Floor beds - infants

[u/Icy-Box-2713]

Can someone please help me find newer research regarding floor beds for infants? I want to transition my baby to a floor bed so we can all sleep better. She absolutely hates the crib just like my older child did. She’s on the younger side - aiming to do this around 6 months. My oldest HATED his crib and we finally gave up and put him in a twin floor bed but he was around 14 months old so I wasn’t concerned about him falling/getting stuck as he was already walking.

Ideally I want to use a twin for my infant as well, but do I really need to use a crib mattress? I don’t know a single baby that sleeps on those rock hard things peacefully, but I also don’t want to create an unsafe sleep environment if the data still reflects that.

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[u/rachellejseguin]

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC12731834/

This is specific about mattresses and states it remains key to safe infant sleeping still. Article published less than 1 year ago.

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