![]() ![]() Her room has been prepared with her safety and needs in mind, and we always have her baby monitor app running to keep an eye on her. Since her room is dark for sleep, we turn the sound machine down and the light on (via the app) to encourage exploration if she wishes. In the mornings, we go into her room when she wakes, but when she wakes from a nap she sometimes does so happily and will play for a little bit before we go in to get her. If she wakes up crying at any time, we observe and follow the child by responding to her needs as necessary. When we put E down for a nap or at bedtime, she typically stays asleep. Note: her nap routine is very similar to her bedtime routine again to cue her that it is time to sleep. Some nights, she needs a little extra time before she is ready to sleep independently. ![]() By this point, she is generally ready for sleep or has fallen asleep, and we lay her down on her bed. The chair used to be in her room but is now outside of her room in our hallway, where we have a large open space.Īfter this, she is usually very sleepy, and we go back into her room and sing with her in our arms. Then we grab her lovey (which she holds onto for the rest of the routine and sleeps with), and she has her night feeding in the rocking chair. We turn on her Hatch sound machine and turn out the lights (we use this blackout blind, curtains and blackout drapes for better quality sleep). Her routine starts with a bath and then moves into her room, where we get her set in pj’s and her sleep sack. Having everything prepared ahead of time helps things go smoothly. To prepare for E’s bedtime routine, K helps set up everything in her room and bathroom. A consistent bedtime routine creates predictability, a sense of calm and cues your baby that sleep time is coming. We were sure to keep her bedtime routine the same each night to help with the transition. I will touch on this more near the bottom of the post. It is small enough that she has no trouble crawling on or off her bed (which she sometimes does while half asleep and spends a little time sleeping on the floor).Ī note about safety: When using a Montessori floor bed, it is vital to child-proof the entire bedroom. We added a 2” pool noodle to the edge of her bed, which has helped prevent a lot of rolling off since she tends to move a lot in her sleep. ![]() Most of the time she doesn’t become upset, but she is easily soothed when we come in to comfort her if she does. Then and even now, she does roll-off from time to time. I was so anxious about her rolling off the bed, so we started with the mattress directly on the floor.īy 5 and a half months, she began to sleep on her bed at night as well. Before that, E napped either on me in her baby wrap, sleeping on us in the rocking chair, and sometimes (but rarely) on her own in the bassinet or pack n’ play. Once she started rolling, we transitioned her into a pack n’ play (still next to our bed) to give her more space.Īround 4 months, she started to take some naps on her floor bed to get used to sleeping in her space. When E was a newborn, she slept in a bassinet next to our bed. Here’s how our floor bed journey has gone: To see how K’s transition from the crib to floor bed went, check out our blog post – “Transitioning From Crib To Floor Bed.”Īlthough we set up the floor bed before E was born, she didn’t start sleeping in it until around the 5-month mark (starting with naps). I hadn’t initially thought about how convenient it would make nursing through the night, laying beside her and slipping away as she stayed sound asleep.Ī bonus is that we won’t have to transition her out of a crib down the road. After doing our research, we decided to go ahead with it because we loved that it would provide her freedom of movement in her space and foster independence from a young age. When pregnant with E and planning her nursery, the idea of a floor bed was one we were back and forth on.
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