I forgot to mention that I bought a nitelight yesterday and put it in the bedroom. I also put up a bedrail on the side with the ramp - it's working out beautifully so far.
It's about 3-1/3 feet long so it reaches from the end of the mattress just to the top of the ramp. With that and the 'wall' I attached to the ramp, I'm comfortable that Alex can't fall and hurt himself over there.
Now I need to find something for my side of the bed. I need to have something that I can easily lower in the middle of the night for my many trips to the bathroom. I thought the second rail I bought might work, but the releases are too far apart to reach easily when I'm on the mattress.
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