To the question of buying a crib for a baby, one must take it very seriously. Often parents pay attention to how the cot will fit into the interior and what its appearance is. And then, being deceived by beauty, they pay a lot of money and are not even interested in what it is made of. When choosing a crib, you need to pay attention not only to price and appearance. To make it easier to navigate and choose from a variety of baby cots, one cot, we'll give important factors that will help make you the right choice.
How to choose the right baby cot?
Material for baby cots
It's no secret that a lot depends on the naturalness of this or that thing. For a baby crib at all times, the best material was a tree. The tree has a breathing property, it allows the child's body to breathe. A small amount of plastic or metal parts is acceptable in the crib. When choosing a crib, it's not so easy to determine what it's made of. Therefore, you can ask the seller for a baby cot hygienic certificate, there will be specified the material from which the baby bed is made and how much it is "harmless". Compared with other materials, the best and most expensive are birch, maple, alder. The cribs made of pine are considered cheaper and not bad, but due to the fact that the pine is a soft tree, there may be traces of your baby's teeth or tracks from toys on the crib. A cot of wood will be absolutely harmless to the baby. In addition, it is easy to wash and you can easily keep the baby's crib clean.
Legs of a cot
The cot should stand firmly on its feet. For very young children comfortable cots-rocking or cradles are considered. But by 4 months, when your baby grows up, you will need to install stable legs for a cot-rocking chair. To the crumb did not swing and then fell out of it. While the newborn is comfortable to rock in the crib, you do not need to deprive him of the pleasure to soak up on your hands. After all, even the most excellent bed can not replace all the love and warmth of the parental embrace.
The sides and the depth of the day of a baby bed
It is best to buy a crib in which you can adjust the height of the bottom. Newborn baby is convenient to put on a small depth, so you can get and lay a small child. When the child becomes more active and grows slightly, it is necessary to lower it below the bed of the crib, so that the depth from the mattress to the upper edge is 65 cm so that in a fit of curiosity the child can not fall out of the crib.
For the grown up kid it is possible to take out some twigs in a crib or to remove a side, it will allow the child to rise from a crib. The fact that you can take off the edge is useful if the newborn child can be put in a crib and close to the parent's bed. It will be easier for a mother to feed a baby with such a bed at night and then she will not have to get up from her bed. And the baby near my mother will sleep better.
Distance between the grill bars on the bed
When buying a crib, do not be too lazy and take a ruler or roulette with you, since the distance between the bars of the grid plays an important role in the design of the crib. The normal distance is 6 cm, so that the legs, arms or the head of the child do not get stuck between the slats.
Bottom of the crib
If the bottom of the child's bed is slatted, this will promote normal air circulation, allow the mattress to "breathe" and all this will affect the baby's healthy sleep.
How old is the baby cot?
Different models of cribs, some of them can be used up to 2 years, others can be transformed and lengthened, as a result, you can turn a baby crib into a children's couch. But in any case, the choice is yours!