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Too young to be sleeping in Cot?

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  • 02-08-2015 10:41pm
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    OkeyDoke12
    Registered Users Posts: 320 ✭✭


    I have a 10 week old daughter who is getting a bit big for her Moses basket so we are thinking about putting her into her cot. Is she a bit too young? The cot will be in our bedroom and she will not be left unattended plus we have the angel monitors set up as well.


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    Lisha
    Registered Users Posts: 8,693 ✭✭✭Lisha


    Nope I know people who skip the Moses/crib and just use a cot. If you wanted get the divider to halve the cot.


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    moving_home
    Closed Accounts Posts: 517 ✭✭✭moving_home


    Nope next time I will be going straight to the cot from hospital! In our room though


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    cant26
    Registered Users Posts: 578 ✭✭✭cant26


    Not too young. My son outgrew his Moses basket at four weeks so went into the cot then. Some people use the cot from birth.


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    mirrorwall14
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,751 ✭✭✭mirrorwall14


    Not too young though you are advised to keep the cot in the room to around 6 months ASFAIK, reduces the risk of SIDS.


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    ComfortKid
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 2,169 ✭✭✭ComfortKid


    Our little one was sleeping 12 hours a night in her moses basket from 3 to 5 months, as soon as we moved her to a cot it took an hour or two to get her to sleep and she wakes up every two or three hours, often taken an hour to get her back to sleep. This is still happing at 11 months old.

    We swore that next time, baby is going straight to cot no moses basket.


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    kandr10
    Registered Users Posts: 1,601 ✭✭✭kandr10


    My daughter was happily in her cot from birth. Didn't bother with a divider or anything either. She hadn't a clue that the other two thirds of the thing existed!


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    Weyhey
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    Never too young for a cot if you have the room. Just make sure feet are to the end of the cot rather than their head to the top. I think this only matters if you are using blankets instead of a grobag but better to be safe than sorry. Also alternate which end you put your baby to, to avoid getting a flat head.


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    Ms2011
    Registered Users Posts: 3,129 ✭✭✭Ms2011


    Both mine went into a cot & into their own room with an Angelcare monitor at 10 weeks old, everyone (in our family) seems to get a better nights sleep this way :)


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    contrary_mary
    Registered Users Posts: 334 ✭✭contrary_mary


    My son slept in a cot in our room from when he came home from hospital until 6 months, when I moved cot and baby to his own room. I didn't see the point in buying a moses basket for a few weeks use.


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    Aveen
    Registered Users Posts: 245 ✭✭Aveen


    No not at all, had my DS in cot and his own room at 8weeks, he STTN and looked more comfortable than his crib. I found it the hardness with him not be next to me but we all slept better so win win in our house


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    pwurple
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    Not too young. my eldest was in her cot in her own room from 6 weeks. Second daughter from a few weeks old as well.


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