe) and she plays with her toys and books for half an hour while I snooze then wake up properly with her ❤️ when we got it she loved it! Highly recommend xxx

We're going straight to floorbed. He's never been a big fan of the crib and we have ended up cosleeping quite a lot so I'm thinking we just skip the extra step.

Yeah I've just got a double bed in spare room with bed rail guards around the bed currently but when we set up his own room I'm going to get a floor bed. As he's been used to a double and I end up in there with him most nights, although first time ever he done 6 hours straight last night!! The dream! He is 10months.

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