My inlaws bought our first cot, its got closed ends but a tongue and groove sort of look to it and its cream.....I love it, didn't want an open end one but I think it was just a personal preference.
2nd time around, as no1 is still in the cot(as a bed with no sides tho) and has a seemingly morbid fear of her big bed, we got a cheaper second hand one which has open ends. As soon as we can get leah out of the other cot I am going to put Joel in her one and sell the second hand one.
They both a fine and it doesn't bother me that they are different.
I personally prefer open ended cots .. just so that I can peek in and see her without having to go all the way into the room (because if she isnt asleep and sees me, all hell breaks loose lol)
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Hmmm I like being able to poke in and see if baby is asleep too, but in winter I would have liked a closed end cot to save the draughts from getting in.
I prefer close ended cots as when bubs starts moving around there are less areas for him/her to get arms or legs stuck in. I have the cot positioned so I can peek without him seeing.
We went for an open ended cot for the opposite reason given by Neoshasmummy - the nursery is the sunniest room in the house and gets really warm in summer so we thought an open ended cot would help with airflow over bubs. I think we thought an open ended cot wouldn't look as big or bulky in a small room as well (although I now think it doesn't really make a difference).
Hi.
we bought an open ended cot and we love it. However, the change table is at the end of the cot and now that our boy is mobile he loves to put his arms through and get his hands on all his nicely folded and stuffed cloth nappies and chuck them around the room! If things aren't basically 'nailed' down, everything worthy of being biffed gets biffed - this is something to consider if you've got a small room or if you don't have time to tidy up the remnants of a once tidy change table/ set of drawers etc on a daily basis....the first time was funny but now it's not so funny....!
Thanks for all your responses! It seems its a 50:50 and I am currently feeling open to both options! My current dilemma is whether to buy new or 2nd hand and pine v rimu ... I will post separtely to get ppl's opinions on this ...wow ...so much to consider when its baby number 1!
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We have only had a closed end cot and have had no problems with it
