Z Bed?

Savvy_Sue

pukkamum wrote: »

you need to do what he normally does at home, you don't want to put him in your room if he is expected to be in his own room normally, it would just cause problems.

I mostly agree with that, although most children can accept that 'we do things differently at granny's house'. But looking to the future at what age do you decide he'd be OK in the spare room? I think I'd opt for a plug-in monitor and a stairgate across the door at this age, if he's already in a bed at home. And you used to be able to get long bedguards if that would make you feel better or your beds are higher than his at home.

If not ...

Errata wrote: »

Argos have foam chair beds which flip out to make a bed, flat to the floor, and flip back to make a chair.

Like the link which pboae gave.

Just as the forums went down last night, I was posting to say that that's what I'd recommend. Z-beds are, IME, THE most uncomfortable sleeping solution in the world. My shoulder blades used to poke through the mattress. Perhaps that wouldn't be a problem for a toddler, who would, after all, be considerably lighter than me as a teenager. But they are unstable and prone to collapse.

Until our last visit, whenever we've visited the in-laws, we've all been on either foam blocks or lilos. Of the two, I much prefer the foam blocks, although one of them has developed a list to starboard which makes sleep interesting. However lilos (even the good ones with 'square' walls rather than just an arrangement of tubes) have a lot of movement in them which can be difficult to get used to, and it's easy to fall off. AND they develop leaks.

However what did look interesting in the link which Spendless gave was that the lilos appeared to have 'walls' at the side, ie the tubes at each side were larger than those in the middle. Now that I could be convinced by for a very young child, and if there's no space for foam block chairs I'd probably go for that myself.

LittleTinker

Why cant he be in his own room at 2 years of age? Seems a bit weird to me.

LilMissEmmylou

LittleTinker wrote: »

Why cant he be in his own room at 2 years of age? Seems a bit weird to me.

May be he can - some people don't want their child in another room though for whatever reason - so why can't he stay in the room with them at 2 years of age?

LJM

i too would have to say follow his normal routine at the end of the day you dont want to cause any unnecessary upset to your boy.though if your room is the only choice i would go with just the mattress,an airbed either a normal single or a ready bed for kids my girls have these maybe you could let him choose his own,then it would be something exciting for him to use and help settle him better.though i would still put a stairgate accross your room if he is in with you,just in case he wanders in the night and he not use to the layout of your room/house etc.

suki1964

Just to clarify - in his own home hes in his own room and hes now in his own bed (one of those wee low beds aimed at kids that we bought him for xmas) Just here in my house the spare rooms are well apart from my room, (I live in a very big house) and the spare room thats even on the same floor as mine is huge, shadowy and tbh if I were two Id be a tad scared. When his mum stays they both use it which is fine.

Now apart from all that I didnt really ask about the wrongs and rights about having my grandchild stay in my bedroom when he stops over - but thankyou all those who thought they had the right to pass comment


Thankyou for those that did read my question and answer - lots of ideas to be looking at - thankyou

suki1964

LittleTinker wrote: »

Why cant he be in his own room at 2 years of age? Seems a bit weird to me.

Would you care to clarify that? What the hell is weirds about a 2 year old in a stange house without his full time carer being in the same room as his grandma who only has him once in a blue moon?

ailuro2

suki1964 wrote: »

a 2 year old in a stange house without his full time carer being in the same room as his grandma who only has him once in a blue moon?

perhaps you should have made this clear in the first place??;)

a more common reason would be a child staying with the non resident parent every weekend - that's why people were asking, and why I mentioned in my reply how often the child would be staying over?

Why not just bring the mattress from the spare room into your room - or go sleep in the spare room with him, if it's only occasionally?

suki1964

ailuro2 wrote: »

perhaps you should have made this clear in the first place??;)

a more common reason would be a child staying with the non resident parent every weekend - that's why people were asking, and why I mentioned in my reply how often the child would be staying over?

Why not just bring the mattress from the spare room into your room - or go sleep in the spare room with him, if it's only occasionally?

I wasnt aware that I had to explain myself to anyone????

And Im sure that i did explain in my original post that the spare room with single beds was too far away

The question was would a z bed fill the gap for now - not the rights and wrongs of having my GS in my room nor anything to do with the make up of my family

becs

Hi,

I would ask his Mum what she thinks as she knows him best and how he would find things. The inflatable ready beds all seem to say from 3 plus so that might be something to look into if he's only just 2 as there may be good reason for this. If so what about a travel cot? Some of them are quite large and may do until he's a little bit older?

miserly_mum

When my OH and my 2 1/2 year old stay over at MIL's house he sleeps on the floor on one of the foam fold out type chairbeds from Argos. (somebody mentioned these in an earlier post) His Dad sleeps in the singlebed next to him. Although if granny had a bigger bed OH and him would just bunk in together.

My wee one loves his "bed on the floor" as he calls it and its a real novelty for him as they only stayover every 6 weeks or so.

When my grandaughter stays with us (she's 2 in March) she sleeps beside me in the spare room,. and has done from an early age Mainly to save the bother of travel cots etc.

She sleeps in her cot at home but just seems to accept that in Nanna's house she sleeps beside Nanna but at home it's her cot (soon to be bed). It has never caused problems with her routine. I think kids are very adaptable to wherever they are at the time.