Cots for newborns with a chest of drawers: varieties of shapes and sizes, tips on choosing

Waiting for a baby is a reverent and exciting event. It is important that everything should be ready in advance for his appearance in the house. First of all, it is necessary to decide where the crib will be located, because the baby will spend about twenty hours a day in a dream for the first few months. At the same time, the question arises - where to place the baby’s dowry? The first toys, clothes, diapers, diapers and care products - just do not count. It is good if the family has a big house where the child will have a separate big room. In this case, it is easy to place a cot, a changing table, and a wardrobe in the nursery.But in the conditions of a small city apartment, the issue with the planning of a children's room arises quite acutely.

A cot with an integrated chest of drawers will be very useful and will serve as a good help for young parents in caring for the baby. This model has several advantages:

• practicality and versatility - perhaps the main characteristics of modular beds for newborns;
• Built-in boxes allow you to compactly arrange things and care products for your baby, everything you need is always at hand;
• in some models, the dresser tabletop is equipped with additional bumpers, which allows it to be used as a changing table;
• if all the necessary things are collected in one place, the baby will not be left unattended; this is especially important when the crumb becomes more mobile, begins to roll over and sit;
• for transformer models, it is possible to change the length of the crib by unplugging the dresser, so the bed grows with the child, which is quite economical.

However, it should be said about the disadvantages:

• large dimensions and weight of the structure make it difficult to rearrange, inorganically look in conditions of limited space;
• models of beds with a chest of drawers, as a rule, are static in contrast to standard beds, equipped with a motion sickness mechanism;
• the built-in dresser is much narrower than usual, therefore, fewer things will fit in it;
• models-transformers allow you to increase only the length of the bed, but not its width, which means that as an adult, the child will experience discomfort during sleep;
• The wardrobe bed is much higher than a regular cot.

If future parents chose a bed with a chest of drawers, then they will also have to decide on a suitable version of this modular design. Saving space in a child's room is far from the only plus of such models. The module with a chest of drawers can be placed both on the left and on the right side, handy for the mother.

Models that come with a changing table are easily transformed into a children's writing desk or cabinet. The table with built-in dresser has a solid base, which creates additional security. Caring for your baby becomes easier and more comfortable, and most importantly, it will be much more convenient for a young mother to swaddle and change her baby standing straight than bending over an ordinary cot. As a rule, in such designer beds, the height of the bed is adjusted. The changing table is easy to recline, it is bolted to the hinges at the back of the dresser. When the baby grows up, you can remove the side barriers and lower the base of the bed, thereby obtaining an ordinary children's bed. Such a model can last up to 10 years, but it can quickly get bored by a child.

Sometimes, laying the baby is not an easy task. Designers cots managed to provide this question. More expensive models are equipped with a special pendulum mechanism that allows rocking a baby, which is very convenient for newly-made parents. The pendulum can work independently, reacting to the restless movements of the baby.As the child grows, the pendulum can be removed and lowered the bottom of the crib, transforming it into a playpen. Choosing a model with a pendulum system, you should pay attention to the design of the mechanism - bearing type or on the basis of wooden slats. The bearing cradle will last longer, while wooden structures are more susceptible to wear.

Regardless of the shape and model of the bed with a dresser, great attention should be paid to the materials from which the construction is made:

1. There should be no sharp corners and protruding metal parts.
2. Experts recommend to give preference to models of natural wood (birch or coniferous).
3. The child tries to taste everything, so the coating of the sides and partitions must be environmentally friendly and non-toxic. This is usually a water-based varnish or paint.
4. Particular attention should be paid to the width of the distance between the bars of the side partitions: they should not be too wide (in this case there is a risk that the baby’s head gets stuck) and too narrow (limiting the baby’s view). In the first months of the baby's life, manufacturers offer sets of baby bedding with soft sides in the crib, which are easily fixed on the side bars.

Particular attention when choosing a crib model with a chest of drawers should be paid to the build quality of the structure itself and, in particular, the drawers. When a baby grows up and begins to actively explore the world around it, lockers and drawers can pose a certain danger to it. Today, the market for children's products offers parents to purchase special mechanisms that block the opening of boxes. It can be children's castles in the form of bright fairy-tale characters. Best of all, if the handles of the dresser are made of durable plastic and securely fastened.

In the next video you will find a review of the transforming bed Forest Yolochka.