Are portable cots safe for babies to sleep in every night?

[flower gal]

Hi pinkpalace

thanks for your reply, and yes, I think i will go for either a moses basket or a bassinet. Do you know if you can pull a bassinet right up to your bedside and have it in line with your bed (are they adjustable height-wise?)

[PinkPalace]

I dont think the trolleys you can adjust height. I always had dd in the bassinette on the floor or actually in the cot next to me?

[Pretty Butterfly]

Kane has been in the porta cot since birth, as his brother is still in the cot!!

I put the snuggle bed in the porta cot till about 4 months, now he just uses the porta cot, cushioned with padded blankets, under a fitted sheet. Works perfect, and we still get to have him in our room!!

[flower gal]

thanks, yes the snuggle beds look great too. can you use these sitting on a table next to the bed? Rather than in the cot or in bed?

[Snacks]

Hiya flower gal, I personally wouldn't sleep bubs on a table, even in a snuggle bed. I'd use the port a cot with the snuggle bed inside, or else get one of those portacots with the bassinette attachments.
I didn't think you could adjust the height of portacots to have bubs sleeping beside you side-car style?
Personally, I think Australia has very good safety standards and so I've never had a worry about portacots. It is only when you are using extra bedding (blankets, doonas, pillows, ill-fitting mattresses) that you need to be particularly mindful of safety issues IMO.
Also, are the portacots you've seen that much smaller than regular cots?

[flower gal]

thanks for your advice. yes, i have been thinking it could be unsafe to have a basket or snuggle bed sitting on a table.

I'm thinking that a bassinet would probably be our best option. And then after 3 or 4 months if we still want to have the baby in our room then we will have to find another option, or try to squeeze a cot in I guess.

[Snacks]

You might be able to find a really cheap one on ebay