Not practical (Brio Bedside Cot)

Member Name: smurphy2002

Product:	Brio Bedside Cot
Date:	14/10/03 (3946 review reads)
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Advantages: Good quality cot

Disadvantages: May be too big to move from room to room, Very tricky to adjust height, Blocks Mum's way out of bed

We bought this cot while I was pregnant and I constructed it in the nursery, as there was no point in putting it in the bedroom until needed. The idea of a bedside cot was really appealing, especially as we fully intended to have our baby in our bedroom for the first 6 months, as is now recommended.
It was really tricky to construct, and even the instructions recommended 2 people do it. I was very proud (stupid?) to have done this all by myself when I was 6 months pregnant. I then thought I'd move it into the bedroom to see how it worked next to our bed. Whoops, I hadn't checked whether it would fit through the door frame. Even if it had, I could not have turned it the required angle to do this anyway.
After this discovery, we purchased a bedside "crib", which works on exactly the same principle, but on a much smaller scale. It too is made by Brio/Global (I think these companies are related) and is much more manageable. I love the crib, which I use both ways, next to the bed or across the room, and it is roomy enough to stand a chance of lasting 6 months, unlike a moses basket. But I even have trouble getting out of bed with this one next to me, so really don't think I would have got on with the larger cot next to the bed.
So the cot stays in the nursery waiting to be used by my son when he moves to his own room at around 6 months. We are using it as a changing station at the moment, which works very well. However, when I tried to raise the height so that my back didn't suffer so much I found it impossible. I am rarely defeated by any practical task, being quite a handy sort of person. But this was impossible and having taken the whole thing apart I had to put it back again at the same height, how frustrating!
Wish we'd bought a standard cot with an easily adjustable base height.

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