What will your baby sleep in for the first few months ?

[Mum23boys]

We sold our crib / cot etc after ds3 and I know we will need a new cot but i dont want to buy a crib again like last time as he was only in it 4 months then went straight to a cot.
I have a moses basket on a stand which we would use for the first 8 weeks ish and then after that I have a basinette / pram style carry cot that is bigger than the moses and also on a stand but its not quite as big as a crib.
Im worried as to whether it will do or not. I think i need to get it all down from the loft give it a good clean and then borrow someones 4 month old baby and see if they fit !!! ha ha

Just wondering what everyone elses babes will sleep in - will u use a crib or something else ?

[cvd]

Mum - I am curious as to what a baby cot is??? Where I am I've never heard anyone say cot so is that like a toddler bed?? My little guy is 15 months and still in his crib LOL

[Mum23boys]

arrr i see - a crib is here is like a little swinging thing ..... wooden and like a tiny cot. A cot here is what you guys call a crib i guess and then we have a cot bed which is a crib that turns into a toddler bed if that all makes sense


A Crib = a smaller US crib (something that fits in the parents room that the baby would sleep in for the first few months. Also like a cradle, but a cradle rocks)

A Cot = an American crib

A Cotbed = an American crib that turns into a bed.


?????

[deaks66]

I always go straight from moses basket to cot (the british type!!) with no probs :)

[cvd]

arrr i see - a crib is here is like a little swinging thing ..... wooden and like a tiny cot. A cot here is what you guys call a crib i guess and then we have a cot bed which is a crib that turns into a toddler bed if that all makes sense


A Crib = a smaller US crib (something that fits in the parents room that the baby would sleep in for the first few months. Also like a cradle, but a cradle rocks)

A Cot = an American crib

A Cotbed = an American crib that turns into a bed.


?????

That's so neat! I never knew that :) That makes sense! I never used something like that - I went from bassinet right to crib (as in a cot hehe)!

[Shellbelle]

We will use a bassinet type bed (what you would call a crib) in our room until the baby's old enough to move to a bigger crib. My DS is still in his at almost 2, and I don't really want to let him out any time soon -- I like knowing that he's contained, because he gets into everything! LOL

[sweetsister]

I have my DS2 in the big crib still at 2 yrs 5 mnths old it is the round stokke one,and the same happened with my first DS they stay until just before 3 yrs in it:) I think it depends on the child too ,like my eldest wanted out of the bassinett and into the crib at a much earlier age than my second who would still love to sleep in my room if i let him! Im hoping this baby will be an easy one again like my first born:)So i will o the bassinet again,and when they get too big,start to show signs of rolling or moving too much i move them to a crib,i also use a pack in play,where they have the sleep net half way in between that,,,i forgot about that,just wheel it aorund the room you want them to sleep in,love it!

[Mum23boys]

maybe ill not bother with a crib then ( as in the small wooden swinging type ) and just use my pram carrycot thing or the moses basket ad then if they outtgrow that review the situation. We wont buy a cot until baby needs it as have no where to store it and no nursery as such to put it in !!!

[Cinss]

Im going to get a second hand basinette, then move up into a porta cot while still in our room, then when bub is 1 year old will go into a wooden cot/crib in DDs room.