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Ikea cots ?

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melsy · 01/08/2005 12:54

Anyone got one ? how are you finding it? Ive always been wary about them having been a nursury buyer. Im trying to find a good value white cot for someone.

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moozoboozo · 01/08/2005 12:55

We have the £30 one, and its been fine so far

Tommy · 01/08/2005 12:57

We've had the pine one which was cheap (can't remember how much) It's on number 2 now and we've never had any problems with it. DS1 climbed out of it when he was 2y8m!

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Frizbe · 01/08/2005 13:08

we have one of their midrange cots and its fine! dd is 21mths and still in it fitting fine.

cadbury · 01/08/2005 13:12

we got the cheepest white cot (can't remember the name) 5 years ago. It has lasted 2 not-very-gentle children with no problems. Perfectly happy with it.

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melsy · 01/08/2005 14:03

always good to know

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alison222 · 01/08/2005 14:12

We had a cheap white one and an expensive mattress to go with it. It lasted 2 years with DD bounching madly in it and DS joining her in there in the mornings to help with the jumping. It has since been handed on as it was still as good as new and is on the next child.

Gillian76 · 01/08/2005 14:46

We have the cheapest plain pine one. It cost £40 last Christmas. It's OK. You get what you pay for really. It doesn't have drop down sides but the base adjusts (3 levels, I think).

PrettyCandles · 01/08/2005 14:59

My parents have the cheap white one for when our children stay, it must be at least 3yo now and has had regular use - though obviously not as often as if it was their own cot at home. We also changed nappies on a cot-top changer over it. It's been shoved around from room to room, but still looks as good as new. I suspect that the fact that it doesn't have a dropside makes it very robust. I've never found a dropside to be particularly useful on a standard-height cot anyway.

Chandra · 01/08/2005 15:32

I don't have a IKEA cot but wanted to say that I bought the most expensive Mothercare mattress but, as soon as DS started standing up it was so "springy" that DS had lots of falls, the support was a disaster and after going around every single baby store in the area looking for a good support mattress I got one from IKEA thninking that being so cheap if it was not good it was not such a waste of money. What a difference! in terms of support is much, much better!

jennifersofia · 02/08/2005 00:07

We have the pine one with the spindle style bars and a drop down side. Been through two children so far, still great, been taken down and reassembled at least 3x year - no problems. Ikea mattress still really good shape too.

finn2 · 02/08/2005 00:56

I bought a cheap Ikea one, only because it looked stylish, dd fell out of it aged 7 mths but we just put the matress on the floor and put cot over and it is fine and still looks stylish!

finn2 · 02/08/2005 00:57

I must add. we are not bad parents and bought the most expensive matress and matress cover. just penned her in, she loves it.

alux · 02/08/2005 02:26

also have a midrange cot with the ikea mattress - really pleased with both - dd only 15 wks old tho.

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