Choosing a Cot, particularly if you’re doing it for the first time is always a little nerve wracking. Where do you begin and how do you make a judgement? Luckily our handy guide is here to help you.
Features
As it is recommended that you use a new mattress for each child, many cots are sold without. Choose a firm one that fits snugly inside your cot - you don't want fingers getting trapped.
Choose a cot with drop sides. These can be lowered to make it easier to pick up and put down your baby, and raised to keep him safe (he will be pulling himself up before you know it). If you want your baby close at night, opt for a cot with a removable side that you can place next to your bed (ideal for those night feeds).
Cots with variable height base can be raised when your baby is tiny, so you can place him gently to sleep, then lowered once he becomes more mobile.
Over-cot changing table: some manufacturers make a changing table that can fit over the cot (perfect height for avoiding backache). This is a great solution if you're short of space.
Under-cot storage: again essential if your nursery is on the small side.
Safety teething rails: not essential, but could be a godsend if yours is the chewy type… These are just a simple plastic strip along the top of the cot which prevent a teething toddler from chomping off bits of paint or wood. (Many years ago, children biting the lead-based paints off cots caused tragic deaths. Now nursery paints are safe, but it's still an unsavoury thing to find your baby eating their cot!)
Cot beds
These look like cots, but are slightly bigger. Their biggest advantage is that they will last your child longer, as the sides can be removed when your baby is ready to make a small, child-sized bed.
However, if you have a second child before your first has outgrown this, you'll find yourself back to square one, and buying another bed. Also, because they are larger, your baby will look somewhat lost in it until they start growing.
So, now that you know the basics, get ready to click, surf and shop!
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 | East Coast Cot Changer White , baby, baby's, birth+, bsen12221, changer, conforms, conveniently, convineince, cot, deluxe, fit, rail, regulations, saving, space, tesco, toddler, towel, white... Shop: Tesco | £30.00 |
 | Babydan Nature Wooden Bed Guard , 18months, 25cm , 7090cm, babydan, bedfeatures, bedrail, beds, bunk, children, cot, cribs, detaches, folding, frame, furniture, grade, hardwood, installation, mattress, needed, nursery, pairs, rail, safetots, side, stored, thickness, tools, transition... Shop: Safetots | £34.99 |
 | Babydan White Wooden Bed Guard , 18months, 25cm , 7090cm, baby, bedrail, beds, bunk, children, cot, cribs, dan, detaches, folding, frame, furniture, gates, grade, hardwood, installation, mattress, needed, pairs, rail, safetots, side, stored, thickness, tools, transition, upper, used... Shop: Safetots | £34.99 |
 | Lilliput Cot Top Changer, Beech , 59577cm, baby, beech, changing, cot, fit, frame, furniture, hands, john, lacquered, lewis, mat, mind, neatly, nursery, peace, rail, safety, security, separately, shelf, straps, strong, sturdy, surface, that's, towel, wide... Shop: John Lewis | £35.00 |
 | Windsor Cotbed - Natural Finish , 70, 140, 716, baby, base, bed, bedding, birththree, bs, classic, cm, conforms, contemporary, converts, cot, cotbed, cotbeds, delicate, design, dressera, en, endurable, furniture, gums, mattress, natural, nursery, positions, protect, rails, removable, se... Shop: ToysRus | £79.99 |
 | Catalina Cot - White Finish , 120, 60cmchoice, 716, baby's, base, bedding, bs, catalina, conforms, continental, coordinate, cot, cots, delicate, drop, en, fitted, foot, fresh, gums, head, mattress, natural, nursery, plastic, positions, protect, rails, runners, separately, side, s... Shop: ToysRus | £89.99 |
