Sleep Arrangements

Place on the floor some clean, folded, natural fiber blankets covered by a sheet - safety pin or tape it in place underneath where the baby can't reach (even by accident) to hold it tight, and the baby will adapt. That should be enough padding.

Babies can sleep anywhere. There is always some fussing with any changes. Don't worry about it. If you've checked - no fever, no chill, not wet, not dirty, breathing well and normally - just croon a bit and pat your dear son, and go on to sleep.

Or you can always put your twin mattress on the floor, two secured blanket or quilt rolls for the baby (one on each side) and pad the floor for your hubby! It's just for a short time, and even if it's a few weeks or months, the floor will be good for his back!

can you do a trundle bed? Like a little crib mattress that might fit under your bed that you can slide out at night?

I know that your son is very young and you are wise not to try to co-sleep since you don't have the room for him to safely be in the bed with you both.

Because your son is so young you definitely don't want to use any kind of padding in his pack and play. Contact the manufacturer (or check on-line) for a replacement for the "mattress" part. Just make sure it's for the brand/model you have. My mil bought another mattress for her pack and play and it wasn't big enough and I walked in and found my little one (that she had been babysitting) with her face in the crevice between the mattress and the edge of the p n p! Needless to say I had a heart attack.

Your son could also have just a bit of reflux. But given that he is not in a crib where you can safely use a crib wedge I'm not sure what to recommend to elevate him a bit. If you prop the end of the pack and play up he could end up rolling down into the crevices and that's a safety issue. You could check out the crib wedges and see if it would safely work with your p n p.

I would not put a baby as small as your son on the floor. He doesn't need to be breathing in all the dust and what not that is normally on our floors.

I don't understand. If you've put something down to pad the pack and play I doubt the reason that he won't sleep in it is related to the warped mattress. I wouldn't call the pad on the bottom of a pack and play a mattress even. It's a slim pad. Even crib mattresses are quite firm. Therefore any form of padding should be just fine for baby.

Perhaps you can just put him to sleep on the floor.

Since I don't know what you used to cushion the bottom I will suggest folding up a blanket or two and putting them on the bottom or on the floor.

Perhaps it's the actual bottom of the pack and play that is warped? Still it should be OK with some firm padding.

I'm still thinking and am still confused. What do you mean he won't sleep there? You lay him down and he cries and doesn't go to sleep? Have you been having him sleep with you and now the pack and play is something new? If so he'll get used to it. And it sounds like he's next to your bed. You can talk with him and pat him. This too shall pass.

I just keep thinking I'm missing something here. If there is room for a pack and play in the same space as your bed I think that there would be room for a co-sleeper. If you've purchased a house and are waiting for it to close you'll be in your home soon.

Also, you don't want to put a very young baby in a twin bed unless you put up side rails so that he can't roll off. But then I don't know what you're thinking about there, either. Sorry.

I ascertained from your site that your baby is around 2 months in age.

Why not allow him to sleep in his car seat then? If its only temporary anyways sometimes I would leave my twins in their carseats for naps and such and never had an issue when it came time for them to sleep in their cribs. It also depends on how long you are talking about before you close on the new home but my twin girls always fell asleep in their carseats especially on those car rides it was always a given they would fall out and sometimes I would just leave them be.
I would not suggest using it for a long period of time because then he might grow accustomed to sleeping in just his car seat like I said before it just depends on how long you are talking about being in your current situation.
I wouldn't suggest laying him on the floor either I would let him sleep in a swing, bouncy seat whatever before letting my baby sleep on the floor, but that is just me personally. All I can think about is all those chemicals they use in carpets, dust, bugs and such and having such a young one with the risk of SIDS still being there I wouldn't want to risk anything.
I'm sure it will be fine....you might have a few weeks of pure hell once you move into your new home because whatever you figure out to work for him now will change again so just give him time to adjust for each transition. My twins were basically sleeping in their cribs at two weeks of age because they did not care for the basinnets AT ALL! I have always said and still say NO KIDS in the bed with us unless they are sick of course but my kids have never had that habit of sleeping with us and I know its because I was very strict about it. Plus having twins I cannot have two kids in the bed with me - no way! They just did better in their cribs and it made me nervous with them being so young but that was the only way I found that they slept better which in turn made mommy sleep better too! Just the difference in kids though....one of the twins like to be swaddled the other totally disliked it. Each kid has their own little quirky things :()) Good luck my dear and wishing you the very best! This too shall pass!