Buyers Guide For The Best Baby Bed Cots

The first couple of years would require that your baby stays more in the bed. The type of bed you however choose for your baby must be well worth it given that so much will happen to him within this period. Your baby’s cot can serve you the dual purpose of a comfortable sleeping arrangement for your baby and a bed for him when he is more grown as a toddler without an additional expense to it. Before you select your baby bed cot, you must be carefully guided through the many types and models that you are likely going to see.

Go for easy to convert baby bed cots

In your quest to find a good baby cot beds, you are going to come across many types and models. They all look similar in a sense and you may be quickly taken in by the beautiful design. It would be better you check to see that there are those features that could make your purchase worthwhile. A baby cot that can be easily converted to a toddler bed is very ideal for you. Choose the type that can be converted by removing the side panels or that can have their foot and headboards adjusted.

Adjustable mattress base positions

With advancement in age, the limbs of your baby increase in length and can begin to extend over the rails of the baby cot. As a security measure, go for the type of baby bed cot that can have the mattress lowered further down the inside of the baby cot. This way, your baby does not run the risk of popping out of the cot.

Check for availability of dropsides

It is advisable to check for the presence of dropsides in the baby bed cot you want to buy before you make the purchase. These dropsides enable you to carry out your baby from the cot without any trouble even if you have back pain problems. Most of these bed cots are one-handed operations and they ease the problem you may have with carrying your baby quickly and easily enough.

Baby bed cot as an environmentally friendly item

As most materials used end up being dumped and probably not recycled, baby bed cots are more environmentally friendly than most items you use for the upkeep of your baby. As you don’t need to change your baby bed cot every year, there is less furniture to be discarded without plans for recycling in the environment.

The purchase of a baby bed cot is a versatile investment

The best place for your baby to sleep for the first six months at least would be a baby bed cot. It is therefore a good investment from which you are going to reap in no distant time. What is equally important for you to note is that, there some safety precautions you must learn to adhere to make your baby’s use of a baby bed cot an enjoyable one.

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Posted by admin on November 7th, 2010 :: Filed under Dropside
Tags :: Baby, best, Buyers, Cots, Guide

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Baby Cots – Things You Need to Know Before You Buy

With the variety of baby cots, cotbeds, and baby travel cots available on the market, knowing what to expect when shopping for a cot makes the selection process much easier. Most baby cots and cotbeds are made from wood and come in various colours, such as natural, brown, and white. Although cot styles may vary, many have evenly spaced bars or slats around the entire cot and others have evenly spaced bars on the sides and solid back and front ends. For the safety of the child, the bars should not be farther than 45 mm to 65 mm apart.

Some cots or cot beds have one or two dropsides. These slide down when prompted from the cribs’ exterior and should be secure enough to prevent a baby from moving them. A dropside makes putting babies in and taking them out the cot easier. Along the top of the dropsides or crib sides, some baby cots have a plastic teething rail for a baby’s teething pleasure.

Many baby cots and cot beds are available with height adjustable mattress bases. The base of the cots or cotbeds can be lowered as the baby grows. When the baby is small, the base should be as high up as possible, making the baby easier to access. Later, the base can be moved down for the baby who has begun pulling up in the cot and for one who is cruising.

Cot beds are a good investment because they convert into beds. They make the transition from baby cot to cotbed easier for toddlers. Usually, converting a cot to a bed involves removing the dropside from the cotbeds. Sometimes one of the dropsides can be replaced with a shorter safety railing to prevent falls. Depending on a child’s size, a cotbed can be used for over four years. Before purchasing a cotbed, it’s important to make sure the warranty covers more than two years.

Once a baby cot or cotbed is purchased, the proper mattress must be purchased too. All mattresses do not fit every cot. It’s important that the mattress isn’t too small for the cot. It should fit perfectly and securely in the cot, so a baby’s body parts don’t get caught between the mattress and the cot.

After purchasing a cot and mattress, some families invest in a baby travel cot too. A variety of baby travel cots are available. Some come with netted tops and others have handles to make them easier to tote. Because of the collapsible sides and fabric of some, a travel cot can be used as a mobile sleeping area in the home or used as a bed for a baby when traveling. A portable baby travel cot can be used for play and rest. In many cases, with a push of a few buttons, the travel cot can be broken down and loaded into the trunk of a vehicle and used as a sleeping cot or a playpen once you reach your destination.

Baby cots, cotbeds, and baby travel cots should make sleeping safe and comfortable for babies. In addition, purchasing the right cot should make life with a baby easier and more peaceful for parents. Selecting a cot should not be a random act but one that is based on research. Most importantly, before anyone purchases a cot, he or she should make certain the baby cot conforms to the current BS EN 716 safety code.

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Posted by admin on October 9th, 2010 :: Filed under Dropside
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Is my Dropside Cot safe?

The recall of over 9 million dropside cots in the US has led many UK parents to question the safety of their cot. Now one UK manufacturer, Cosatto, has recalled one batch of its Paris Cot and has issued a repair kit for another model, the Stratford Cot Bed.

The CPSC (Consumer Product Safety Commission) of the USA has proposed that they should be banned from sale in the US and removed from all hotels and nurseries. This ban is very likely to be passed by Congress by the end of the year. The CPSC had received reports of 32 infant and toddler suffocation and strangulation deaths and hundreds of incidents caused by or related to drop-side detachments in cots by various manufacturers

So why are they considered more dangerous?  According to the CPSC, “dropside cribs generally have a tendency to be less structurally sound than cribs with four fixed sides.”

Dropsides can be a godsend for shorter parents who struggle to lift their baby out of the cot. However, it would be sensible to take the following precautions as recommended by the CPSC:

* Every time you change the sheets, check that all visible hardware – every bolt, screw, track and clamp – is securely in place.

* Make sure the drop-side is on its track and functions well.

* With the mattress out of the cot, wiggle all the cot to see how tight all the joints are.

* If the cot remains wobbly after tightening all hardware, look for loose wood-to-wood joints that may be causing the problem.

* Stop using the cot if loose wood-to-wood joints are found or if you cannot fully tighten any screw.

The CPSC also warns that cots older than 10 years old should not be used or any broken or modified cots.

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Posted by admin on October 1st, 2010 :: Filed under Dropside
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