Bad luck to put cot up??

[mumma2b2020]

Hi all,

I'm approaching 28 weeks this week and my husband is wanting to assemble the nursery furniture so it's done and he's not having to do it the nearer I approach my due date, but I know there's an old wives take that it's bad luck to put the cot up before the baby is born?? What's everyone's view? When did everyone else put their cots up?

Thanks x

I would put it up x

I thought the bad luck tale was about having the pram in the house before baby arrives, never heard it about a cot! I'd definitely build it, you'll have way more time to sort things now than when little one arrives.

If you've got a bedside crib for them for the first six months before they go into the proper cot in their own room then I'd 100% get that built. The last thing you want to be doing the evening you bring a newborn home is trying to set up where they will sleep.

I hate stuff like that it's Pathetic! Get the bloody cot up and enjoy it :)

Mine was up way before DS was born. Its up to you though, as although we built ours it's abit daft worrying too much if they're going into a crib/moses basket or side sleeper first. DS was in our room so not in his cot for 6months

My mum believes in all that she said it's okay to put the cot up just not to dress it like with blankets and teddies she's the same with my buggy telling me not take it out the box Hahaa! It's totally up to you if you believe in that or not

Despite my usual love of evidence-based practise, I got all superstitious about that stuff and have spent the last few days assembling IKEA furniture while 38 weeks pregnant, hormonal as hell and crying with frustration because I'm so big and uncomfortable and bending down/getting up off the floor is near impossible. DH has been a legend and basically took over and did 95% of it, and I feel useless and quite stupid.

I wish I'd sorted everything after the 20 week scan.

I'm not a suspicious person I'll happily walk under ladders ect but I will never put a cot up or bring a pram into the house, 5 babies here and my mother has come in before I've got home from the hospital and set up the Moses basket and sterilisers ect my pram was at mil and she brought it round a week later. The baby is in with you for the first 6 months so what's the point of nursery furniture just sat around collecting dust

I've always had cots, moses baskets, prams etc already set up before baby is born.. They are just daft old wives tales. I'd get it done now so it's one less thing you have to do later on

I've never heard either old wives tale and so the Moses basket and pram have been ready for weeks. Unless you know exactly when your baby will arrive I don't know how you can practically plan to be ready otherwise. The people who believe these superstitions probably think you can tell the sex of your baby from the position of your bump so I wouldn't be overly concerned.

Putting up a cot or having a pram in your house cannot in anyway effect a baby growing in your womb. Literally impossible. It’s a piece of furniture. It has no connection to your body or it’s ability to grow a human successfully.

I majority roll my eyes at these old wives tales. Put your cot up if you want to get it done!

I honestly believe you make your own luck in life. I lived with my mum at the time I was pregnant and she would not let me have the pram, car seat or cot in the house. Made me a little sade because I would've loved to have seen them up and waiting for our little one.

Just do whatever you feel most comfortable with for yourselves.

I personally think it’s a load of rubbish, old wives tales! Trust me you’ll wish you’d built everything earlier while you had the stamina to do so!! Just go for it :)

Thanks all! I'm not overly superstitious but thought it would be good to get others views on it! We've only got the nursery furniture to assemble and the pram when it arrives so will get them done and dusted..the next to me crib is already done! X

I've got all the stuff in my house, pram etc and will put cot up soonish. Where am I meant to store everything if not in the house??

We put cot together a week or two ahead bit only to get it out the way.

E only guy the next to me thingy together a day or two ahead. Not because of stupid superstition (sorry, but it is... If you see a single magpie do you think sitting bad will happen?) I get people have fears and anxieties but we really shouldn't encourage them in others. Anyway.

It just isn't convenient to have all that stuff in house immediately such as pram or bedside crib thing. But it is good to have nursery prepared as in painted and ready. If baby staying in your room you don't really need the cot up and ready, but you may as well. Easier before baby arrives than after.

It just took us a long thine to choose a cot

For those saying it has no way of affecting the baby, well duh obviously!
It's about protection. If god forbid the baby died you haven't got a fully functioning nursery to look at on your return home. Tbh I've never had the need for a pram straight away as I've never taken newborns out and about until they were 2/3 weeks old. Most places you buy from will hold the pram until after the birth. A car seat you need but I just stuck ours on the boot of the car until I needed it. A Moses basket and stand doesn't really take anymore that 10 seconds to erect so yeah no need for it really. When we was coming home with our 3rd dh pulled up outside mothercare and I had to run in and get a changing mat,bath and steriliser. But yeah each to their own,I guess for some it's about tempting fate.

Our cot went up about 4 weeks before the twins were due to be airlifted fro mtbe sunroof. The cot being up didn't do anything. Nor the pushchair being in the living room. Or a cupboard full of clothes being washed and ready

Actually the latter one I regret, "buy tiny size" everyone said. "twins are always small" everyone said. 6lb 23 and 6lb 25 at 36 weeks, they didn't fit!!

YY exactly passthebucky

Of course it won’t tempt fate to assemble the furniture but if, god forbid, anything happened you would be coming home to an empty nursery that needs dissembling.

I don’t agree with it being bad luck, but personally I wouldn’t build it/ sort the baby’s bedroom until they need it. Baby will be in your room for at least six months, besides the baby’s clothes, what will the room really be used for until then?
Oh and @emmab96 there shouldn’t be an teddies etc in a cot anyway.

@Clangus00 I know that Hahaa I just meant some people dress them with teddies before baby comes that's all.

I've heard about it being bad luck to bring the pushchair in but nothing about a cot.
I'd put it up, it'd be worse luck if baby popped out before you're properly prepared!

urgh, im 29 weeks pregnant and ive sorted all that stuff. I hate the old wives tales as I think they're a tad ridiculous, but its totally up you if you believe in it or not.

Also, to the people saying 'you're baby WILL be in with you for the first 6 months', I get thats its just a throw away comment but please stop being so prescriptive. There are guidelines, but if you ask around people generally do whats right for them. I know one mum who was handed a strict timetable of feeding/naps/etc for her baby by someone else, then was made to feel terrible for not following it. Unless someones being obviously negligent or unsafe, lets support each other. I get that this is a bit off topic for this thread, but I really feel that 'just do whats right for you' is the best advice.

Well no @lets it’s a safety reason to keep baby in the same room.

I thought this. So waited.

My brand new mamas and papas cot took WEEKS to lose its 'new cot' (paint) smell. Luckily was summer and could air it outside. Had to use a travel cot in the meantime! If you're not going to assemble it, at least air it!

@Clangus00 please ask around, you'll find that not everyone keeps their baby in the same room for 6 months.