Help with picking a newborn baby bed

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Few suggestions below would appreciate any advice . I want a crib suitable for beside bed and my limit is probably £140 as will need one for bedroom and downstairs.
There's just so many options. Anyone know what is best ?
Do they usually all come with a mattress or do you have to buy a mattress separate. Are the mattresses universal fit ect. This is my first and I feel kinda clueless but I'm aware it's recommended baby is with my for 6 months. Generally how long goes one of these beds fit the growing baby

They’re highly unlikely to sleep in it, at least in the early days. I just had DD in bed with me (safely).

Downstairs she had a vibrating chair or her carrycot (on the pram). But she mostly napped on me. Sometimes back up on the bed (I napped with her). Some people have moses baskets downstairs.

I'd get a Moses basket for now (loads secondhand) and wait until baby is here, as PP said, they may not sleep in it so don't want to waste money.

I would get a moses basket for now. Even if they sleep on you all the time (mine didn't) it's still useful to have somewhere to put them down that isn't a bouncer. You don't have to spend much.

I also had a tutti bambini cozee which is a next to me type thing. I never actually had the side down but it was a great size and lasted me 9 months as I have a small centile baby. I bought mine second hand and bought the mattress new.

We used moses basket upstairs and the carry cot bit of the pram downstairs for the first few weeks. Then we had a vibrating chair downstairs.

Second hand Next2Me crib for £30, with new mattress another £30. Both children slept in it every single night until around seven months when they moved into a big cot /cot bed. Mine were quite long babies and didn't outgrow the length of it, but the limiting factor is when they sit up unaided. Next2Me cribs aren't safe once they're sitting.

And if you have a pram carrycot you can probably use that for downstairs if you want to save money. Just check it's sleep safe.

What area are you in? I'm selling a very similar one to your picture, but it has legs on both sides & rocks - £10 collection.
They aren't in it for that long. I'm West Yorkshire

To your first picture that is. Yes, will be in it for around 5/6 months but that's it

Chicco zip & go. Crib mode, converts to cot mode and can take it with you if you go away.

My first baby I had a Chicco next to me for the first 7ish months strapped on to my bed and used the carrycot part of the pram downstairs. My next to me was secondhand, and I washed all the fabric parts with some Napisan in the wash to help deep clean and disinfect, and disinfected all other parts with dettol spray. The mattress can be bought separately from Amazon, but make sure you don't throw away the mattress board as they don't supply a new one with a new mattress.

For my second baby I used the same next to me, but bought a new mattress. I also bought a Shnuggle moses basket and stand new, which is one of the biggest moses baskets you can buy, and lasted until about 6 months.