https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Tue, 28 Apr 2026 19:33:44 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/montessori-floor-bed-some-questions#post-1536796 Tue, 01 Apr 2014 12:43:30 +0000 Mrs. Lion 1536796@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@pui: I stopped feeling comfortable with the crib sized mattress when he started rolling over a lot (which is different for each baby). The mattress was only too small because he would roll off. It wasn't harmful to him, but I would still rush back there to check every time. Once we switched him to the twin sized he never rolled off again. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/montessori-floor-bed-some-questions#post-1536233 Tue, 01 Apr 2014 10:03:30 +0000 looch 1536233@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It depends, of course! My son refused to sleep in his crib at 18 months, so we just went with it and let him sleep in the full sized futon bed in his room. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/montessori-floor-bed-some-questions#post-1536143 Tue, 01 Apr 2014 09:33:14 +0000 pui 1536143@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Thanks everyone! We're planning on moving pretty soon, so we figured we'd get a crib or child-sized mattress for now, and then upgrade to a larger one in the new house. How soon do babies grow out of the smaller mattresses? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/montessori-floor-bed-some-questions#post-1535964 Tue, 01 Apr 2014 08:06:30 +0000 looch 1535964@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Lion: I was just coming to post a similar thing...if you've already got a crib sized mattress, fine, but if you're going to do the floor bed, you might get more longevity out of a larger mattress.</p> <p>I honestly recommend a full size if you can fit it, because it gives them a lot of extra room to move around and it also allows you to lay down next to them comfortably if you need to. You can always pile pillows next to the twin mattress if you need to, but I like a little extra room. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/montessori-floor-bed-some-questions#post-1535959 Tue, 01 Apr 2014 08:04:29 +0000 Mrs. Lion 1535959@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@pui: One more thing I didn't add. If you aren't getting an actual crib and don't end up getting an ikea mattress, I would go ahead and get a very thin twin mattress. We got one at a local mattress store...I think we ended up paying $40. It isn't much, but it is more than enough support for him. He outgrew the crib mattress pretty quickly and they tend to be a lot thicker, meaning a further distance to the floor. Even though it never hurt him, it made an awful thud when he rolled off, and I felt much more comfortable with him rolling off the twin than the crib mattress. Eventually he will be in a queen bed (probably when he is 3 or 4) so we are just going to use the twin in the mean time, so we didn't care about it being super high quality. The one we got is perfect :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/montessori-floor-bed-some-questions#post-1535595 Mon, 31 Mar 2014 21:24:09 +0000 Mrs. Jacks 1535595@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think the mattress is Vyssa? Can't remember for sure and I'm not at home to check. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/montessori-floor-bed-some-questions#post-1535590 Mon, 31 Mar 2014 21:20:33 +0000 Happygal 1535590@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@pui: sounds like you have a perfect setup! </p> <p>@Mrs. Lion: that's good to know. Thanks! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/montessori-floor-bed-some-questions#post-1534707 Mon, 31 Mar 2014 13:54:46 +0000 Mrs. Lion 1534707@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Happygal: We got a thin mattress and a pretty good mattress cover that went far over the edges of the mattress. I would think only the edges would get dusty (the bottom should be pretty safe) and if you have a cover that can be washed that should eliminate that problem. We have a very furry cat and I didn't see any problems while we had it out (for about 3 months). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/montessori-floor-bed-some-questions#post-1534032 Mon, 31 Mar 2014 10:15:35 +0000 pui 1534032@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Happygal: I don't think it will be a problem in our home anyway. We have a dog but he hardly sheds at all (I also don't plan on letting him be in the nursery much, especially at first). It should also be pretty easy to keep the floors in LO's room clean since, as per the Montessori style, there will not be much furniture. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/montessori-floor-bed-some-questions#post-1534028 Mon, 31 Mar 2014 10:13:23 +0000 Happygal 1534028@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Do the mattresses get dirty being on the floor? We have a very furry dog, and when I see the dust and fur that quickly collects on the ground (an every day battle), I've wondered if not having a mattress off the ground would be problematic b/c of that. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/montessori-floor-bed-some-questions#post-1533974 Mon, 31 Mar 2014 09:59:49 +0000 pui 1533974@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Lion: Thanks for all your advice and sharing your personal experience! I hope we can make the floor bed work, but I'll take it as it goes. </p> <p>I've already started making some montessori mobiles! So excited to give them a try when LO is here! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/montessori-floor-bed-some-questions#post-1532981 Sun, 30 Mar 2014 19:17:29 +0000 junebugmama 1532981@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Jacks: this sounds exactly like ours </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/montessori-floor-bed-some-questions#post-1532855 Sun, 30 Mar 2014 18:04:10 +0000 Mrs. Lion 1532855@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Ok...sorry, busy weekend!