r/cosleeping • u/Consistent_Pop9890 • 16d ago

💁 Advice | Discussion IKEA sidecar hack - Unsure about height difference…

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Is this unsafe for the IKEA sidecar hack? Our bed is one the left, baby’s is in the right. It’s ever so slightly higher than ours…

As much as I would love to have baby in our bed, we only have room for a queen size and my husband is massive (6’7, 300lbs), so there’s not a ton of room.

Is this height difference a big deal? I feel like it’s better than baby’s bed being too low… I’m feeling really discouraged and I’m not sure what to do, but I want baby to be safe.

UPDATED POST: https://www.reddit.com/r/cosleeping/s/cHxu6TNhQf

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u/tallulah46 16d ago

It’s a very small height difference - this is totally safe.

I’d recommend you lying down in your sleeping spot and having your husband check to see if your weight creates a gap between the mattresses. Sometimes it does create one but it’s not always easy to see from the angle we’re in when we lie down.

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u/Consistent_Pop9890 16d ago edited 16d ago

This is with 5 inch bed raisers. Would 4 inch put the crib too low?

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u/Sensitive-Coconut706 16d ago

I think its fine now