Whats on your cot?

Just wondering how others have set up their cots? Do you have cot bumpers and those little vallance things and all matching linen, or is it i a bit of a mix and match thing?

All the piccies I see are of these lovely costs with fancy trimmings, but what is the norm? and what is just a plain waste of money?

Anna

Yeah everything I read about and was told also indicated that cot bumpers and all the fancy trimmings aren't necessary and are also a safety risk. To be honest I don't think I would have bothered with them anyway cause it would have been:
A) Extra stuff to wash.
B) Extra stuff to spew on. Hence more washing again.

Our cot has always just had the blankets/sheets she needs and nothing else.

Ditto on the cotbumbers that shouldnt be used at all until a year.

Well I have a campcot with a bassinet in it and I have an iron cot for the lounge. I did have a cot bumper for the top of the iron cot. But it was fastly secured plus it was for her daynap and I didnt leave her even for a second then anyway so felt quite safe.

I have just white sheets for the campcot and had pink ones for the iron one. And then just a few baby blankets. Didnt have a pillow or a duvet. It is too much of a breathing problem before a year for me. But then she ended up in my bed anyway.

Her Gran made her a really nice big blanket that I use to throw over the cot so it looks neat when people came in my room but I never used it on her as it was all fuzzy ect.

we did use cot bumpers with jake, and pretty much the only reason was that he HATED being wrapped from a newborn, but in a cot, constantly (like 7 times a night) got a limb caught in the sides of the cot. after we "installed" the bumpers - no more waking up....well, from that anyway. Taine has various polar fleece blankets that he tends to sleep on, a pillow, and NO TOYS!!! this is because I found him stacking them up as an escape route.

We don't have bumpers, I did on Maya's but only at the foot of the cot coz it looked cute.

The gremlins have a variety of different blankets/duvets/sheets that I mix and match, they're all complementing colors (pink and purple with yellow) but not a matching set.

I would have thought antenatal for multiples would have started way earlier than that?!?!

I think we started ours at 26 weeks (10 week class) and we were the last on the EDD list (and had the last baby of the class)

Our class wasn't very good for post-baby info. We didn't get any info on swaddling, bathing etc. She was more focused on BFing and PND/Baby blues which is important but so are the other stuff, especially if your hospital is crap too

Perhaps have a chat with your MW/OB and ask them if there are specific classes on what you want to know

Yea the mw and hospital mws are excellent for all those wrap and sleep issues, and while you are at the hospital they are on call 24/7

Here's Krystiana's cot, it's a bit rumpled because I had just got her up and was then limited to one hand. She has an underblanket, a top and bottom sheet (I only use the top now that she isn't wrapped though), a duvet (actually it's two summer duvets into one cover), and a woolen blanket for nights.



Edited by busymum

You can get pretty good woolen blankets on trade me.. I got 2 aircell woolen blankets on there for really cheap and I just made sure they were well washed before using them