 | Catalina Cot - Natural Finish , 120, 60cmchoice, 716, baby's, base, bedding, bs, calming, catalina, conforms, continental, coordinate, cot, cots, delicate, drop, en, fitted, foot, gums, head, mattress, natural, nursery, plastic, positions, protect, rails, runners, separately, side,... Shop: ToysRus | £89.99 |
 | Prague Cot Bed. , 28kg, 716weight, addition, adjustable, argos, assembly, baseconverts, bedcot, bedmattress, beds, birth, bs, clean, convert, cot, cots, curvy, design, en, footboards, head, junior, l140, l144, mattress, nurserysize, part, parts, position, rails, remove,... Shop: Argos | £99.59 |
 | East Coast Anna Cot , adjusted, anna, antique, baby, birth+, bsen716, chewing, coast, conforms, cot, drop, east, fitted, grows, mattress, pine, positions, protect, rails, separately, side, teething, tesco, toddler, wood... Shop: Tesco | £99.99 |
 | East Coast Anna Pure White Finish Drop Side Cot , 715cm, anna, baby, baby+, bed, bsen716, conforming, copes, cot, drop, ease, ground, knowing, lively, peace, placing, rails, rest, safe, safety, side, sides, teething, tesco, toddler... Shop: Tesco | £99.99 |
 | Baby Club Teddy Drop Side Cot-Antique Pine + FREE Mattress , 3199, 3position, 4", attractive, base, beautifully, catch, charge, cot, cots, decorated, drop, dropdown, engraved, extraplease, fitted, foam, gravity, kiddies, kingdom, mattress, motif, panels, pine, rails, side, solid, sprung, teddy, teething, upgrade,... Shop: Kiddies Kingdom | £109.99 |
 | "baby metro" cot , 125, additions, base, bed, beech, clean, cm, garden, h97, influences, metropolitan, minimalist, natural, nursery, position, protective, rails, slats, solid, styled, suits, teething, urban, w67... Shop: Additions Direct | £115.00 |
 | Baby Club Harry Cot-Blue + FREE Mattress , 120x60x10, 3199, 4", baby, base, blue, charge, club, cots, dropdown, dropside, extraplease, fitted, foam, harry, kiddies, kingdom, mattress, panels, position, rails, side, sprung, teething, upgrade, white, £20... Shop: Kiddies Kingdom | £119.99 |
 | Baby Club Harriet Cot -Pink + FREE Mattress , 120x60x10, 3199, 4", baby, base, charge, club, cots, dropdown, dropside, extraplease, fitted, foam, harriet, kiddies, kingdom, mattress, panels, pastel, pink, position, rails, side, sprung, teething, upgrade, white, £20... Shop: Kiddies Kingdom | £119.99 |
 | East Coast Katie Cot , baby, base, beech, birth+, drop, frame, heights, mattress, rails, separately, sides, slatted, solid, teething, tesco, toddler... Shop: Tesco | £119.99 |
 | Angelina Cot Bed , ****, 140cm, 143cm, 61cm, 70, 77cm, 91cm, angelina, base, bear, bed, bed****, cot, cuddly, elegant, fixed, heights, impress, mattress, newborn, rails, sides, sturdy, teething, young, Garden Tools, True Shopping... Shop: True Shopping | £119.99 |
 | Tutti Bambini Jenny Playbed Cot-Antique Pine + FREE Mattress , 1055h, 127l, 3199, 4", 676w, adjustable, baby, balls, base, bed, birth, charge, cm, cot, cots, d30, delicate, development, draw, drop, dropdown, extraplease, foam, gums, jenny, kiddies, kingdom, lift, mattress, play, position, protect, protective, rails... Shop: Kiddies Kingdom | £124.99 |
 | OBaby B is for bear cotbed Natural pine , 70, 140, base, bear, bed, bedding, care, converts, cot, cotbed, cute, design, ends, foot, head, junior, kiddie, mattress, nursery, position, rails, solid, stylish, teething,... Shop: Kiddie Care | £129.97 |
 | Baby Club Thomas Cot-Blue + FREE Mattress , 3199, 4", addition, baby, base, blue, charge, closer, club, cots, crown, delightful, design, dropdown, dropside, engraved, extraplease, foam, high, image, kiddies, kingdom, mattress, panels, position, rails, sprung, teething, thomas, toy, train, upgrade... Shop: Kiddies Kingdom | £129.99 |
 | Baby Club Joel Cot-White + FREE Mattress , 3199, 4", addition, balls, base, beautiful, brightly, charge, coloured, cot, cots, dropdown, dropside, extraplease, favouite, fitted, foam, joel, keenly, kiddies, kingdom, mattress, panels, position, priced, rails, sprung, style, teething, upgrade, whit... Shop: Kiddies Kingdom | £129.99 |
