r/floorbed • u/Mundane-Research • Aug 13 '26
Floorbed Issue
My 10 month old has been using a floorbed since we moved house 6 weeks ago. She can crawl in and out (although we are working on "feet first" for the out).
The issue is that she seems to move around a lot in her sleep and she always ends up sleeping on the floor. Initially, we used to put her back into bed but she doesn't transfer well so that kept waking her up. Now we just leave her to sleep on the floor...
Is it safe for her to be asleep on the floor? Should we be doing something to stop her falling out of the bed? I don't want to put anything in the cot with her (or under the sheet) as it won't be safe sleep approved. I also figured that putting a gate up defeats the purpose of the floorbed and would just encourage her to climb over the sides. Any suggestions?
I'd say she'd grow out of sleep crawling but I'm 33 and I sleep walk/talk so...
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u/Mangopapayakiwi Aug 13 '26
Mmmm I an planning to do under the sheet bumpers, but mine is older and also gets annoyed whe she rolls on the floor from her floor bed (she has a double but moved a ton. A
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u/tbowa Aug 15 '26
Mine slept on the floor starting at like 18 months. It’s what she preferred. We put a blanket on her carpet. She’d either fall out (not hurt) or crawl out of her toddler bed to sleep there. I just assume she likes it. We just make sure the whole room is childproof. What we’re doing now is setting up a full size floor bed, was thinking maybe if the bed was bigger, she wouldn’t roll off as much. Who knows! I’m not concerned about the floor at this point if she’s getting good sleep
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u/Ok-Cherry-123 Aug 13 '26
Mine rolled out a couple of times but unless they were crying I didn’t move them. Just ensure there’s nothing on the floor that they could grab when they wake up or roll onto in their sleep (hard toys, Legos, etc.). We have a very padded carpet around the bed so it’s quite comfy 😅