I take over the entire bed when he is gone and there is always an adjustment period when he comes home and I am relegated to my 1 ft on the left
side of the bed again.
Not exact matches
The way my room is configured, my
bed is on the opposite
side of the room from the light switch, so it was annoying to get up and flip the light off before
bed, only to remember I'd forgotten something and flick it back on
again.
He gets off furniture on his own very well and I figure he would just get out
of bed if I were to do the
side car scenario
again and it would then take longer to get him back to sleep.....
I never stopped letting him do it, he safely co-slept in our
bed and although it has taken a long time, he is now choosing to go to sleep in his cot by the
side of our
bed and only wakes for a short time every now and
again for a quick feed, but goes straight back down.
If I had it to do over
again, I'd probably get one
of the super-duper fancy German models with three bars that unscrew in the middle to provide a safe exit for toddlers, because by the time le Petit was 20 months old he'd figured out how to vault himself over the
side and scare me to death (and yet would have NOTHING to do with a toddler
bed — he still seemed to want the
sides).
We received a second - hand mini co-sleeper that attached to the
side of the
bed, but
again, my son out grew that by 4 - 5 months.
Common culprits are getting in and out
of bed through a sit up movement (try rolling onto your
side and using your arms instead), and getting off the couch from a reclined position whilst holding your newborn (
again try to allow your arms to help you with this movement).
On the left
side of the
bed I pulled out a wooden bowl / tray I've had for years (similar here), another black and white book I've had (this one) and this vase and this gold star accessory that I've had as well for the lower shelves,
again creating a mix
of materials that work together for a fresh vibe and update to this space.
I talked more about this in my Well Appointed curtains post but one way I tied this
side of the room to the
bed side of the room was
again through my use
of fabrics.
This very nice rib runs through the door - handle finger indents and is picked up
again at the rear
of the
bed side to carry all the way across the tailgate.
Anyway, now I have to find something to hang above the
bed,
again, because the planked pallet sign I recently made is plank overload on this wall (I'm moving it to the other
side of the room).