 | East coast Angelina cot bed - White , 716, adapt, angelina, baby, base, bed, birth+, bsen, child, coast, conforms, cot, east, extend, grows, heights, junior, mattress, panels, pine, protective, rails, split, teething, tesco, toddler, white... Shop: Tesco | £129.99 |
 | Baby Club Matteo Cot + FREE Mattress , 120, 3199, 4", 60cm, base, beautiful, beechwood, charge, concealed, cot, cots, dropdown, dropside, eleonora, extraplease, foam, high, kiddies, kingdom, manufactured, matteo, mattress, meet, natural, position, rails, sprung, system, teething, upgrade, £... Shop: Kiddies Kingdom | £129.99 |
 | East coast Angelina cot bed - Natural , angelina, antique, baby, base, bed, birth+, bsen716, coast, conforms, cot, east, extend, fitted, grows, heights, junior, mattress, panels, pine, protective, rails, regulations, split, teething, tesco, toddler... Shop: Tesco | £129.99 |
 | Bamboo Cot - Natural , 120, 60cm, baby's, bamboo, baseuse, beautiful, bedding, continental, coordinate, cot, cots, delicate, gums, mattress, natural, nursery, position, protect, rails, separately, singlehanded, teeth, teething, theme, toysrus... Shop: ToysRus | £129.99 |
 | Cosatto Scarborough Cotbed Light Country Pine , 103, 140, 147, 18mths, 70, 78, babies, baby, base, beautiful, beautifully, bed, bedding, birth, care, converts, cot, delicate, drop, grace, gums, handed, heights, junior, kiddie, little, mattress, measurements, nursery, position, protect, rails, safety,... Shop: Kiddie Care | £134.97 |
 | O Baby Beverley Cotbed- Country Pine + FREE Mattress , 140x69cm, 3199, 4", base, bed, bedding, charge, converts, cot, cotbeds, dropdown, extraplease, foam, junior, kiddies, kingdom, mattress, position, rails, sprung, teething, upgrade, £20... Shop: Kiddies Kingdom | £139.95 |
 | East Coast Country Cot Bed White , 140cm, 143cm, 61cm, 70, 77cm, 91cm, base, beautifully, bed, bedding, care, childs, converts, cot, fixed, heights, kiddie, mattress, natural, nursery, rails, sides, sleek, solid, teething... Shop: Kiddie Care | £139.97 |
 | O Baby LISA Cotbed- Country Pine + FREE Mattress , 140x69cm, 3199, 4", base, bed, bedding, charge, converts, cot, cotbeds, dropdown, extraplease, foam, junior, kiddies, kingdom, mattress, position, rails, sprung, teething, upgrade, £20... Shop: Kiddies Kingdom | £144.95 |
 | Baby Club Barney Cotbed + FREE Mattress , 3199, 3position, 4", attractive, base, beautifuly, bed, charge, cot, cotbeds, dropdown, engraved, extraplease, fitted, foam, kiddies, kingdom, mattress, motif, panels, rails, sprung, teddy, teething, upgrade, £20... Shop: Kiddies Kingdom | £149.95 |
 | Henley Cotbed - White Finish , 140cm, 70cmconforms, 716, baby, baby's, bed, bs, contemporary, converts, cot, cotbed, cotbeds, design, en, henley, mattress, natural, nurseryeasy, positionsuse, protect, rails, rails3, separately, teeth, teething, toddler, toysrus, white... Shop: ToysRus | £149.99 |
 | Joanna - Pure White Cot Bed , 716, baby, bed, birth+, bsen, coast, conforms, cot, east, extend, joanna, l140xw70cm, mattress, panels, protective, rails, split, teething, tesco, toddler, used, white... Shop: Tesco | £149.99 |
 | Katie Cot - Beech. , 120, 126, 23kg, 60cm, 68, 716, 97cm, adjustable, argos, assembly, base, beds, beech, bs, complies, cot, cots, drop, en, fits, frame, mattress, positions, protective, rails, self, side, solid, teething, veneered, weight... Shop: Argos | £149.99 |
 | Joanna - Natural Cot Bed , 716, adjust, antique, baby, base, bed, birth+, bsen, chew, child, conforms, cot, ease, extend, grows, heights, joanna, mattress, newborn, panels, pine, protect, protective, rails, setting, split, teething, tesco, toddler... Shop: Tesco | £149.99 |
