Toddler Sleeps On Floor Instead Of Bed
My son started sleeping on the floor as a toddler we would put him back in bed because we felt that is where he should sleep.
Toddler sleeps on floor instead of bed. I went through a phase as a child where i truly believed switching ends was the only thing that would really help me relax. Sometimes the bed is boring and it s more fun to sleep on the floor. According to the canadian pediatric society there is a real medical term called behavioral insomnia. Answers from phoenix on july 08 2009.
Discovering your toddler has started sleeping on the floor can be puzzling or concerning for any parent. We purchased so many different mattresses and beds and still he prefers the floor. The baby gets the pack n play and our 3 year old sleeps on the floor in her sleeping bag. This is something you don t have to stress about with a floor bed because even if they do roll of it snot much of fall at all.
Lear says as long as a child is in a safe room and getting out of the bed isn t disrupting anyone s sleep i can t imagine that sleeping on the floor by choice would cause any psychological harm. One of the first worries you have as a parent is his or her child rolling out of bed after transitioning them out of a crib. Why would they choose the hard floor when they have a perfectly comfortable bed they could be using. While parents think they are taking away their child s fears by allowing them to co sleep even if it s on the floor this decision is actually doing more harm than good.
There is nothing wrong with sleeping on the floor it does not hurt a child. After a week of this i again consulted the sleep psychologist who said that basically he is going to sleep on his own and if you don t mind him sleeping on the floor then leave him. When my son trip was about 3 weeks old still waking up every two or three hours around the clock to nurse and sleeping in a bassinet next to our bed he had the first of a few episodes in. The first benefit of a floor bed for toddlers is probably the most obvious of reasons.
My son is now fourteen and would still rather sleep on the floor.