Ronan bonan puddin' and pie.

[rootofnewt]

	Newbie! Ronan in the onesie from bedbugsbite. (There's another one in the gallery that shows the shirt a bit better.)
	We finally got the sidecar arrangement done. Well, it's mostly done. We need to address some safety issues once he gets mobile. But for now, we've got him over there. Now I need to find someplace to keep my books, jeans, and pillows.

Comments

[gremlin44.livejournal.com]

Very cute!

I've thought about sidecar-ing, but no matter how we turn our bed, there isn't space. But it's no biggie--he goes between the cosleeper and the crib in his room pretty easily.

[natf.livejournal.com]

Is the sidecar like a cot extension to your bed? That is so cute!

[krasota.livejournal.com]

It's just a crib (without one side) secured to our bed. :)

[natf.livejournal.com]

Ah hah!

As a non-mum, I had never heard of the sidecar concept - but it is a cool/clever way of co-sleeping without having them in the bed. Does it make getting in and out of bed harder for you? I would worry about that if it was me but then I have different constraints... ;-p

[krasota.livejournal.com]

Yes, it's harder. I don't get up much once I'm in here, though. Or I make the boy move out of my way.

[geeki.livejournal.com]

How did you end up roping it to your bed?

Another Question: did you have to raise up the crib at all?

[krasota.livejournal.com]

No. The highest crib setting + ikea mattress was perfectly level with our mattress + foam topper.

With the great difference in firmness between the crib mattress and our topper, I used a twin-to-king overlay, which means we have a bit of a hump between the two. This is causing problems. I may just use a heavy quilt over the seam, instead.


(and on the far side, I cut 5-6" from a second ikea mattress to fill in the gap. it was cheaper than buying high density foam at joann's)

[krasota.livejournal.com]

I used tie-down/ratchet straps around our mattress. They make a V, with the point toward the crib. Two short bungies go across the crib frame, attaching to loops on the tie downs. That's what secures the various bits.

Lots of folks just use bungies, but our mattress is covered by a dust mite encasing--the tie-downs are over the encasing. Then comes our foam overlay, then the topper for that.

Newbie Ronan

[(Anonymous)]

Such a cutie, that grandson of mine. Love you all.

Gr. Dale

[deborahs-corner.livejournal.com]

Oh he has grown so much and so precious. I love getting to see the pics. The bed idea is great too. I did that before I knew what co sleeping was..but wanted them close. My ex hated it though.
thank you for sharing the pics like you do.
Deb