 | Cosatto Claremont Cot Oak , 120cm, 60cm, adjustable, base, beautiful, beautifully, bedding, birth, care, class, cot, country, crafted, curved, drop, elegant, kiddie, light, matress, mattress, nursery, pine, position, profile, rails, safety, side, solid, teething, touch... Shop: Kiddie Care | £149.99 |
 | Henley Cotbed - Natural Finish , 140cm, 70cmconforms, 716, baby, baby's, bed, bs, contemporary, converts, cot, cotbed, cotbeds, design, en, henley, mattress, natural, nurseryeasy, positionsuse, protect, rails, rails3, separately, teeth, teething, toddler, toysrus, white... Shop: ToysRus | £149.99 |
 | Minnesota Cot, White , 18°c, 716, adopted, assemblywhen, baby, bed, bedding, birch, bs, complies, contrasting, cot, covers, en, feet, flat, foot, health, higher, john, lewis, maintaining, natural, packed, position, putting, rail, recommend, regular, room, self, shoulders,... Shop: John Lewis | £150.00 |
 | Oscar Playbead Cot, Natural , &, 3position, 716, assembly, base, beech, bs, complies, cot, dropside, en, flat, furniture, garden, john, lewis, natural, nursery, onehanded, packed, rails, self, solid, teething... Shop: John Lewis | £150.00 |
 | Oscar Playbead Cot, White , 3position, 716, assembly, baby, base, beech, bs, complies, cot, dropside, en, flat, furniture, john, lewis, nursery, onehanded, packed, rails, self, solid, teething, veneers, white... Shop: John Lewis | £150.00 |
 | John Lewis Ella Cotbed, White , addition, baby, base, bed, changes, child's, complies, cot, cotbed, develops, ella, en716, extralow, finally, grow, grownup, gums, handy, john, lewis, nursery, positions, protect, rail, sleeping, sore, teethe, teething, they're, tiny... Shop: John Lewis | £150.00 |
 | Cosatto Bola Cot Cream , action, bedding, birth, care, drop, external, h109cm, handed, heights, internal, kiddie, l120, l129, mattress, nursery, protect, rails, safety, side, teeth, teething, w60cm, w67... Shop: Kiddie Care | £150.98 |
 | Cosatto Bola Cot Pink , action, bedding, birth, care, drop, external, h109cm, handed, heights, internal, kiddie, l120, l129, mattress, nursery, protect, rails, safety, side, teeth, teething, w60cm, w67... Shop: Kiddie Care | £150.98 |
 | East Coast Elizabeth Cot Bed , ****, 103cm, 145cm, 79cm, antique, base, bear, bed, bed****, cathedral, conversion, cot, cuddly, dropside, elegant, ends, external, handed, impress, junior, mattress, newborn, pine, position, rails, seperate, single, sturdy, teething, young, Garden Tool... Shop: True Shopping | £159.99 |
 | Bola Cot , adjustable, baby, base, birth+, cream, drop, mattress, positions, rails, safety, separately, side, teething, tesco, toddler, wood, zippy... Shop: Tesco | £159.99 |
 | Babydan Helene Junior Bed , 140cms, 70cms, beautiful, bed, bedding, birch, care, child, clean, confidence, cot, design, elegant, falling, guards, high, junior, kiddie, lines, lowered, mattress, moving, nursery, rails, raised, smooth, solid, stop, stylish, to, tool, unique, wood... Shop: Kiddie Care | £169.97 |
 | Paloma Cotbed - Pecan Finish , 70, 140, 716, baby, baby's, bed, bedding, bs, cmconforms, conversion, cot, cotbed, cotbeds, cots, delicate, drawer, en, handy, items3, mattress, paloma, panels, pecan, plus, positionsuse, protect, rails, railunder, separately, splitend, stylish, teet... Shop: ToysRus | £169.99 |
 | O Baby B is for BEAR Pine + FREE Mattress , 140x69cm, 3199, 4", base, bed, bedding, charge, converts, cot, cotbeds, dropdown, extraplease, foam, junior, kiddies, kingdom, mattress, position, rails, sprung, teething, upgrade, £20... Shop: Kiddies Kingdom | £179.95 |
 | Cosatto Stratford Cot Bed - Natural , adapt, baby, bed, birth+, child, converts, cosatto, cot, drop, east, fixed, grows, hazlenut, junior, marking, mattress, pine, prevent, rails, removed, separately, side, sides, stratford, teething, tesco, timber, toddler, wood... Shop: Tesco | £189.99 |
 | Cosatto Stratford Cot Bed - White , baby, bed, birth+, cosatto, cot, drop, marking, prevent, rails, side, stratford, teething, tesco, timber, toddler, white... Shop: Tesco | £189.99 |