</p> <p>So, the floor bed totally didn't work for us. At all. I think we had a perfect storm of reasons why not though, and I would definitely try again with future kiddos. </p> <p>1. LO was mobile before he was sleeping through the night. So, he would wake up at 4:30 am and think it was play time. He had just enough sleep to not be tired enough to go back to bed...but not enough to function during the day. </p> <p>2. LO cared more about BEING mobile than just about anything else. From the time he wakes up until the time he falls asleep, he is moving (and has been since he learned to crawl). He doesn't care about toys, so removing them from the room didn't make it "boring" for him...all he cared about was wandering, which he could do in an empty room. </p> <p>3. LO fights sleep something fierce when he gets overtired. It has become my primary mission as his mom to make sure he never gets overtired because it means 3-4 days of hell trying to get him caught up. So, having him just "fall asleep when he is ready" does not work for him. He will fight and fight to stay awake (running, usually) until he is so overtired that he CANT sleep. Disaster. :(</p> <p>We are looking at trying the floor bed again when he is about 18 months, after we drop the morning nap. We got it down about a week ago, and he was SO EXCITED about it that naps were never going to happen. Sigh. </p> <p>As far as other Montessori stuff, I really wish I had known about the mobiles and other infant Montessori stuff when he was teeny. I plan to make those for our next one in the future. </p> <p>The picture hanging strips are these <a href="http://www.command.com/wps/portal/3M/en_US/NACommand/Command/Products/Catalog/?N=5924736+3294871212+3294529207&#038;rt=rud" rel="nofollow">http://www.command.com/wps/portal/3M/en_US/NACommand/Command/Products/Catalog/?N=5924736+3294871212+3294529207&#038;rt=rud</a> . They were great! LO loved pulling up on the pictures to check them out (and eventually loved pulling them off the wall!). We had to take them back down when we put the crib back in his room (had to do some rearranging of furniture and we no longer have the wall space to have them down low) but I really loved having them at his eye level. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/montessori-floor-bed-some-questions#post-1532399 Sun, 30 Mar 2014 12:26:48 +0000 pui 1532399@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Anyone else have any other advice on floor beds and setting up a Montessori style infant room? :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/montessori-floor-bed-some-questions#post-1531504 Sat, 29 Mar 2014 15:09:25 +0000 pui 1531504@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Jacks: I saw in your blog article that you have a mattress that is expandable? Which IKEA mattress is this? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/montessori-floor-bed-some-questions#post-1531388 Sat, 29 Mar 2014 12:24:38 +0000 sarac 1531388@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I use an ikea mattress for our floor bed, and it works well. We didn't secure it to the wall, it didn't move. The room was easy to child proof because we did the Montessori thing of not having a ton of stuff in it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/montessori-floor-bed-some-questions#post-1531353 Sat, 29 Mar 2014 11:38:38 +0000 Baby Boy Mom 1531353@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We did this but later on (not in infancy). We put foam mats under the mattress. For clothes we are using an office style cabinet, so it only has two low shelves and a few drawers. Minimal toys and mostly books are in a couple boxes on the floor. It has worked really well for us. At almost 3 we just got a bed base for the mattress per his request. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/montessori-floor-bed-some-questions#post-1531335 Sat, 29 Mar 2014 11:15:45 +0000 Mrs. Jacks 1531335@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>You can check out our montessori room too. We have an Ikea mattress on the floor. No securing necessary, though we have hardwoods, so it can be a little slippy. A yoga mat underneath solved the problem. We took everything out of the room, used an Ikea Expedit shelving unit and then brought things back in as appropriate (works baskets and books). By the nature of the set up, the girls keep that room very clean while the nursery (soon to be a shared room with bunk beds) is less tidy because it's not Montessori. We're changing the set up in there soon! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/montessori-floor-bed-some-questions#post-1531276 Sat, 29 Mar 2014 10:16:45 +0000 pui 1531276@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Lion: I actually have another question for you: What was the brand/type of strips you used to stick the pictures to the walls in your nursery? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/montessori-floor-bed-some-questions#post-1531218 Sat, 29 Mar 2014 09:36:05 +0000 pui 1531218@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Lion: Thanks! I read some of your blog posts on the subject. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/montessori-floor-bed-some-questions#post-1531147 Sat, 29 Mar 2014 08:18:08 +0000 Mrs. Lion 1531147@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I will post when i can type on an actual computer later today. I have written a lot in my nursery blog posts though in the meantime in case you want to check those out :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/montessori-floor-bed-some-questions#post-1531135 Sat, 29 Mar 2014 08:00:04 +0000 pui 1531135@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I want to do a floor bed for our Nursery, but I have some questions. </p> <p>- Do I need to secure the bed to the wall somehow? My concern is baby falling between the wall and the mattress. </p> <p>- Would one of the crib mattresses at Ikea be suitable for a floor bed?</p> <p>- Any good checklists for baby proofing a Montessori style Nursery? </p> <p>Any other advice would be greatly appreciated! </p>