moving ur baby to a cot??

[mel_ed]

how old was ur baby when u moved them into a cot into their own room? the health visitors say they should be in the room with you for 6 months???? finley wont fit in his moses basket for much longer and theres no way i'm having the cot in the room and it wont even fit anyway.

 

[AugustMum]

Paige has been in her cot since about 4 weeks but she's still in my room. If I had a spare room to put her in though she'd of been moved into her own room by now. I think she'd sleep alot better. I know they say you should have them in with you until their 6 months but I think its just personal preference.

 

[mel_ed]

i think its just silly 2 b honest. 6 months!! surely most people dont have room 4 a cot in there bedroom???
god melio ur moses basket was a waste of money then lol?

 

[leanne1b]

My son will be in with us until 8 mths, but only because when he isn't sharing with us, he will be wit his sister and I don't want to risk moving him and him disturing her as she still has to get up and be in nursery by 8.
Though I would probably keep him in with us anyway (we have a big bedroom, and a tiny single - very out of proportion!) until about 6 mths for my own peace of mind, also, he doesn't stir at all when we come in and out
He still sleeps in his Moses - at 8 weeks - and though very long, he could still fit for about another two lol, but his Moses has always been in his cot, so hes used to the height - where in the room it is etc etc
xx

 

[Lacey's Mummy]

Lacey was put in a cot at 4 weeks then when I moved into my 2 bed house she went straight into her own room at 3 months! Little man will share laceys room when he out grows his Moses basket so will be about a month old!

 

[evie_smith]

Baby will be straight into a cotbed in my bedroom for the first 9 months but I did the sane with my other two in with me for the first nine months but they were Moses basket first baby is gonna look a dot in the cotbed


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[lauren86]

ethans been in his cot in our bedroom since he was 2months, he had no room in his moses basket... i think there a waste of money looking back. Xx

 

[evie_smith]

I've got a Moses basket for the lounge coz it was cheap off eBay and will stop the kids hugging (smothering) baby when first few weeks lol


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[flexilexi394]

silly question prob - but can they not go straight in a cot? i wasnt gonna get a moses basket because i dont see much point, ive got a carrycot on pushchair so can be in that or ill just borrow a moses basket, but was gonna make use of cot straight away if thats ok? i have a swaddle blanket for the comfort thing, x

 

[evie_smith]

My baby is going straight Into a cot x


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[flexilexi394]

sweet i shall be copying you evie. any special requirements for the cot? i have a bumper, matress sheets and blankets coming out my ears. any tips with anything? x

 

[evie_smith]

I've bought swaddling blankets to make baby still feel snug as it's a big space x


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[flexilexi394]

check! got some of those, looks like im doing alright so far for stuff lol! x

 

[leanne1b]

Hi flexi,
Check this, but I was told you shouldn't use a bumper until the baby is at least 6 mths oldish as if they bury their face into it they could suffocate.
I also wouldnt have bothered with a Moses basket, except my sister gave me my nieces, so I didn;t have to pay for it. Also apparantly some babies freak out as the space seems too big for them, but as long as you swaddle for a little while after their born, shouldn't be a problem.
In terms of mattress, get one with a plastic cover thing built into one side of it, or get a plastic sheet to put under the normal sheet so if they vomit, have any accidents etc, it won't soak through to the mattress
xx

 

[evie_smith]

I've Hurd about the bumper too but tbh mine is on coz I don't think the newborn is gonna crawl up the other side of the cot bed haha!! I've got flat Moses basket sheets I will fold just out put under the baby then the mattress can still breathe and I can just change the bit under their head if they are sick rather than the whole cot xx but yes omg fantastic point about the sick ext... My DD had a reflux puke for England and it was a life saver thinking of that one extra layer xx


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[leanne1b]

Lol it saves so much hassle doesn't it, and when they get older - ie. bed, try and do the same thing again - plastic built into mattress, or plastic sheet, so there are no major traumas if they have any accidents when they are no longer in nappies!
I haven't got a bumper, as we didn't know if my son was a boy or girl and they all seemed gender specific, but I must admit, I do want to get one soon ish (though prob won't be for a while) as the cot looks so bare without it!
x

 

[Countrybumpkin]

My SIL put both her babies straight into a cot in their own rooms from the first night, as she didn't have the space in there bedroom for a cot. The walls are very thin and they are both fine.

I plan to have baby in with us for a short time in the moses basket, but our room isn't that big, so once we feel happy we will pop baby into their own room.

 

[Zazu]

I bought a matters for the travel cot and have it in my room, he has grown out of the basket and I don't want him in his room yet xxx

 

[flexilexi394]

Thanks for tips on bumper, my bumper is really quite small and doesn't cover hardly any of the edges of the cot, and I was gonna feet to foot in the cot, so don't think it will cause too much greif. Xx

 

[ShadowWolf]

Just reading through this thread and this may seem like a silly queston but where do you get plastic cot covers and ones for adult beds? I want one for baby's cot and for my bed in case my waters go during the night and I just don't know where to look! LOL

xxxx