Safety and Baby Proof Cots

The baby travel cot is not considered as a necessary item especially if the parents seldom go travelling. But in case you will need to go on a family vacation, the travel cot is considered as an essential travel item since it can be used as both a playpen and a sleeping area for your baby. It is also considered as a safe haven by the baby and will therefore prevent additional fussiness when compared to travelling without one. The primary reason for the use of a travel cot is that typical hotel accommodations do not provide baby cribs, which leaves the cot as a better alternative.

Getting a nice travel baby bed will give your baby a comfortable and familiar safe haven especially when you are visiting friends and relatives for more than a couple of hours. The reason is that the baby can also use the cot as a playpen even when not being held by a parent. This is especially useful when the family or friend have pets that can scratch your baby's delicate skin.

One of the things that you will need to take into consideration is that the safety of the baby comes first and therefore you will need to study the instructions of the travel bed in order to prevent the baby cot from accidentally folding by itself. Remember that you do not want to injure your baby and correctly learning how to lock and unlock the travel bed is considered as essential information.

You have to know the allowable weight that the baby cot can carry so that you will not accidentally damage it while minimizing injury to your baby. Additional features that you can also purchase along with the cot bed are the full size bassinet, a built in night light, and even a music box that can play tunes for your baby.

Buying the plain baby bed means that it will only have the basic travel bed structure without the additional features. Most of the travel cot does not have a good mattress due to the increased portability and therefore you will need to bring along a comforter for your baby, which will be used as additional padding or as a replacement for the mattress of the baby bed. There are also some stores that offer alternative cot mattresses.

A significant factor in investing in travel cots and other nursery furniture is that the baby bed is portable aside from being easy to setup. Parents who need to travel a lot need to take into consideration that these have accompanying storage sleeves that have handles or other carrying straps. Another significant issue is that the travel bed must be able to fit in the trunk of the car to prevent additional headaches. This means that before buying the travel cots, you will already have an idea of the dimensions of your car's trunk.
Remember that the main aim of cots are to make the baby comfortable and secure and therefore seeing the familiar baby cot bed will prevent the baby from becoming fussy especially in unfamiliar surroundings.