Hey looking for a Cot for our 7 month old. The ones I've looked at you need to bend down really low to get the baby.
Are there any high ones people can recommend
Best Cot for Parents with Bad Back
inmyplums on 10/10/2024 - 14:42
Last edited 10/10/2024 - 15:09 by 1 other user
Last edited 10/10/2024 - 15:09 by 1 other user
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Best cot for someone with bad back
Sleep in a proper bed. It will be better for your back.
The way I read it is the baby has the bad back.
So which country can someone fly to where it isn't banned?
Asking for a friend…
Well I read it like the parents with bad backs looking to sleep in a cot
Agree 100%
Another great recommendation from jv !
I'd say the cot's deep access is to protect the baby. Raising the height while keeping the walls high (for baby's protection) will mean a higher overall cot. Ours had a height adjustable mattress base for baby's different stages, but ultimately each of the stages still required the parent to bend over.
Baby will be standing in no time and then you may start worrying that they may get out with a shallow cot.
…..And now for the wordplay - 'Best cot for someone with bad back' - your baby already has a bad back?
Hey looking for a Cot for our 7 month old.
You don't want to raise the base for a 7 month old. They will be able to stand soon and you don't want them climbing out and falling.
We had a Boori cot that could be set to two levels…
We used the higher level until they were ready to stand up, then lowered it…
https://assets.babybunting.com.au/prd/111382_2.jpg
Only very recently threw it out with the hard rubbish as nobody on marketplace showed any interest…
Yeah was going to suggest Boori cots you can adjust.
They also convert to a single bed so you get quite a lot of usage out of them…
https://assets.babybunting.com.au/prd/111382_7.jpg?tr=w-1000…
It’s a safety thing. Cots are fairly deep and have fixed sides nowadays. The only way you could make it better for your back is to make it less safe for your baby, so I wouldn’t recommend.
Just a guess, but I reckon they are all the same depth as it will be a regulation to sell a cot
You might want to look at professional cots used in childcare centres like those ones here: https://www.teaching.com.au/catalogue/learning-environments/…
Don’t listen to the people above saying that cots have to be low. The Department of Education has made it mandatory for childcare centres to have high cots to prevent back injuries and they are perfectly safe.
The front side lowers so you can grab your baby easily, and they are suitable for up to 2 years.
Get a motorized standing desk frame and mount the cot on top. Baby goes up…Baby goes down…at the press of a button!
As long as it’s well secured I like this idea.
An actual solution, nice.
how about a mattress on the floor against one side of the room with pillows all around the mattress? Google Montessori bed. You just have to squat down to pick up the baby.
Once your baby is older you need to lower the cot and it'd be a lot more strain on your back to pick up the baby.Chiropractor here, learning how to hip hinge and use your hips instead of your back will save you not only now but for the foreseeable future
I had a drop side cot which was a bit easier. Second hand though as you can't really buy them any more..
The problem you’re going to have is that soon your baby is going to be able to climb out of the cot, and then you don’t want it to be high (so they don’t fall and hurt themselves) unless you teach them how to do it with steps, in which case you may as well teach them with a lower cot and save your back. Many people find their babies start climbing out of the cot by 12months (around walking age) pretty much all will do it by 2years.
You can get a high-low cot which is designed for children with disabilities like Cerebral Palsy etc but these are $20k and absolutely over kill for your situation https://medifab.com/au/product/safe-surround-plus-bed/
This is pretty much what you need but you’d have to import it and I think also not cheap migbt be worthwhile if thinking of a second child
https://centrobed.com/p/scotia-paediatric-cot-profiling-sco2One product that absolutely saved our backs is this overbath bath and change table. It’s completely over engineered and solid as. Still using it with a 5yo. But I’m pretty sure the company that makes them has shut down. It’s width, depth and height adjustable so fits over most baths. You might be able to pick up a second hand one. Sorry I don’t know the name of the brand and this photo is not from my house as all my photos have my kid in it. Anyway he’s had and absolute blast in it playing and we don’t need to be kneeling/bending for hair washing etc. ugly as, but best baby product we bought. I found mine on marketplace.
https://i.pinimg.com/originals/d6/57/41/d65741378b3a710eb85f…It might not seem like it now but pretty soon you baby will be standing, climbing and walking so start preparing them to stand and grab for you so you’re not lifting. You’ll soon be able to teach them to carefully climb in and out of the cot. I found a play table and storage ottoman were great to get mine standing and climbing, edge of the couch is also good. If they find something interesting that they can pull themselves up to play with they’ll be into it and this is going to make your life easier pretty soon - of course all babies are different with their milestones but the average age of walking is 12months so not far away at all for some it’s 10-11months.
put something under it to increase the height
something solid of course. maybe a table