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19 questions · 19 with a verified answer

19 questions

Midnight menace

My son is keeping me up at night. I can't seem to get him to stay in his own bed. He comes into our room around 1am an…

Verified answer 1 answer

J Josh Reviewed Jul 2026

Transitioning a rocked-to-sleep toddler from cot to a bed

Our two year old is still rocked to sleep at night. We are wanting to transition her to a bed so she can eventually sh…

Verified answer 1 answer

F Frankee Reviewed Jul 2026

Waking at 5am every day since moving to a bed, help!

Ever since she went into a big bed a few weeks back she's up at 5am on the dot, wide awake, ready to party. In the cot…

Verified answer 4 answers

L Leah

Do Gro Clock-style sleep trainers actually work for staying in bed?

Thinking about getting one of those clocks that change colour to tell them when they're allowed to get up. Do they act…

Verified answer 5 answers

P Priya

Montessori floor bed from the start vs cot then bed, experiences?

Expecting our first and quite taken with the Montessori floor bed idea instead of buying a cot we'll just end up repla…

Verified answer 4 answers

R Rosa

How to stop co-sleeping without weeks of tears?

Bed sharing was lovely for ages but our 2.5 year old is a total starfish now and none of us are sleeping. I'd love our…

Verified answer 4 answers

E Emma

Is the 18-month sleep regression real? Ours was sleeping through until last week

He's slept through since about 8 months and this week it's completely fallen apart. Screaming at bedtime, waking twice…

Verified answer 4 answers

H Hana

Are toddler floor beds actually worth it?

See these floor beds all over Instagram and can't work out if they're a fad or actually good. Did your toddler stay in…

Verified answer 6 answers

S Sophie

How to co-sleep safely, the rules we should all know?

We've ended up bed sharing more by accident than choice, and I'd rather do it as safely as we can than keep pretending…

Verified answer 5 answers

N Nadia

When should I move my toddler from cot to bed?

So much conflicting advice out there. Some people say 18 months, others say wait till 3. Mine's 20 months and perfectl…

Verified answer 4 answers

R Rebecca

Toddler climbing out of the cot at 20 months, move to a bed now or fight it?

He's figured out how to haul himself over the cot rail and I found him on the floor this morning. Absolutely terrified…

Verified answer 3 answers

D Dev

When to stop co-sleeping, is 2 too old? Is 4?

Getting comments from family that our 2.5 year old 'should be out of our bed by now'. But he's happy and we're mostly…

Verified answer 3 answers

A Aisha

2-year-old sleep regression, how long did it last for you?

About ten days into what I'm assuming is the 2 year regression. Early wakes, fighting the nap, kicking off at bedtime.…

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T Tom

My toddler keeps getting out of her new bed, how do I get her to stay put?

We moved our 2.5 year old into a floor bed last week and she pops out twenty times a night.

Verified answer 3 answers

P Priya Reviewed Jun 2026

Transitioning from co-sleeping to their own bed, where do you even start?

We're ready to move our 2.5 year old out of our bed into her own room but I honestly don't know where to begin, she's…

Verified answer 2 answers

K Kate

What are the sleep regression ages, and which are actually rough?

Keep seeing people mention 'regressions' at different ages and I can never tell if it's a genuine developmental thing…

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M Meg

Our cot-to-bed transition has gone wrong, she's up 10 times a night. What now?

Moved our nearly 3 year old to a bed a fortnight ago and it's gone horribly. She's out of bed constantly, some nights…

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F Fiona

Is 18 months too early to move from cot to a toddler bed?

He's started trying to climb out of his cot and I'm worried he'll fall.

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S Sam Reviewed Jun 2026

He wakes confused and crying in the night since the cot went, is this normal?

A few nights into the floor bed he's waking around midnight crying and seems disoriented.

Verified answer 1 answer

J Joel

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