Larger moses basket

[Pippaandpolly]

My mother has a moses basket that everyone in the family slept in that is huge compared to the ones you see today - it's gorgeous and was big enough to be used as a travel 'cot' until we were each about 8 months old. However, it slept my godfather, mother, aunt, brother, me and 3 cousins and is absolutely not safe to use anymore - it might be ok kept totally still in one room but I wouldn't like to put a baby in it and then try and lift it...I expect the wicker would fall through entirely. I'm looking for something similar to replace it with and all the moses baskets I can find seem tiny in comparison. I don't want to buy a moses basket that we can only use for a couple of months - if they're the only ones available I'd rather just buy a cotbed from the beginning and bypass the moses basket altogether. Does anyone know whether it's possible to get large moses baskets anywhere nowadays? I've tried all the places you'd expect - John Lewis, Mothercare etc.

these people make them- scroll down a bit. It says you can have different sizes made.

hideous?
ebay
ebay

use it in one room dont shift it round
the joy of using family heirlooms
we use my 41 year old high chair been thyrough 3 chn 7 grandchildren and loads of childminded chn

never a year unused

SaltNSauce the children's crib in your first link isn't quite what I had in mind but oh my God do I love it! And yes, your 'hideous' link is a bit yuck...the second ebay one is nice though. Thank you - so helpful!

kktpj I think we will use it (probably in the sitting room as somewhere to sleep during the day) but I wanted something moveable as well. The only other problem is that it's too big for most modern mattresses, so I'm going to have to be creative I think. The original (that we all slept on, pre-health and safety recommendations!) was handmade by my greataunt.

I was lent a larger Moses basket in a similar vein and a pram mattress from John Lewis fits just fine (had to trim it a tiny bit). So maybe you could use your existing one, static, with a new mattress?

Crochetcircle that's a really good idea - thank you!

Hi,

I have 2 old moses baskets and they are far too big for modern mattresses, I got some made at the natural mat company - they are expensive but feel really good. My first 2 wouldn't sleep on standard moses basket mattresses. If you google the natural mat company and discounts you can get a 10% discount from mumsnet.
Ooops sorry forgot to say that they are made to measure mattresses xx

For a mattress babymattressesonline do custom sizes and are very reasonable for a decent material.