https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Tue, 12 May 2026 23:29:51 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/have-you-tried-or-heard-of-a-floor-bed#post-2790287 Wed, 06 Dec 2017 09:04:17 +0000 snowjewelz 2790287@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DD1 sleeps on a floor bed. We coslept till 2, but started napping her in her own room with her floor bed a few months before. Love that we don't have to worry about falling out. For your much younger DS, I think if you keep his room to the bare minimum with nothing much that's unsafe, and always have a monitor or something to watch him, you can for sure try it! I think there is a HB all about this. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/have-you-tried-or-heard-of-a-floor-bed#post-2790219 Tue, 05 Dec 2017 17:53:46 +0000 maddyz 2790219@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Ds1 slept in a for bed until he started walking around the apartment doing things at night.</p> <p>Ds2 is in a crib, but mostly that was because i didn't want him accessible to ds1.</p> <p>I really liked the floor bed. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/have-you-tried-or-heard-of-a-floor-bed#post-2789754 Sat, 02 Dec 2017 18:18:30 +0000 MamaCate 2789754@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@cake2017: we are on kid #2 with a floor bed. It is just a crib mattress on the floor. We baby proof the room—attached furniture, etc etc. We never did cribs so I can’t compare but I have been happy. My DD (now 6), was in it until she transitioned to a “big kid bed” at 3. DS is 28 months and happy. They both roll off sometimes but have figured out how to get back in without issues.</p> <p>For DS who is currently in the bed, we have not sleep trained. I nursed him down until he was 2 and I like the transition to the floor bed more than to the pack and play when we travel. Now he lies down and I sit in the rocking chair for a few minutes and then leave. </p> <p>If you are going to do a floor bed and sleep train, make sure you are comfortable with the idea that the baby very likely will spend some time sleeping on the floor instead of the bed! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/have-you-tried-or-heard-of-a-floor-bed#post-2789742 Sat, 02 Dec 2017 15:41:10 +0000 MamaBear87 2789742@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@cake2017: no idea. We never used a crib. </p> <p>We didn't do any sort of sleep training until lo was 23 months. But yes we used the floor bed </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/have-you-tried-or-heard-of-a-floor-bed#post-2789741 Sat, 02 Dec 2017 15:40:15 +0000 JoyfulKiwi 2789741@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@cake2017: we started our son with a crib mattress, but after a few months he started rolling off it in his sleep b/c it was so little. He wasn’t getting hurt, he’d just get cold and wake up. We got a regular twin mattress &amp; he still uses that.for our daughter, we started her on a twin right away and it’s been fine. Our son got a bed frame about the time he was 3 years old (we cut down the legs of an IKEA one so it’s still basically on the floor), but our daughter is still just in the mattress on the ground. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/have-you-tried-or-heard-of-a-floor-bed#post-2789740 Sat, 02 Dec 2017 15:36:23 +0000 cake2017 2789740@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@JoyfulKiwi: Where did you get your floor beds? Was a certain mattress that made your children comfortable??? Ours lives our mattress/bed... he won’t fuss when you put him down but he “knows” when hes in the crib mattress! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/have-you-tried-or-heard-of-a-floor-bed#post-2789739 Sat, 02 Dec 2017 15:34:27 +0000 cake2017 2789739@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@youboots: Absolutely! That wouldn’t be a problem for us! We just want him to be comfortable and happy. I know it won’t be perfect all the time but just trying to see what will work best! Thank u!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/have-you-tried-or-heard-of-a-floor-bed#post-2789738 Sat, 02 Dec 2017 15:34:19 +0000 JoyfulKiwi 2789738@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Both my kids use floor beds. My son is 5 years old &amp; we put him in one when he was 15 months. My daughter is 2 years old &amp; we started her at 9 months. Both of them hated their cribs and we co-slept starting from whenever they had their first wake up.<br /> We love it. Their rooms were/are sparse &amp; baby proofed. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/have-you-tried-or-heard-of-a-floor-bed#post-2789737 Sat, 02 Dec 2017 15:32:43 +0000 cake2017 2789737@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MamaBear87: I’m looking into this only because the crib seems to not be working. Was that the case for you? Did you sleep train your LO using the floor bed? