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Cot bedding

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rosiemus Wed 18-Jan-12 11:21:55

Hello Sandra and welcome. How lovely to have a brand new GC.

No duvets or pillows until they are at least one. With my GC we ditched the blankets altogether in favour of "grobags" - which are like little sleeping bags with arm holes - the advantage is they can't fall off leaving the little one to get cold and also there is no danger of the covers going over the baby's head. Only wish we had had them when my DC were that age. They come in different tog ratings (2.5 for this time of year) You can always add a firmly tucked in blanket if it's really cold. Oh and you can buy the sleeping bags all over the place - John Lewis, Mothercare...I saw some gorgeous ones in Tesco last week.

sandra Wed 18-Jan-12 11:16:02

Hi all, as I am a new Nanny I am not fully 'genned up' on the new advise for babies. I have just bought a cot for our guest room so that baby can nap if needed when at ours. Are there any do and don'ts as far as bedding goes, how many blankets, are duvets ok, etc. Our little one is 8 weeks by the way.