Cot under the window.

[NoTeaForMe]

I'm sure I've read somewhere that you shouldn't position the cot under the window.....is this true and if so why not?

Thanks

[Xavielli]

Drafts? It's the most comment place for a radiator? They would be my guesses

[lilmamma]

maybe its to draughty,or too warm,or baby can climb onto window ledge..

when my last baby was born they said he was a bit jaundice and to lie him under the window in the sunlight.so that wouldnt make sense,if you heard you shouldnt postition them there,as it was the hospital that told me to do it..

[NoTeaForMe]

The radiator isn't under the window in the nursery so in that respect I have no worries! Don't think there's a window sill either....not sure though!

I don't know where I've heard it, just read it somewhere, am moving house next week and will finally be setting up the nursery, planning it out in my head and one of the options would be to have the cot under the window.....

Hmm.....

[cece]

DS2 s room is so small that part of his cot is in front of the window and the radiator.

I keep the radiator turned down on the lowest setting. But since he is older he has taken all of the things off the window sill and thrown them on the floor whilst waiting for me to get out of bed attend to his every need at the drop of a hat.

[cece]

I suppose their could be a danger from blind or curtain cords dangling wihtin reach

[MrsChemist]

cece, my DS's room is the same.

He mostly tugs on his curtains when he is bored.

He's pulled the whole rail down before (it's plastic and falls down the side of the cot, not on him), and I always run in and see him standing there grinning like a Cheshire cat, holding the curtain.

[angels1]

I would imagine if it's very sunny (looks out of the window and sighs at the clouds) it might get too bright and potentially hot being stuck in the sun. Also the drafts in winter would be brrrrrrrrrrrr.

[NoTeaForMe]

So is the general consensus that it's ok or that it's not ok?

[angels1]

If it was me personally I think I will avoid a cot in the window.

[mum2oneloudbaby]

I'm also having this dilemma as I am moving house next week and I can't quite figure out where to put the cot as the room lends itself to under the window so well.

However, I seem to recall reading during first pg that it isn't the best place for many of the reasons stated above so will be avoiding it if at all possible.

[Meglet]

We had to have the cot under the window as the room is so small. DD likes flapping the curtains about, they don't have any strings on them though.

The window is locked all the time, just in case.

[cece]

If there is another ption then no I wouldn't

mrschemist, at your curtains coming down!

[ReshapeWhileDamp]

I think you use your common sense. It's not a question of Bad Baby Feng Shui, after all. I think originally, people were worried about babies overheating in the sun during daytime naps. So fine - use a blind, or put your baby to nap elsewhere. Cords rarely reach past the windowsill, let alone into the cot. If there's a radiator there, then obviously best avoided. Draughts - well, is it draughty in the room? If yes, then don't leave the baby in the draughts! Most babies are well-wrapped up at night and it's not a bad thing for their hands to be a bit cold if their bodies are nicely warm inside the grobag or whatever.

DS is under the window (no radiator) and I've always drawn the blinds for naps during the day. Amazingly, at 2.5, he hasn't yet worked out that he could climb out (though I'm pretty sure he couldn't make it onto the windowsill).