We use our port-a-cot quite a lot as we visit family who don't live nearby. Also for holidays where we have rented places to stay. DD2 slept in hers for a couple of months as she had grown out of the cradle but wasn't ready to go into the cot in DD1's room so we set up the port-a-cot in our room next to our bed.
The other thing you could ask for is books - get a range for all different ages. They can be expensive and i don't think you can ever have enough!
Portacot is a must for me, we've used ours quite a lot, especially when we go to stay at my parents place for a holiday. So that's what I'd be asking for!
we have two...
one for us, and one that lives at mum's. DD uses hers at the moment as she has transitioned from bassinette to cot but we wanted something that we could move out of our room easily if she didn't like it to start with. we are moving her cot into our room now that we know she will sleep ok in the bigger bed.
we're planning on using it like a play pen outside - we can let her have a bit of freedom but she'll be safe - and we can put a fly net over it...
the one at mum's - when i go back to work, DD will spend a couple of days with mum each week, so rather than taking the cot back and forth, it will live there. she has friends with young kidlets, so if they visit she has somewhere for them to sleep too
on the weekend of DD's baptism, we were able to put up a friend with a bubba cos we had the portacot...
Definitely get one! Ours comes out when we have visitors with kids, and also to move DD3 if we need her room. My only suggestion is that the ones with the changetable and bassinet part are a pain in the butt. We never used them and are just extra things to pack and unpack everytime you use it.
Goodluck with bubs!
Mum and dad found theirs SO useful with my little sister - they have given it to us now.
They said with a baby, they went to other people's homes for dinner more often (rather than going out) so it was great to be able to put her down to sleep.
I love the idea of using it as an outdoor playpen too - great idea!
As for other gifts... I have put the word out that we desperately want lovely hardcover books of all the classics (Snugglepot, Charlotte's Web, Peter Pan, Garden of Verse etc).
we love our porta-cot and has been used ALOT in the last 2 years. travelling, visiting friends for dinner when we knew it was going to be a late night etc etc.
if you think you will do alot of travelling or moving the porta-cot around, i would recommend asking your bro to get a light-weight system. we have the 'kinderkot' that we cannot fault and it folds up to fit in my suitcase. i have also heard the Phil and Teds system works in a similar fashion. JMO of course!
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