Moses baskets offer and provide a secure, comfortable and cosy sleeping environment so your baby can sleep well. Baskets can be made from wicker, which is the most expensive, or maize, but the majority are constructed from palm.  You will find that wicker baskets have a tendency to last the longest.

For your ease and comfort the baskets have handles so that you can move them with no trouble at all.  Typically, Moses baskets will include a fabric-covered hood and a complete set of moses baskets bedding. Usually the baskets come with a foam mattress to help make it more comfortable for a baby.

Moses baskets may be placed directly on the floor, or they may be placed at bed level if parents buy moses basket stands.

Safety tip: Check when buying a Moses basket that its handles are sturdy and meet in the middle.

Pros

• Very portable: easy to move from room to room

• Your baby may feel more secure in a Moses basket than a cot

Cons

• Only used for the first three months or so: an expensive purchase if you buy new

Put the handles together to carry the basket and keep one hand below the basket to support your baby. If you worry about the ability of the basket to hold the weight of your child, remove them from the basket before you move it.

A tip for parents hoping to get their baby into the cot:  start putting the Moses Basket inside the cot after the baby has already gone to sleep.

Baby boy bedding can be hard to pick if you want something different from the usual blues. Why  not think about a jungle theme?

Lions and tigers and bears, oh my! Yes, this is a wonderful theme. Set the room up like a miniature jungle. You can buy decals or paint jungle characters all over the room as well. You may even consider an artificial palm tree too.

Think bamboo furniture, like a nice little chair. There are bamboo type mini blinds as well as throws for the floor. Not to mention, there are cute quilts that have little animal characters with jungle themes as well. I particularly like the Izziwotnot ABC Safari range of bedding and nursery decor. It’s bright and cheerful without being too garish. The range offers nursery canvasses for the walls as well as matching baby sleeping bags too.

Izziwotnot Bailey Sleigh Cot Bed as a Cot

Cot beds are basically cots which convert into a junior bed – that is a toddler sized bed – after your baby has outgrown the cot. A junior bed is smaller than an adult bed. As a general guide, a cot bed will probably last until your child is about 3-4 years old, depending on their size.

We think that a cot bed is a useful way to bridge the gap between a cot and an adult bed. You don’t have to worry about your child’s sleeping arrangements until they are almost school age. A cot bed is usually only a little more expensive than a cot so a cot bed can be a money saving option too as you won’t need to buy a separate junior bed.

One thing to remember though is that you need to buy cot bed bedding and not bedding designed for a cot. A cot bed is larger than a standard sized cot so cot bed bedding, including cot bed duvets and cot bed sheets, take this into account and are made larger to fit properly.

Izziwotnot Bailey Oak Cot converted into a cot bed.

What is a “Junior Bed”?

A junior bed is a small bed built designed to be just the right height and size for your growing toddler. Depending on the size of your little one you should expect a junior bed to last until your child is about 3-4 years. Some junior beds come complete with two side rails for added safety that can be removed when no longer needed.

An extra you might consider buying is a useful Rollaway Drawer. Rollaway Drawers are fitted with castors for manoeuverabilty and make ideal under bed storage areas, fitting neatly under most cots, cot bed, and junior beds.

Make sure that you buy bedding designed for use with a junior bed. Junior bed sheets, blankets and duvet covers are made to fit the smaller proportions of a junior bed.

Saplings Junior Bed with Rollaway Drawer

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