Please remind me why it's supposedly not safe to use a secondhand mattress for the moses basket?

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JBrd · 15/05/2011 16:03

If you wash the sheets and give the mattress a good wipe with an antiseptic (it's covered with a plasticy material, so I don't think I can wash it), why shouldn't that be safe?

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PipCarrier · 15/05/2011 17:03

Because secondhand you don't know where/how it's been stored ie. could have been in a damp loft or shed and also you don't know how much sick etc. it absorbed. For the sake of a tenner just don't risk it!

CMD83 · 15/05/2011 17:45

mould/bacteria can grow deep within the matress that the previous babies immune system could fight but a new baby might not. As Pip says it's not worth it.

sevendwarves · 15/05/2011 18:06

I thought it was to do with the risk of cot death. FSID recommend buying a new mattress every time.

jasmine51 · 15/05/2011 20:02

Yes both are right...mould spores and old bacteria are thought to contribute to SIDS. Just costs £10...bite the bullet.

sarahbeth2 · 16/05/2011 07:58

Didnt realise this for moses basket? Can you get new matresses for them then or need to get a new basket?

onadietcokebreak · 16/05/2011 08:10

As Jasmine says new mattresses are about a tenner.

Also isn't it also about mattresses losing shape/firmness?

sevendwarves · 16/05/2011 09:31

sarahbeth they're £10 from mothercare or babies r us, presumably loads of other places do them too. I've never noticed them instore but was looking online last night as I need to get one.

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