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/have-you-tried-or-heard-of-a-floor-bed#post-2789728 Sat, 02 Dec 2017 14:41:05 +0000 Anya 2789728@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@cake2017: I did it because I was ebf and it just seemed easier to lay down with them rather than transfer into a crib. And more economical since a crib is so temporary but these mattresses will eventually just go into whatever bed frame when they're older. My older daughter loooves her bed. They've never had a crib so I can't really compare but we've used a pack n play a couple of times while traveling and that's been fine. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/have-you-tried-or-heard-of-a-floor-bed#post-2789726 Sat, 02 Dec 2017 14:32:33 +0000 cake2017 2789726@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Anya: What made you go with the floor bed? Does your babies sleep better versus with a crib? If you used one? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/have-you-tried-or-heard-of-a-floor-bed#post-2789715 Sat, 02 Dec 2017 13:25:41 +0000 Anya 2789715@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My preschooler has had a floor bed since 5 months and my 6 month old sleeps on one now. Works great for us! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/have-you-tried-or-heard-of-a-floor-bed#post-2789713 Sat, 02 Dec 2017 13:04:08 +0000 MamaBear87 2789713@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Our little has always slept in a floor bed. Her room was just baby proofed. Worked great for us. That said we would snuggle her until she fell asleep until she was almost 2 and we coslept with her until she was 8 months. At 8 months she started out in the floor bed until she woke up and came to bed with us </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/have-you-tried-or-heard-of-a-floor-bed#post-2789707 Sat, 02 Dec 2017 12:37:35 +0000 youboots 2789707@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Dd sleeps on a floor mat when we travel. I’ve heard of others doing this at home.</p> <p>My concern is at at that age is safety you would have to baby proof everything... furniture secured to walls, electrical outlets covered, baby gate on door, nothing big or breakable to pull down (like a lamp) etc. Babies are so curious and unsteady when they start walking. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/have-you-tried-or-heard-of-a-floor-bed#post-2789705 Sat, 02 Dec 2017 12:27:44 +0000 cake2017 2789705@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Just thinking of ways baby can get comfortable with sleeping alone. I’ve read about the Montessori Bed which led me to find the “floor bed”. LO doesn’t like the crib at all. I have to wait until he’s asleep and tip toe to lower him into it. He wakes up and we start all over. I’ve CIO before and there wasn’t success there. Now this has all been when he was in our room(crib in our bedroom). Now I am working on him sleeping in his own room alone. I know it will not be overnight but I want him to be comfortable overall. I read that making a bed on the floor has helped babies who resist the crib. Even just taking his mattress and safely setting up a bed... I don’t know. Just trying to read options. I am still working on him and his crib. He’s almost 6 months. </p> <p>I’d like to hear what people think and their thoughts about this method!?! Thanks! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/transitioning-baby-to-new-room-and-crib#post-2789263 Thu, 30 Nov 2017 00:02:56 +0000 cake2017 2789263@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Ina85: Good point. I will make note and see if it works for him. If not I will remove it. Thx! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/transitioning-baby-to-new-room-and-crib#post-2789238 Wed, 29 Nov 2017 20:48:05 +0000 Ina85 2789238@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I agree with the pp. Just letting you know, depending on your baby about the night light. My baby is easily overstimulated, easily stimulated so she needs a pitch black room. I noticed since she was very young when I used to have a night light in her room, when she would wake for feedings she'd stare at the light and be all awake and stimulated, I got rid of that light and learned to keep things dark for her. Since then she's slept with blackout curtains, no lights and sound machine. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/transitioning-baby-to-new-room-and-crib#post-2789229 Wed, 29 Nov 2017 20:01:16 +0000 agold 2789229@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think 6 months is a fine time to move the baby into his own room. If it were me, I’d put him in his new room and crib from the get go at the new house. I’d give him a night light and a sound machine. Although, I would probably still nurse to sleep. Try dropping that at a later date after he is settled in following the move. Just my thoughts. Good luck with whatever you choose to do! