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Buying a cot bed will probably be one of the most important purchases you’ll make for your baby. One that takes great care and consideration to support your little one at night during some of their first few months and the next few years of their lives. As a cot bed helps your baby sleep straight up through to their toddler years, it’s important you consider a model that’s both durable and safe. By choosing a cot bed, you’re safe in the knowledge that when you feel your toddler is ready for the rails to be removed and to have the independence to pop in and out of bed themselves, you have the necessary equipment ready to reconstruct the cot to a bed.
Safe and Secure
The utmost concern for parents is the safety of their baby. To pre-empt whether a cot bed is safe enough to hold your baby at night and through their early years, you can check whether the model you choose complies with British Safety Standards (BSEN1761). By this certificate of approval, the cot bed you want will have been tested independently from the company you purchase the item from. This should help provide you with some peace of mind that your purchase has undergone rigorous testing and is approved for its reliability and safety to prevent accidents.
Adjustable Base
The adjustable base height allows for you to alter the height of the bed to allow you easy access to the baby and to make sure your baby can not escape in the middle of the night. It also helps by saving you from breaking your back in the first year of lifting your bundle in and out of the cot. Such an essential factor to take into consideration to ensure you can easily access your child, without bending over the cot side to lift them and risking falling into the cot next to them. This is an exaggeration of course, but you should consider not just how all of the equipment you buy for your baby suits them but how it will work for you also.
Cot to Bed
Cot beds developed by different manufacturers do not have a set one function for transforming your cot to a bed. This is why it’s worth considering how you will transform the cot to a bed, to begin with. Otherwise, you could be left with a bit of a surprise when you’ve made the plunge to remove the rails, but you chucked away the manual along with that extra box of screws you had no idea would help you adjust the cot to a bed. This section about contemplating the adaptation from cot to bed again takes you into consideration in years to come. Which it’s wise to opt to take a few preventative measures to avoid any future meltdowns. Ask a person instore or online for the truth about the difficulty or simplicity of the cot to bed transition. Teddy One cot beds, for instance, are easy to change from cot to bed in a matter of minutes, take a look here https://teddyone.uk/product-category/cot-beds/.
Look and Style
Once you’re comfortable with the safety of a cot bed, you can assess whether it will work with your babies nursery and will the style stand the test of time over the next 4 years. Opting for neutral colours such as white, or bringing the outdoors in with an oak effect cot, will provide certainty that your cot bed will be aesthetically appealing in the years to come. It’s worth bearing in mind whether the cot is part of a collection, with matching cupboards and drawers. Buying a selection of the same style of furniture will help create a seamless look in your nursery. Disclosure – this is a collaborative post.