The results are in - this is the UK's best newborn bed. Do you agree?

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After weeks of trawling talkboards, talking to parents and researching bestsellers, we put the best of the best newborn beds on the market through some real-life, extreme testing to find the best sleeping options for your newborns.

Each of the newborn beds was put through its paces for a whole week, and tested on the following criteria – safety and stability, ease of assembly, day-to-day usefulness, cleanliness, aesthetics and value for money. Any accompanying fabrics such as sheets or bedding were always washed in the same way on the same wash cycle, too, so we know just how easily each is to clean.

The results are in and the Sleepyhead was our overall winner. Take a look at our full list of Mumsnet Best Newborn Beds to find out what we thought to the rest of the beds we tested, whether you're on a budget or looking to splash out.

Do you agree? Share your feedback below

I wasn't tying to scare people, but simply point out that it doesn't meet the 'safe sleep standards' therefore I (personally) think it's irresponsible to promote it as the best 'bed' for a newborn when it's not even designed to be that.

We use the Sleepyhead and love it, and DD (5 weeks old) loves it as well. We place it on top of a firm mattress in her co sleeping crib (Knuma Huddle), and ensure that she's laid on her back, with her blankets tucked firmly under her arm pits and her arms free. We also bring the Sleepyhead into the living room for day time napping. Although she was not a small baby (8lb 6oz), she seemed so swamped in the co-sleeper after the little hospital cribs, and the Sleepyhead has helped to make her feel more secure. We got ours on eBay as well, so more of a reasonable expense xx

I had a sleepyhead with my DD who was born in 2015 so before it was considered unsafe, I remember this story (the one shared with the link) coming out and it was confirmed by other threads at the time that the nest in question was one same as pictured in the ladies story which was a really popular choice in the US although I couldn’t find that it was sold in the U.K. but it wasn’t a sleepyhead. Really sorry I can’t find the links naming the nest it was on some Facebook groups at the time. But as someone else mentioned up thread the lullaby trust then (rightly) had to say that no nests or positioners should be used, same as we can only take paracetamol when pregnant most of the time because no one is willing to put a pregnant lady or baby at risk when they can’t do any proper research.

However just to say, the sleepyhead does work with the angelcare monitor with movement pad and also the Snuza hero monitor (tbat one clips onto the nappy) so if you do have a none sleeper and wanted to use the sleepyhead or similar that might give you the reassurance needed. I had the angelcare as I had terrible anxiety whilst pregnant and felt sure something would go wrong for me (I got my DD after recurring miscarriage) so I didn’t buy them assuming the sleepyhead was unsafe.

Ps when we used the sleepyhead it was also on the firm mattress in her co-sleeping crib and I didn’t swaddle her.

I wish mumsnet would list the other beds they reviewed, just pointing out the best in each category isn’t much help if you don’t have anything to compare it to, like what were the advantages of the Snuzpod over the chicco next to me etc