Hippychick Organic Cotton Baby Blanket for Cot

Advantages: Extremely small, lightweight and easy to use
Disadvantages: Nothing that can not be overcome easily

...This is the first of two products in the Samsonite Travel Cot range and it leads on to the Samsonite Pop Up Bubble Travel Cot (which I have also reviewed). It is a brilliant, pioneering product and was the first of its kind on the market when I bought it while still pregnant with my first child in 2003/04. The Samsonite Pop Up Travel Cot is available in three colours - pink and blue in the standard model and stone in the deluxe model. The standard models are made of cotton and nylon, although the baby only lies on cotton, with the main outer body being made of the easily cleaned nylon while the deluxe model is all cotton except the nylon mosquito net - this does seem to make it slightly cooler but more difficult to clean any stains. I chose this travel cot over more traditional ones based purely on it's size when folded up... Read review

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Advantages: Lightweight, compact and great value for money
Disadvantages: Nothing that can not be overcome easily

...- your child only sleeps on cotton covered areas, the nylon bits are the mosquito net. The only problems we found were: 1) if you want to put a sheet on the base, rather than use one of the baby sleeping bags that are the latest thing in baby bedding, you can't tuck it under the base properly as it uses Velcro to attach it to the main body of the cot. We got around this by not using a sheet as a) the cotton cover of the base is very soft against the skin, so no rubbing and b) you can sponge off any dribble stains (we did not have the pleasure of any more offending stains to deal with so can't comment on how well these would come off!). 2) the cot sits directly on the floor - that is, there is no gap between the base and the floor - which isn't really a problem unless the floor is cold. We got around this by putting a blanket... Read review

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Advantages: Wear wel,l need little or no ironing ,
Disadvantages: ?

...Gosh do they still make these I said when my daughter said she had some mother care cotton jersey fitted sheets on the babies cot , you used to sleep on some jersey fitted sheets from mother care when you were a baby 28 yrs ago Ahhh. Ohh don't they do some pretty colours now. I don't think I could get anything but white. The new sheets are available in white, lemon, cream, and pink and blue. Mother care makes these sheets to fit a pram or Moses basket, a crib, a cot or a cot bed. Prices range from £6.99p, 7.99p 10,99p and -£14.99p. Respectively for a pack of two sheets. They make a printed ones too, winnie the pooh , Humphreys corner , jungle prints, these are slightly more expensive but really cute . I would recommend that you start with 4 cot sheets as they may need washing often baby dribble puke, wee and poo The sheets... Read review

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