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/transitioning-baby-to-new-room-and-crib#post-2789159 Wed, 29 Nov 2017 14:38:52 +0000 cake2017 2789159@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Hi everyone,<br /> We are moving this week. LO is almost 6 months old. He has slept in his crib before but has lately been in our bed since he has been out of the swaddle. His crib has always been next to me in our room. Well we will be moving him to his own room and crib. Any suggestions on how we should do this? I don’t want to do cold turkey... I nurse to sleep so I am hoping to cut that too. So much but I think we can address everything. Hoping to take steps but would like to know what you think is the best way....?!<br /> 1. Should we start the first day in the new home? 2. Should I break it up and do naps and night sleep separately?<br /> 3. Should I continue to nurse or just move that early in his bedtime routine and put him down in his crib awake “but drowsy”?<br /> 4. Should we have a night light in his new room? or pitch black? He has a sound machine.<br /> 5. Any suggestions that would be helpful for me? I’m dreading this :( </p> <p>Thank you again for your input! I really do appreciate it! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/separation-anxiety-at-bedtime-help#post-2785472 Thu, 09 Nov 2017 17:03:52 +0000 MrsSCB 2785472@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@cake2017: he would sometimes pick him up. Other times he'd just rub his back. My son would usually be calm when he was in there rubbing his back. Waiting for the move sounds like a good plan, just so you don't have to do it all over again. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/separation-anxiety-at-bedtime-help#post-2785391 Thu, 09 Nov 2017 13:43:02 +0000 cake2017 2785391@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MrsSCB: We are moving in 3 weeks. So pediatrician stated to wait to train too. i like this idea. did your husband pick him up when he cried? </p> <p>His crib is in our room now but he will be transitioning to his own room as well. So a lot here but we will take one step at a time. </p> <p>Thank you for answering even though he’s older! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/separation-anxiety-at-bedtime-help#post-2785351 Thu, 09 Nov 2017 12:00:01 +0000 MrsSCB 2785351@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@cake2017: He's almost 15 months old now, and I am still nursing at bedtime, but no longer to sleep. What helped was putting him into his crib awake. We actually recently had to sort of sleep train again -- we moved, and I think that threw him off, being in a different bedroom. The way we did it was I would nurse him and put him to bed awake. We'd let him cry for 10 minutes, my husband would go in and soothe him and then leave again. And we just repeated that process. My husband went in, because we thought if I was there he would just want to nurse. The length of crying got shorter and shorter until now when I'm able to put him in his crib awake and he rolls over and goes to sleep. Hang in there! I know sleep issues can be so, so hard. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/separation-anxiety-at-bedtime-help#post-2785347 Thu, 09 Nov 2017 11:51:38 +0000 cake2017 2785347@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MrsSCB: Such an old post but how did this go? I am in this right now with my almost 5minth old! thanks! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/separation-anxiety-at-bedtime-help#post-2726722 Thu, 20 Apr 2017 10:57:24 +0000 MrsSCB 2726722@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Update: He cried for 25 min last night before falling asleep. We went in a few times in that period to reassure him and lay him down (he is pulling to stand in his crib now). Then he slept until 6:30! It is so hard, though, I'm afraid I'll cave...Tonight we're trying to put him down without nursing to sleep right from the beginning (last night I nursed to sleep but he woke 15 minutes later, and that's when the crying started). Argh, so hard, I'm just hoping it's worth it :-( </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/separation-anxiety-at-bedtime-help#post-2726311 Wed, 19 Apr 2017 12:39:50 +0000 MrsSCB 2726311@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@littlejoy: @LBee: thank you, honestly it would make me feel better to think of it not as separation anxiety. I was thinking maybe that because he cried recently when we left him with our friends to go out for my husband's birthday. He's fine when I drop him off at daycare, though, so maybe he was just grumpy that day. He definitely cannot go to sleep easily on his own at this point, but the weird thing is that once he gets to sleep he does pretty well. Last night after he was finally asleep, he slept until 6:45. Occasionally he will wake at night and be up for an hour or hour and a half though...</p> <p>I'm thinking of maybe trying to sit in there with him tonight...last night we ended up going in and out a bit and he cried off and on until he finally fell asleep :bummed: I just didn't know what else to do. Hopefully this doesn't sound terrible, but I really need that time to myself after bedtime. Struggling for a couple hours to get him to sleep, then basically just going to bed myself is difficult for my mental health.</p> <p>@Mrs. Pickle: I was thinking this seemed like what you guys went through, I'm glad the sleep training helped. I know it'll be better in the long run for him to be able to go to sleep on his own. