Mattresses

[bunnymom1980]

What is the best kind of mattress to buy?

We're buying a cotbed, is the ordinary foam mattresses ok or are the more expensive sprung airflow type ones better?? If so why? TIA

 

[lea m]

Well there all ok hun but it kinda depends on if you will want to replace the mattress in the future!
If you got a prung mattress it will be more likely to last until baby has outgrown the bed! A foam one will be fine but when LO gets bigger and you change it to a bed, you will probably need a new one!

 

[bunnymom1980]

Well there all ok hun but it kinda depends on if you will want to replace the mattress in the future!
If you got a prung mattress it will be more likely to last until baby has outgrown the bed! A foam one will be fine but when LO gets bigger and you change it to a bed, you will probably need a new one!

Thanks, we may go with a foam one for now and upgrade at a later date.

It's just my best friend is buying the cot and mattress and I didn't really want to take the p*ss by going for the most expensive IYKWIM but didn't want to waste money on a crap one.

 

[kalia]

I ordered our mattress online from Glasgow Pram Centre as they are a lot cheaper than other places. I paid £30 less for a Mamas and Papas mattress than if I bought it from Mamas and Papas themselves. If you go with the idea of needing to replace the mattress later on then you are in a way wasting your friend's money. Why not tell her that you've chosen but would like to contribute to the cost as the mattress is more expensive than you planned? From a quick glance it looks like a foam cot bed mattress costs £40. The sleepsafe deluxe spring interior mattress (the one I got, which is why I'm comparing with it) costs £70. So you could pay the £30 difference.

That said, as long as the mattress is firm and 10 cm thick it should do the job and might not need replacing.

 

[lea m]

That said, as long as the mattress is firm and 10 cm thick it should do the job and might not need replacing.

Exactly! I had one on my sons cot that was in use for a total of 4 years and is in my loft now and still looks and feels new! I guess it just depends! (mine was a M&P and a little more expensive so I dont know if that has anything to do with it) but its kinda 50/50 that it will need replacing!

 

[BeckyJ]

i was going to ask this exact question, i might go for a sprung mattress, they are quite reasonable in argos