Guest guest Posted December 8, 2000 Report Share Posted December 8, 2000 How do you stop babies falling out of bed if you have them in with you to sleep? DS4 has fallen out twice in the last week (not hurt thank goodness, but he may not always be so lucky). It happens in the morning when DH has got up and gone out to work, and I'm having my extra half hour - the best sleep of the whole night because there's no snoring! And while I'm on the subject of noisy nights, what sort of birds sing at night? Is it just the nightingale? Are they a protected species, or can I shoot the little bu**er that tweets away outside our bedroom window ALL NIGHT. Lynda SAHM to (7), (5), Fraser (3), Callum (15/5/00) Newsletter editor, Mid-Northumberland Branch http://albums.photopoint.com/j/AlbumList?u=762789 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 8, 2000 Report Share Posted December 8, 2000 Hi Lynda, >>How do you stop babies falling out of bed if you have them in with you to sleep? I've always just plonked a plump pillow towards the edge of the bed and it hasn't failed yet. Although I think I may have a magnet in my breast, because he never seems to be too far away :-) I have, however, fallen asleep and dropped the poor little mite out of the bed. >>And while I'm on the subject of noisy nights, what sort of birds sing at night? Is it just the nightingale? Are they a protected species, or can I shoot the little bu**er.... LOL. Send it over here, I have a distinct lack of any type of bird, owing to my marauding cats!!! Regards Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 8, 2000 Report Share Posted December 8, 2000 Lynda How do you stop babies falling out of bed if you have them in with you to sleep? DS4 has fallen out twice in the last week (not hurt thank goodness, but he may not always be so lucky). It happens in the morning when DH has got up and gone out to work, We always kept the child in the middle unless I was feeding from the other side(!) but when DH got up, he always put his pillow down the side where he had slept. i.e. the baby was then hemmed in by me on 1 side and the pillow on the other HTH Trisha SAHM to 3 boys Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 8, 2000 Report Share Posted December 8, 2000 >We always kept the child in the middle unless I was feeding from the other >side(!) but when DH got up, he always put his pillow down the side where he >had slept. This is what we do too, but DS4 is now crawling and obviously woke and went off to investigate while I was still sleeping. Lynda SAHM to (7), (5), Fraser (3), Callum (15/5/00) Newsletter editor, Mid-Northumberland Branch http://albums.photopoint.com/j/AlbumList?u=762789 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 8, 2000 Report Share Posted December 8, 2000 On Fri, 8 Dec 2000 15:09:40 -0000, " Lynda Garland " wrote: >How do you stop babies falling out of bed if you have them in with you to >sleep? Our setup is a bedguard on one side, and the bedside cot on the other. sleeps between me and the open cot (which he rarely ventures into), and the bedguard is there for when I'm not in the bed with him (daytime naps). When was smaller, we had at least three episodes of him rolling off the bed, or crawling straight off the edge, and landing on the floor with a thump. He's now able to get in and out of bed on his own, so the bedguard is no longer necessary. >And while I'm on the >subject of noisy nights, what sort of birds sing at night? Could be any common bird in your area (cue Sharon jokes), and it's likely to be a result of all your street lighting. There was a thing about this in the media a while ago - city birds are becoming stressed and knackered because they can't tell night from day and sing half the night, due to the amount of light pollution in cities. You've possibly got security lighting or a nearby street light that's keeping your little birdy awake and confused all night ! -- Clare Lusher. SAHM to Ruairà (24.10.99). NCT Member Derby & District. www.yum.org/clare Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 8, 2000 Report Share Posted December 8, 2000 What about sticking the pillow on the floor so at least he has a soft landing! Otherwise just give in and............. let him learn......... This comes from the mother who's child sat in the kitchen sink 3 times on Wednesday and can not work out why a baby gate has now appeared on the kitchen door! I did not mind him sitting in the sink too much it was when he turned the tap on and the (cold) water hit the plastic bib ......................... and the kitchen was nicely soaked Trisha who loves them deeply at this time of the night when they are all tucked up in bed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 9, 2000 Report Share Posted December 9, 2000 > >We always kept the child in the middle unless I was feeding from the other >>side(!) but when DH got up, he always put his pillow down the side where he >>had slept. > > >This is what we do too, but DS4 is now crawling and obviously woke and went >off to investigate while I was still sleeping. DS2 fell out of our bed a few weeks ago. However, since he is going through the same " empty my parents drawers of all clothing " phase his brother did at the same age, the floor was a minimum of a foot deep in soft stuff. I heaved a huge sigh of relief, lobbed the duvet out of the cot at the end of the bed over him and enjoyed the space... Actually until recently we used a bedrail - one of those mesh ones. I wasn't entirely happy about it as it was possible to slip between it and the bed, potentially more dangerous, but we jammed nappies etc down there. We taught to slide off the bed feet first as soon as possible, so he doesn't fall off if he is awake. -- jennifer@... Vaudin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 9, 2000 Report Share Posted December 9, 2000 > >We always kept the child in the middle unless I was feeding from the other >>side(!) but when DH got up, he always put his pillow down the side where he >>had slept. > > >This is what we do too, but DS4 is now crawling and obviously woke and went >off to investigate while I was still sleeping. DS2 fell out of our bed a few weeks ago. However, since he is going through the same " empty my parents drawers of all clothing " phase his brother did at the same age, the floor was a minimum of a foot deep in soft stuff. I heaved a huge sigh of relief, lobbed the duvet out of the cot at the end of the bed over him and enjoyed the space... Actually until recently we used a bedrail - one of those mesh ones. I wasn't entirely happy about it as it was possible to slip between it and the bed, potentially more dangerous, but we jammed nappies etc down there. We taught to slide off the bed feet first as soon as possible, so he doesn't fall off if he is awake. -- jennifer@... Vaudin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 15, 2000 Report Share Posted December 15, 2000 I posted this message last Friday and it has only appeared today! Dare I ask WHY? Trisha Puzzled of E Yorkshire Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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