My 9 month old son I should say 9 1/2 months old he only knows how to tummy crawl so I been co sleeping with him since he was born. We have a side mesh railing . Brendan used to be so still in bed during sleeping but now he rolls and wakes up before I do. Well, this morning Brendan had pushed the side mesh out and fell out of the bottom of the side mesh! I thank my lucky stars that he didn't hit himself along the dresser when he did that.

So advice needed for better co-sleeping protection to prevent him from pushing the side mesh railing out or climbing over it.

Also, if there is no solution to that how do i make sure he lands on a soft spot without me having to worry that he will suffocate himself ?

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Mommy To Brendan Aug 4 2004 6lbs 4 oz
now 2 yrs old 3 mos

I have bed rails that attach under my mattress so that they don't budge at all. My DS usually wakes me up when he wakes up, so we haven't had any issues, yet. I don't let him touch the bed rails, though. When we first put them on the bed a couple of months ago I let him touch them a couple of times just to ease his curiousity, but after that he wasn't allowed to touch them and never goes for them anymore. I would put a soft blanket or something on the floor when you go to bed. Hopefully if he falls out again he'll let you know.

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First, I've heard that lots of co-sleeping parents push their bed up against the wall, and put the baby between them and the wall, that way if they wake up, they'd have to crawl over you to get to the edge. Also, a friend of mine took her bed off the frame so it was closer to the ground just in case her little one managed to fall off, so he wouldn't hurt himself. I also like the idea of putting a blanket on the floor for padding, not too fluffy, but just enough to protect him from any sharp or hard edges. You might want to consider re-arranging your room (if you can) so that there aren't any other pieces of furniture (like the dresser) next to the bed at all... leave a foot or two of space. You also might make a barrier of pillows around him. I don't know how mobile he is yet, but if he can't crawl over them, that should do the trick. My daughter's fallen off the bed a couple of times, and it scared me to death, so I know how you're feeling. I've recently started trying to teach her how to climb down backwards without hurting herself. She's starting to get the hang of it, but still needs some help sometimes. Well, good luck. Just remember to breathe, it probably just scared him more than anything else, babies are extraordinarily resilient.

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I took my bed off of the frame also. The box spring is on the floor and the mattress on top. It took a couple of days to get used to, but now I don't even think about it. I also used to put pillows on the floor or his old crib mattress next to the bed on the floor.

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I put a toddler bed rail up on our bed so Izzy cant fall out she sleeps between us so its not likley but just incase

thanks i moved the bed to the wall so he wouldn't fall so when he gets into the real crawling i going to have to woorry of the heading off the end!

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Mommy To Brendan Aug 4 2004 6lbs 4 oz
now 2 yrs old 3 mos