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/separation-anxiety-at-bedtime-help#post-2726304 Wed, 19 Apr 2017 12:27:43 +0000 littlejoy 2726304@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@LBee: Totally, totally agree!! Ours didn't start sleep regression issues until 8 months, and then hit them HARD at every expected age. It was just our way of knowing we had to sleep train (DH and I both work full time, and just happened to be blessed with a good sleeper until 8 months) ... we chose the route that worked for us. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/separation-anxiety-at-bedtime-help#post-2726289 Wed, 19 Apr 2017 12:02:26 +0000 Mrs. Pickle 2726289@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>That sounds just like what prompted us to stop nursing to sleep and to sleep train. It was a great decision for us. R was doing the same thing for hours in the MOTN too. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/separation-anxiety-at-bedtime-help#post-2726286 Wed, 19 Apr 2017 11:58:16 +0000 LBee 2726286@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I read the first line and thought the same thing as @littlejoy: - this doesn't sound like separation anxiety, it sounds like the inability to self soothe. There are a lot of ways to address this and depending on the way you select there are tons of bees who will give you advice. I personally did sleep training, but that was because it made the most sense for our family. </p> <p>I want to provide the context that I am a full-time working mom (I think you are too?) and I totally understand how hard the crying is. I think you are creating some unnecessary "mom guilt" by making yourself think it's separation anxiety. From an outside perspective it really doesn't sound like it - it sounds like a child that is unable to put himself to sleep and is thrilled when his means of getting to sleep comes in to alleviate his upset. You either need to commit to continuing the crutch or try to break it. People have rocked both ways!</p> <p>ETA: I will say my kid went through some weird stuff at 8 months. I remember just thinking he was freak until I think @gingerbebe wrote that her kid did too. He started waking up really early in the morning inconsolable, seeming legitimately hungry (he had STTN since 10 weeks and was sleep trained at that point). We powered through and he went back to normal. So, my advice could be totally wrong and this could just be a stage. Babies are crazy. There are tons of people that never have to sleep train their kids and the whole "inability to self soothe" thing seems to be bull shit. My kid wasn't one of those, but here's to hoping for the next one! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/separation-anxiety-at-bedtime-help#post-2726273 Wed, 19 Apr 2017 11:38:40 +0000 littlejoy 2726273@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It sounds like he doesn't know how to fall asleep on his own (without the crutch of feeding). We went through this at the same time, and ended up doing assisted sleep training. </p> <p>We would stay with her while she fell asleep, but we removed the feeding from bedtime (fed her before we did the bedtime routine). We'd lay her down when she was sleepy (not over-tired is key). We'd pat her back and sit with her while she figured it out. If we tried leaving the room, she would lose her shit (understandably), so the sitting with her until she was out was a good solution for us. </p> <p>It was rough for a few days ... bedtime took 2+ hours the first time (not freaking out crying the whole time), but she just didn't know what to do. By the 5th night, things were much better. I ended up sitting with her for a few weeks, which allowed me to read several novels I had been wanting to read. ;) </p> <p>After a few months, we were able to just put her down, and she'd fall asleep on her own. </p> <p>BUT, she's 3 and still sucks at sleeping, so maybe my method sucks. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/separation-anxiety-at-bedtime-help#post-2726200 Wed, 19 Apr 2017 09:31:40 +0000 MrsSCB 2726200@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My son is eight months old, and lately bedtime has become a major struggle. I nurse him to sleep, which has been great...until now. I put him in his crib asleep, like I always have, but within 30 or so minutes he wakes up and screams. So I go in and try to put him back down, but as soon as he touches the mattress, he starts to cry. I think it might be some kind of separation anxiety, because if I go in there and pick him up, he is totally fine. Happy, smiley, etc.</p> <p>Anyone deal with this? What do I do? Is it time to break the nursing to sleep habit? I'm not opposed to the idea of sleep training, but the crying absolutely breaks my heart, because he basically never cries otherwise. And I don't know if it would just make the separation anxiety worse, since he's crying because we're not there? But it's been taking two to three hours to get him to stay asleep, and that's not good for either of us. </p> <p>Help! </p>