☆International Families☆コミュのCot or Not?

My daughter is seven and a half months old, and has just begun to roll over (and over and over...). She has, until this time, slept on a futon next to my futon. I always put her to bed awake. She's a very light sleeper and not easy to put down asleep. Tonight, I heard a little bang, and when I checked, found she had shuffled around and her head had fell off the futon. I put her back into bed, and put a long pillow at the side of the futon as a barrier. About five minutes later, I went back and she had pushed the pillow away and was lying on her stomach on the floor playing with the tatami and talking! It was very cute, but made me start wondering whether I would have to buy her a cot. I know there are barriers that you can buy for the side of the bed, but not sure if that would work for a wriggly child like mine (unless I put the bumpers all around the futon).

Does anyone have advice about futon vs cot?

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[1] mixiユーザー 05月07日 20:42

My boy slept on his cot since he was 5 months, he was
quite a wriggly baby, too. When we went back to his
grandparents' home, we slept on Futon, and everytime
when I was awake, he was on the tatami, this made me
hard to sleep well. I think sleeping on a cot is
better, at least you don't need to worry when the baby
will fall off, you yourself can sleep sounder. But
make sure that the cot is adjustable, as when she starts
to crawl and stand up, she may climb down and fall.

Oh ya, if you keep letting her to sleep on a Futon, I'm
afraid that she may be crawling to somewhere when you
are still asleep. You have to make sure nothing
dangerous is around where she can reach. For me, the
hardest period was the time when my baby started
crawling, I had to fully keep my eyes on him. He fell
off the Kenkan more than 2 times, luckily didn't get
hurt.

[2] mixiユーザー 05月08日 19:00

Thanks Joanna! I have become more aware of dangers now that Hannah is starting to get a bit more mobile. I have a lot of stuff around, like plants, little ornaments etc., that I will have to get rid of, or put away very soon.

I'm lucky enough to remember when my little sister was young, and we couldn't put anything within reach in case she grabbed it! Thanks for the entrance tip. I hadn't thought about that, but I'm sure it could have been serious if your son had landed wrongly! Lucky! I'm thinking about getting her a cot and letting her sleep in her own room. I've enjoyed having her in our room, but I think I can sleep better with her on her own (and probably her too, not disturbed by my husband's snoring!!!

[3] mixiユーザー 05月08日 19:54

Oh, you remind me about what my son said on my husband's
snores: "Mommy, I can't sleep well, daddy is making
noise". I laughed out when I heard it, small kids
always make interesting expression, they are so frank!
The other night he was complaining about the clock,
"Mommy, can you take away the noisy clock?" ^ ^

When Hannah starts talking, you will find it very
amusing, too.

[4] mixiユーザー 05月08日 22:37

Sorry, I don't know what to recommend. My daughter has always used a crib at home. She did use a cot at her daycare for about half a year. But she was already 1 year+. That seemed to work well, except, she couldn't really roll over as easily as she wanted,when she wanted, so it sometimes frustrated her.
Anyway, good luck. :)

[5] mixiユーザー 05月15日 01:30

Hi everyone.
I could entry as Skeetah (chieson).
Thank you again トゥインクル.
Though my english isn't great at all, nice to meet you!

I didn't buy cot. I'd been fed breast milk to him and lie down on futon until 1-year-old while we were sleeping in the night. I could check him when I just woke up. (If the baby was in cot and start crying or wiggling hard, we have to get up and check...)

I think so too,Joanna
>>make sure that the cot is adjustable, as when she starts to crawl and stand up, she may climb down and fall.

When he started crawling and standing, he get up suddenly and stand up on the futon while he was sleeping (he was in half asleep) and he fall flat on his face.
I was so surprised and I thoght that futon is better.
I made barrier by futon called "ごろ寝マットgorone matto"
***For exsample*** http://www.rakuten.co.jp/hirosho/767547/779493/779496/)
I bought a few gorone matto(about 1000yen/a mat)
and made barrier around his space right next to me.
Sometimes he slept on tatami when I was awake,
but I think that he will not get badly hurt on tatami.

I think that my english is a strange. Gomen ne!
Have a good day!

[6] mixiユーザー 05月15日 11:15

Twinkle, not sure about the difference between a crib and cot? Skeetah, thank you for your advice. We actually got a cot last weekend, and Hannah slept her first night on it last night! She was a bit dubious at first, and woke up quite a lot until about 11p.m., but it was the first night she's slept through until morning in a long time.

I felt a bit sad that she wasn't sleeping next to me, but I think it helped her. Sometimes when she wakes up and sees me, it makes her wake up more. She has the bumpers all around the cot, so even when she thrashes around it's not a problem.

I found myself getting up a few times to peer inside the cot though, so that's a downside, but am overall happy with the decision.

[7] mixiユーザー 05月15日 11:26

My American friends always say 'crib' instead
of 'cot', but I believe that they are the same?

I definitely understand how you feel,
even until now my boy sleeps in his bedroom,
I always wake up to check whether
he's sleeping soundly, well-covered by
blanket or not. A slight cough can make me
very nervous too. A mom's heart...

[8] mixiユーザー 05月15日 19:14

Yes, that's one think that took me by surprise when I became a mother. Nobody warned me how much I would worry! My mother said it means you are a good mother..nice to hear, but still heartbreaking sometimes!

Thank you for solving the crib/cot dilemma!

[10] mixiユーザー 05月15日 21:01

Where I'm from,
The left is what we call a COT.
The right is what we call a CRIB.