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Is a crib necessary, can you do with just a cot?

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daisy26 · 06/07/2008 13:45

Hi wasn't sure where to put this. People have moses baskets as take to other peoples houses and carry them about. With cribs is it necessary to have one, can you use a cot straight away in your bedroom, but obviously they stay in your bedroom. Thinking budget wise, do you have to have a crib can you just use a cot if youv'e got one. Advice needed

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juuule · 06/07/2008 17:28

Just read the article. Seems like some people do. Regardless of the handles slipping, I was always worried that the bottom of the basket might fall through.

bergentulip · 06/07/2008 19:54

Our moses basket was fine, for two large babies. Always trusted the handles, and bottom of the thing.... where do you people buy your moses baskets????

star6 · 06/07/2008 20:02

we have bought a moses basket and stand (second hand) mostly because we don't have the space yet for the cot yet... I was hoping the baby could be in there for at least 4-5 months!! Is it dangerous for them to be in there after a certain amount of time?
I wasn't planning on carrying it anywhere... just leaving it on the stand in the bedroom for sleeping and letting baby sleep in the swing or on sheepskin or something when in another place... that was what was in my mind anyway - I've never actually had a newborn in my home, so we'll see!!

juuule · 06/07/2008 20:12

My moses basket has been fine (well, I've had 2) for 9 children. Usually kept them in there until they weren't comfortable anymore, somewhere between 6m and 12m depending on the child.
The bottom of the basket giving way was my own paranoia, I think. However, they do get quite heavy and cause a bit of a strain on the botton if you are carrying them at around 4-6m so perhaps I was justified.

Star6 I would be careful about leaving the moses basket on the stand as the baby gets older and more mobile. Once they are trying to sit up the moses stand gets a bit unsteady. That's usually when I would leave baby to sleep in pram/pushchair in the day and use the moses basket inside the cot at night.

star6 · 06/07/2008 20:25

wow juuule - 9 babies!!!! Impressive. Feeling silly and ridiculous over here worrying about how much of an enormous change ONE single baby is going to make in our lives....

juuule · 06/07/2008 21:54

No need to feel silly star. Each baby makes a huge difference in their own way.

nappyaddict · 06/07/2008 22:59

i would never carry a moses basket using just the handles - would always carry it underneath.

star - did you know once the baby can roll over you shouldn't really use a sheepskin - something to do with them not being able to breathe well.

also i wouldn't get a swing. the seats are the same shape as car seat and there's been lots of info saying babies should spend the minimum amount of time possible in them because lying flat is best for them and their developing spines until they can sit up. i think there was also an issue with them not being able to get as much oxygen into their bodies sitting in that position.

nappyaddict · 06/07/2008 23:08

seeker - how old were they when they went onto a futon? how did that work when they were crawling?

seeker · 07/07/2008 08:29

They crawled along to our bedroom and got in with us! Saved us having to go and get them!

slinkiemalinki · 07/07/2008 11:32

Our crib was great - didn't take up too much room in our bedroom, and when DD was 5.5m she was moved up to the big cot in her own room. The big cot would have had to be dismantled and reassembled as our house is old and the doorways are narrow. She was out of the moses basket by about 3-4 months and that tended to live downstairs for daytime naps anyway. I would have found carting a carrycot around very cumbersome but you can always make do if you need to, but we are getting the crib out again for #2 (and hopefully #3 one day!) and I am very glad I have it - we will certainly have got our money's worth but it really depends on circumstances. If you have 4 floors and narrow doors like we do, I would really think about it! If it is a stretch for you it is something you can manage without.

chandellina · 07/07/2008 11:55

we have gotten a rocking cradle (crib) since it fits in our room and can later go into the nursery. i plan to put baby on a sheepskin or cushion when he's downstairs. that means we won't be able to carry him around in something but our stairs up to the bedrooms are quite shallow and slippy wool carpeted anyway so i'd rather have him in my arms.
i'm not sure what will come next, probably a cot, though a good friend has done really well with a futon on the floor her 1-year-old moved to at around 5 months.

Saymyname · 07/07/2008 12:04

We've got a crib for our room as the cot won't fit in there. Thought about a moses basket but I am incredibly clumsy and worried about knocking it off the stand. Crib seemed a bit more secure for someone like me.

LazyLinePainterJane · 07/07/2008 12:14

I got a crib from Freecycle to use in our room as there is not space for a cot next to the bed. Am not getting a moses basket this time as DS was out of his within about 11 weeks.

nappyaddict · 07/07/2008 16:49

seeker - oh that sounds like a bit too much hassle than it's worth. i can't be arsed to go around baby proofing everything and putting stair gates up!!!

Klaw · 07/07/2008 16:58

Dd (3.1) slept in her cotbed from day 1 or else she would be in the carry cot from her pram during the day. We used sleeping bags when she was a baby and think they work very well when trying to conform to the "rules" about positioning etc

Can't see the point myself in buying a moses basket etc. We did borrow a swinging cradle thing for ds (now nearly 15) but he didn't like it.....

seeker · 07/07/2008 17:41

Nappyaddict - all you've got to do is put a stairgate at the top of the stairs. Baby's room will be baby-proofed anyway, and if you keep all the other room doors shut except yours they'll make a bee line for "the big bed" I guarantee it!

nappyaddict · 07/07/2008 18:19

oh ds' room isn't babyproofed. no room in the house is cos he is only able to wander around it when we are awake so would know what he was up to.

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