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Penfold101 said:
I give it a week before you realise you much preferred it when he wasn’t :D
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Trust me it was well over due. He's been able to do it for ages just didn't have the confidence, but more importantly mentally he was walking ages ago, and so wanting to go places but unable to do it himself. E.g he constantly wants to open the front door and walk around out front.
 
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Parenthood has made me far too soft. Moments like that easily get a tear out of my eye. Between feeling the crushing, almost suffocating, weight of being a parent and the responsibilities that come along with it to feeling just pure contentment and joy of seeing her sleep peacefully is a crazy rollercoaster of emotions to have within a few minutes :p
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not sure which section to post so why not GD.

I’m stuck between buying a next to me crib like the Tutti Cozee or wooden cot like the Tutti Alba.

New father to be here so a bit unsure.

My issue is the crib is only suitable from 0-6 months, whilst the cot is from 0-4+ years.

Do I need both or would the wooden cot do from birth onwards for a few years. No point wasting money if one will do.

Space should not be an issue, the next to me ones do seem beneficial as closer access etc but seem to be designed with portability in mind which I don’t think I really care about?
 
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Portability is overrated for sure.

But next-to-me types do have a lot of advantages. Especially when mums have just come back from hospital, they're not necessarily going to want to get out of bed and walk to get the baby. Being able to put them into the cot without getting out of bed is a massive benefit.

And that continues as they get older, when they wake up multiple times per night.

They do grow out of them quite quickly, and at that point you can get a proper cot. There are a couple of options there again. Firstly, it's much easier with 0-4 cots to get the wooden bit second hand, and buy a new mattress and sheets, which is one option. The other aspect is buying something like the Ikea Gulliver, which once they're about 2-3 you can take one side off and it works for a few more years as a bed.

FWIW, we bought a second hand next2me as well and then just bought a new mattress.
 
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We got the SnuzPod from Mamas & Papas, as well as a cotbed from John Lewis that's in the nursery for when she's a bit older. We're limited on space in our bedroom so had to get a next to me for the first 6-12 months (depending on when she's ready to go into the bigger cot)
 
Jim99 said:
Portability is overrated for sure.

But next-to-me types do have a lot of advantages. Especially when mums have just come back from hospital, they're not necessarily going to want to get out of bed and walk to get the baby. Being able to put them into the cot without getting out of bed is a massive benefit.

And that continues as they get older, when they wake up multiple times per night.

They do grow out of them quite quickly, and at that point you can get a proper cot. There are a couple of options there again. Firstly, it's much easier with 0-4 cots to get the wooden bit second hand, and buy a new mattress and sheets, which is one option. The other aspect is buying something like the Ikea Gulliver, which once they're about 2-3 you can take one side off and it works for a few more years as a bed.

FWIW, we bought a second hand next2me as well and then just bought a new mattress.
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I don’t mind second hand, but doing the math after buying a new mattress seems to be barely worth it.

The Cozee Breeze is £109 on Amazon with 15 discount for baby wish list. Could probably get it closer to £100 if a wait a bit as original price is highest it been this month.

Second hand Cozee on Facebook around £50 and a new mattress is £30 so £80 all in. So for £20-30 might as well just buy new.

Might go with the next2me as do plan on having more kids (got some catching up to do) when baby out grows it pack it up for the next one.

We have gotten so much stuff second hand pass me downs from relatives, like a a steriliser machine, blankets, them pouch sleeping things etc which has helped a lot. Just washing it all and should be good.
 
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We went with a John Lewis cotbed and it worked out really well after the first few months for which we used a moses basket next to the bed. Cats appreciated the moses basket after that. Cotbed was super flexible though and not expensive in the big picture.
 
Congratulations! the first few months are a whirlwind :D

We had the Tutti Cozee and it was great. Nice to be able to have it shoved right up against the bed so we could see to her in the night without having to get up! She was in that for 6 months then moved to her own room and a full sized cot.
For the first few months we used to move the Tutti around the house as she refused to nap in a moses basket or anywhere apart from in the Tutti. Its not the most portable thing but it was fine.
 
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We got both, to see which was preferred.
The Tutti one was great and so well built I was actually sad to see it go. Very good portability, if you visit relatives or go places where there isn't a suitable solution.
Reasonable resale value, too.

The cot is down to you. There will be times when it's more awkward, and not every child gets on with them.
You could make your own - Paul Sellers has a great build video and it's a deeply personal father thing, which could end up being passed down later on.

Everyone wants fancy new shiny (and expensive) kit for their little baby, but they'll be in their own big bed far sooner than you expect anyway... and even sooner will be asking to borrow the car!!
 
Maccy said:
We got the SnuzPod from Mamas & Papas, as well as a cotbed from John Lewis that's in the nursery for when she's a bit older. We're limited on space in our bedroom so had to get a next to me for the first 6-12 months (depending on when she's ready to go into the bigger cot)
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We had one of these the rocking was good, I'd really recommend a next to me cot to start with it's just a nice way to bond.
 
Another one for snuzzpod. They come up lot on fb so we only spent about £30 plus a new mattress. It then got sold on for 35 because we added a couple of bits.
Portability is definitely overrated, whenever we went to stay away there was a travel cot either provided (hotel when we got stranded in fort william during storm eowyn), or within reach to borrow from friends or family.
But having baby right next to our bed when getting up for feeds every hour was very convenient. We didn't use the rocking function just locked it in position. And another one for the very big Dadsnet thread on here also in GD.
E- remember whatever you get, chances are baby will outgrow it in about 4-5 months and you'll need something else for an actual cot until they are ready to move into a bed.
 
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We used a next2me - as one of the other posters said, easier for my wife to get him in the middle of the night without properly waking up. Got it from my wife's friend and just bought a new mattress (and mattress protector...recommend those, lol)

We had a moses basket as well, but he deigned to sleep it in once...so when he outgrew the next2me, we went with a floor bed type arrangement instead of a cot - were not convinced that we could successfully manage to transition him into a cot without him waking up each time and having to restart the sleep process.

Every baby will be different im sure, but just something to keep in mind that you may struggle with a cot (of be perfectly fine! Helpful, I know ).
 
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