Cot or bed
So long story short, my husband has accidentally broke our daughters cot. She is about to be 14 months and I’m wondering, do I buy a whole new cot or do I get a floor bed? I’ve been thinking about a floor bed for awhile but it says online that a cot is still recommended before 18 months but I’m just not sure what to get and I don’t want to waste money getting a cot she’s only going to be in for 4 more months etc - any advice is appreciated - thank you
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Does she sleep well in the cot? If so I’d probably stick to it as they can stay in one for a while? (Even more so if you plan to have another; it’ll get use one day!). My daughter is almost 14 months too but sleeps awfully (never slept through; a good night is 4 wakes; regardless refusing to stay in her cot past the first wake since 10 months), so I’ve just bought a floor bed to move her into soon - hoping for a reset!!!
I cosleep with LO and have done since newborn so we have a floorbed. Would highly recommend. You just need to make sure to babyproof the room and make sure they can't escape in the middle of the night (I have a baby gate on the door). Benefits of floorbed is that you can get in there with them.
Personally I would maybe buy a cotbed that can switch between the two then at least your not buying two beds, your little could be in the cot for another 6 months+
On the other side though I did actually switch my daughter to the cotbed stage at 15 months too so it wouldn't be unheard of
Floor bed. You can use them from birth so there's no reason to wait until 18 months not sure where that's come from
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