cotbeds..how long did your lo's last til?..

[HairyIrene]

..cause john lewis said 7
at the rate ds is growing it will be 4!

he's long tall
and jumps on mattress too!

PIL have one (they foster all ages so could need bed or cot) and they have only just had to get a bed and current foster child is 6 and very tall.

oh that gives me hope!
he's about 3 6" i think

your pil sound nnice mom

I don't know how tall he is but he is tall for his age and quite stocky too(not fat just big IYSWIM)

You could try stoppinghim jumping in it if you are worried it will break

PIL are lovely this foster child is more than a handful though

mine are boys 4.5 (twins) - still bags of room in their cotbeds (they are just over a metre tall).

a metre throckenholt .. whats that in old money?

mom
oh i do! but a real tall lad cant see this lasting much more
unless he only sleeps in foetal position lol
good luck to your pil

lol @ old money

you mean inches?(am a young lass )

100 cm or 39 inches i think

I decided my dc would go into beds ASAP, so never bothered with cotbeds, I would let them practice getting on and off my bed, and as soon as they could do it with no trouble they went to full size divan beds, they were all 19months, I did'nt bother with bed guards either.

mom
am not, was taught both systems can do some imperial, some metric

totally freaky
we had this from start
so got moneys worth i guess
ignored moses baskets et al and went in cot
but just thought i would get more wear!

I did'nt do moses baskets either

DS moved out of his at almost 4 - but only because we needed it for DD and we were moving so we took the chance to get him a "big boy" (cabin) bed - otherwise it probably would have lasted another year - and he is v. tall for his age.

DS stayed in his until he was 5 (around 100cm) - but could have stayed in for longer.

a metre - about 3ft 6 I think. Looking at them I think they would be ok until they are about 4ft tall.

just googled - cotbeds seem to be about 140cm - so 56 inches, or 4 ft 6. A standard bed is I think 6ft or 6ft 6.

hey thanks throckenholt
thats interesting
so i have another 'foot' to go...
bit of breathing space