Hospital cot at home, crazy idea?

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mwnci1 · 30/07/2017 11:05

So all my friends from NCT who have had their babies (I had the latest due date) are wondering why their babies slept so well in their hospital cots and once they get home everything changes. They all wish they had one of those hospital cots at home.
It made me think, should I try and source a hospital cot before my baby's imminent arrival? Has anyone else considered this or is this a crazy idea?

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CaptainWarbeck · 30/07/2017 11:23

I think babies sleep well after birth because they're tired out from it. Probably not to do with the hospital cot!

MaureenDodd · 30/07/2017 11:32

Nowt to do with the cot, everything to do with being knackered after birth and the first experience of bright lights, noise, smells, life.

In the nicest possible way, it's a crazy idea

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mwnci1 · 30/07/2017 11:33

Thanks for the honesty! I'll blame the out of control nesting instinct...

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MelinaMercury · 30/07/2017 11:36

Neither of mine slept well in the hospital cots... Or anywhere else for that matter and they still don't despite being 11 and 4!

Youngest was so clingy unsettled in hospital the midwife showed me how to co-sleep safely and feed lying down so that I could get some rest.

FortyFacedFuckers · 30/07/2017 11:39

I agree it's just them being so tired. I was discharged a few hours after the birth so ds was never in a hospital cot but the first night home on his crib he slept perfectly so bit to do with the cot.

DoubleHelix79 · 30/07/2017 11:42

I don't think they would help little ones sleep better, but I loved the ones they had in our hospital. They were see-through and you could swing the top part. I did briefly consider stealing one (not seriously, before anyone accuses me of wanting to steal from the NHS)

FATEdestiny · 30/07/2017 11:49

I always wanted a hospital cot at home. I like the idea that it was plastic and see-through, so I could see baby whilst lying in bed. And also that they were on casters so could be wheeled around.

But that said, with four children I wouldn't have actually bought one for home. Aside from anything else they are small crib sized so likely to be grown out of by 3 months old.

Babies mostly do 'just sleep' for their first week. Basically they don't really wake properly at all. It's just natural development that this changes with age.

arbrighton · 30/07/2017 14:54

DS slept soundly the night we were in after birth. He, and I were exhausted....

And no way would he last even 3 months in there as a fairly big baby. He's not got that much space in the Moses basket even now at 5 weeks

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