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Latest post on 19 December 2011 - 14:20

We've got baby #1 on the way and we went with a cot bed from M&P. We are hoping to have at least two kids eventually so we thought with the cot bed that baby #1 can keep using the cot bed until baby #2 arrives at which time #1 will move to a big boy bed and we will convert the cot bed back to a cot. In the States I'm pretty sure that cots with the drop rail have stopped being sold due to the risk of the drop rail falling and pinching baby. I know some will say they are safe but there must be some merit to the safety concerns for the drop rail system to stop being sold in some parts of the world. Yes have also read about many infant deaths sue to drop sided cots/cot beds. Wouldn't go there. As for your question,how close far will your children be? Reason i ask is you may want to put the older child straight into a single/double bed and use the co/cot bed for the next one. Cots are cheaper.

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Latest post on 16 December 2011 - 12:39

... In the States I'm pretty sure that cots with the drop rail have stopped being sold due to the risk of the drop rail falling and pinching baby. I know some will say they are safe but there must be some merit to the safety concerns for the drop rail system to stop being sold in some parts of the world. You're right. Some will say they are safe...I did. ;) I do believe it's important to check the cot thoroughly though. We clearly got it right with ours...three active children and 6+ years later and the side has never failed. I've just done a bit of reading on the US ban. In all 32 (or 46 dep which article I read) cases, the infant deaths (tragic!!) were attributed to cheap imported cots and that those same brands had 9 million recalls in the time they were on sale. In most cases the drop mechanism was plastic and failed after lengthy use; in some cases the cot was assembled incorrectly. :( I'm sure the decision to ban them was a considered one, but it also sounds a bit 'knee-jerk'. It makes me wonder what the US safety standards were on cots available for sale at the time. Drop side cots have been used safely by many, many millions of families for generations. Sure, there is some merit to the safety concerns...in the US in that case. Other countries have some of the most stringent safety standards in the world. My only other experience is in Australia and I cannot find one reference to an infant death from a drop-sided cot. My heart goes out to those families...

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Latest post on 16 December 2011 - 11:32

Thanks Ladies... I think Ill go with cotbed! :)

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Latest post on 15 December 2011 - 15:36

We've got baby #1 on the way and we went with a cot bed from M&P. We are hoping to have at least two kids eventually so we thought with the cot bed that baby #1 can keep using the cot bed until baby #2 arrives at which time #1 will move to a big boy bed and we will convert the cot bed back to a cot. In the States I'm pretty sure that cots with the drop rail have stopped being sold due to the risk of the drop rail falling and pinching baby. I know some will say they are safe but there must be some merit to the safety concerns for the drop rail system to stop being sold in some parts of the world.

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Latest post on 15 December 2011 - 15:15

Cot bed for sure. You can find them with the drop rail, we have one from M&P and one from mothercare

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Latest post on 15 December 2011 - 12:13

We bought cots from Babyshop as they were the most sturdy in the budget market. We chose the only one they stocked at the time that has an extra brace across the bottom...makes it far more stable. It has a drop side which, for me, is the most important factor after an adjustable base height! It's SO much easier to get a baby in and out with the side lowered...especially if you end up with a bad back, as many new Mums do! I ruptured a disc before number three was three weeks old and I simply could not have gotten her in and out of a cot over a high side. Ours requires lifting the side while you simultaneously apply pressure with your knee at the base of the cot. Sounds odd but it's dead easy even with sleeping baby in arms and the side cannot drop no matter what the baby does inside the cot. ;) I *think* ours is the one labelled "rubber wood crib" on [url=http://www.babyshopstores.com/product_pages/product.aspx?CTIPTI=NC80OA=='>this[/url'> page. We ruled out cots that convert to a bed because we hoped we would have small enough gaps between children that it would be in constant use as a cot for a few years. :) My third child now sleeps in that first cot so over six years of constant service for three babies, and it's as rock solid as ever...it just has three sets of teething marks along the top. :D

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Latest post on 15 December 2011 - 11:14

hi tulipano, our baby # 1 on his way. DH wasnt comfortable with the drop-rail system as most of them in dubai seemed a bit flimsy. friends of ours' little girl (11 months now) sits in her cot bed and bangs on the rails - he used that as an example and said if that was a cot and baby uses enough force, or the little clips get worn out from all the banging, there's a definite chance of the rail letting go at some stage. we bought a cot bed. for the above reason as well as being able to use it as a junior bed lateron. we scouted dubizzle and saw how many people are getting rid of cots, so thought we'd be 'economical' and have one bed up until 5yrs. HTH

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Latest post on 15 December 2011 - 09:02

Hi ladies, Are you using cot or cotbed? Simply I can not decide... Usually cots come with drop-rail system an which allows you to reach baby easily and Cotbeds dont! But I like the idea of becoming a junior bed later. Any opinions would be greatly appeciated.

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