Brio Bedside Cot

This is the most wonderful invention ever. I have had mine for 6.5 years and it has done 3 kids. You don't have to get out of bed when the baby wakes up if you are breast feeding you just shuffle your baby over and then either fall alseep or push your baby back over. When you put your baby down for a nap put all four sides up and you know your baby is safe. My husband and I put ours together with no problems and we had no problems getting it through doors to move rooms - or houses for that matter. The bed base is fully adjustable so we made it flush with our bed. Our 2.5 year old is crashed out in it now. I put her to bed with all 4 ...  Read the complete review

I wasn't sure that a bedside cot was the right option for me, but I liked the styling of the Brio Bedside and the fact that it is made out of beech (most cots seem to be made of pine) so I decided to give it a try. I figured that I could always just use it as a normal cot if I didn't like it as a three-sided cot... In the event I had to have an emergency caesarian, and when I got home from the hospital I was so grateful to have the bedside cot waiting for me. It meant that I didn't have to painfully haul myself out of bed several times a night - I could just reach over and pick my son up from next to me. Even now that my scar is no longer ...  Read the complete review

I had already had a cot loaned to my when I had my daughter, but when she developed eczema and had trouble sleeping at night, I decided to take her into bed with me, so that I could soothe her back to sleep quickly and get back to sleep myself. However, what I found was, that although she slept better in bed with me, I found it really uncomfortable, and had to move around really carefully so as not to disturb her. One day whilst browsing through a Mothercare catalogue, I found the Brio Bedside Cot, which can be converted into a bed when baby gets older. It has 27 adjustable heights, so you can make it level with your bed, and you can take one side off, ...  Read the complete review

We bought a Brio Bedside Cot before our son was born. It seemed like a nice compromise between having him in our bed, and having him in another cot. He would sleep in his cot, but right next to our bed. I could just roll over to breastfeed in the night, rather than getting out of bed. The last part was true - I did just breastfeed in bed, because he was right in the bed. But we never ended up using the cot at the bedside - when we placed it beside the bed, it left me no room to get out of bed! Between my bedside table, the cot, and the footboard of the bed, I wouldn't be able to get up in the night to go to the loo, ensuring a bad night for everyone! ...  Read the complete review

We bought this cot when our daughter outgrew her moses basket(which she hardly slept in,prefering our bed!).I managed to put it together on my own although it would have been even easier with two of us.You can line up the base to match the height of your bed but buy the mattress first. (Not included). The wheels can be locked on and the cot side moves up and over to make a conventional cot.We only use it with the three sides - right by our bed.At first we called it an expensive bedguard!Our daughter was mostly in our bed as she was breastfeeding and helping herself in the night.I had peace of mind that she wasn't going anywhere while we slept.Now that she is older ...  Read the complete review