Moses Basket vs Carry Cot

[emza78]

Hi,

I'm getting myself all confused trying to figure out exactly what we need for the little one. I was thinking of having a moses basket for day AND night time sleeping - although would a detachable carry cot from a pram do the same job? Or if we had a moses basket could we do without a carry cot? What kind of a pram would we need in that case? Also, what happens once the baby is too old for a moses basket - would sleep in cot at night but what about for naps in the day? V confused!

Thanks

Emma

Some of the prams from Mamas and Papas come with a detachable carrycot and also a stand to put them on so you use it as moses basket this for example

Pram carrycot - would be fine for some daytime naps, but you are unlikely to want to lug it up to your bedroom at night. And when you are feeding in the night you probably want the baby's sleep place to be raised off the floor so you don't kill your back with lugging the baby in and out. You can put a Moses basket on a stand, but a pram carry cot would go on the floor - not ideal.

When your baby is too big for a moses basket, they either sleep in the pram / pushchair / sling /car if you are out and about, or in their normal cot at home.

When DD was newborn, we had: a pram without a carry cot, a wrap sling (brilliant!) and a moses basket on a stand.

I got a second hand moses basket and stand from an NCT nearly new sale (bought a new mattress) - it was in excellent condition (didn't look used to me) and far far cheaper than one brand new. NCT branches are having their autumn sales at the mo so might be worth looking on their website to see the nearest one to you.

Does that help?

Ah - didn't realise you could get a stand for a pram carry cot! That pram is £750 though!!!

:) Wigeon, I deliberately didn't mention the price!! It is pretty though :)

Thanks for that - really can't afford £750 on pram tho unfortunately! Think i'm edging towards a moses basket for day and night and a pram without a carry cot.. would a carry cot only last for a few months also until the baby got too big? Seems a bit of a waste

To be honest, a pram only lasts a few months really (nevermind the carrycot), for the time that your baby is meant to be lying completely flat, as by the time they can support their head you'll get a cheaper Maclaren which is much lighter, foldable, portable and manoeuverable-round-shops etc, and you'll be wondering why you spent all that money on a fancy pram (even "normal" prams run into hundreds of pounds), and you should have just used a sling instead (me).

Or if you did spend crazy money on a big heavy Bugaboo (or similar), you'll use it for months and months past the time which is it is useful / convenient, just to justify the fact that you spent the cost of a car / holiday on a bit of metal to cart around a baby, and you will resolutely not get a Maclaren, just to make a point (friends of mine, not me!).

You don't neeed to buy a stand for a moses basket either....I used a beer crate as a stand next to my bed (it's a lowish bed) for my 3!

If your friends have had children, I bet loads of them will have moses baskets in their lofts if you ask. New matresses don't cost too much.

I had a second hand one with a stand off a friend (then she had it back for her second, and Ihad it back for our, she's now got it back for her soon to arrive third!), and a travel system with a carrycot which we used if we went away for overnight stays. DS1 was born in October and I loved the carrcot for being able to snuggle him in during the cold winter months.

They don't all have to cost a fortune, but I found having both was very useful.

Hiya,

I think it will depend on what kind of house you live and if you plan on travelling/going out a lot. My baby was in a borrowed mosses basket at night and bugaboo (bought dirt cheap second hand with all the accessories, check ebay!) for naps.
My baby loved the bugaboo and slept happily in it everywhere (we could go out to eat in restaurants!) it is black, I think this helps a lot (dont get bright colours it will keep them too alert to sleep) I would have used it day and night but his bedroom was three flights upstairs! hence the mosses basket. When he was two months we moved to a bungalow and we just wheeled the bugaboo round to wherever we wanted it, he slept in it until big enough for a crib.

I agree with the other poster, its a very short while, so go second hand/borrowed on these items and save your cash for stuff that will be needed for longer.

PS My son is 2.4 now and the bugaboo is still going strong