 | Cosatto Winchester Cotbed Oak , 103, 140, 147, 18mths, 70, 79, babies, baby, base, beautiful, beautifully, bed, bedding, birth, care, converts, cot, delicate, drop, grace, gums, handed, heights, junior, kiddie, little, mattress, measurements, nursery, position, protect, rails, safety,... Shop: Kiddie Care | £195.97 |
 | Appleton Nursery set, Pine , adds, antique, assembly, baby, baby's, changer, chest, child's, comprises, cot, essentials, furniture, hanging, nursery, pine, rails, room, set, solid, space, spindled, storage, style, tesco, toddler, wardrobe... Shop: Tesco | £199.00 |
 | Cosatto Close To Me Bedside Cot, Beech , &, action, baby, base, bedside, beech, clever, comfort, cot, crafted, dropside, freestanding, furniture, garden, john, l120, lewis, lower, mattress, night, nursery, positions, rail, safety, separately, slide, teething, underneath, used, w60cm, won... Shop: John Lewis | £199.00 |
 | Winnie the Pooh Cotbed , 140, 70cmconforms, 716, baby, baby's, beautiful, bed, bedcotbed, bedding, bs, converts, coordinates, cot, cotbed, cotbeds, cots, delicate, drawer, en, etched, images, items3, mattress, nursery, pine, pooh, positionsuse, protect, railincludes, rails,... Shop: ToysRus | £199.99 |
 | hogarth cotbed , 103cms, 70cms, 89, 140, 148, additions, adjustable, baby, base, bed, cot, cotbed, cream, drop, ease, external, garden, junior, mattress, pine, position, rails, safety, sided, solid, teething, turns... Shop: Additions Direct | £200.00 |
 | Cosatto bedside cot , 124x65x102cm, action, aligns, baby, bed, beech, blooming, bonding, cot, delicate, drop, feeding, mainland, marvellous, mattress, measures, multiple, natural, night, nursery, positions, protect, rails, safety, side, sleep, slides, solid, teeth, teething,... Shop: Blooming Marvellous | £209.99 |
 | Cosatto Westport Cot bed-Nut + FREE Mattress , 140cm, 3199, 4", adjustable, babies', baby, base, bed, charge, cosatto, cot, cotbeds, delicate, description, dropdown, dropside, extraplease, foam, grow, hand, hazelnut, junior, kiddies, kingdom, mattress, pine, position, protect, rails, recommend, resu... Shop: Kiddies Kingdom | £213.95 |
| | "Rita" cotbed, underbed storage and cot top changer , additions, antiquepine, changer, cot, cotbed, foam, garden, mattress, package, rail, storage, towel, underbed... Shop: Additions Direct | £240.00 |
 | Cosatto Bateaux Cot Bed , baby, bateaux, bed, birth, child, convert, cosatto, cot, drop, junior, marking, prevent, rails, side, teething, tesco, timber, toddler... Shop: Tesco | £279.99 |
 | Harbour Cot , 120, 125, 60cm, 705cmself, assembly, basket, baskets, bayur, carved, cot, cotswold, cotton, cream, detailing, drawers, durable, finishwith, frame, furniture, handy, harbour, included1065, ivory, letterbox, lined, mattress, paint, part, platform, rails,... Shop: Letterbox | £299.00 |
 | Harbour Cot , 120, 125, 1065, 60cm, 705cm, assembly, basket, baskets, bayur, carved, company, cot, cotswold, cotton, cream, cribs, detailing, drawers, durable, esentials, frame, furniture, handy, harbour, ivory, lined, mattress, paint, part, platform, practical, rail... Shop: The Cotswold Company | £299.00 |
 | Milkshake Cot , childrens, clever, company, cot, four, frontrail, furniture, glide, levers, mattress, nursery, positions, pull, rail, release, solid, springloaded, sturdy, system, white... Shop: The Childrens Furniture Company | £360.00 |
 | Ludo Cot , –, allnatural, beech, bsen716, childrens, coco, company, conforms, cot, cotton, covers, dropfront, edges, endpanels, engraved, fibre, five, four, furniture, latex, mattress, mattresses, neighbours, nursery, pass, plain, plus, positions, rail, remov... Shop: The Childrens Furniture Company | £360.00 |
 | Tutti Bambini Louis Cotbed-Old English + FREE Mattress , adjustable, baby, baby's, base, bed, birth, converts, cot, cotbeds, cots, delicate, development, draw, elegant, essentials, fixed, gums, junior, kiddies, kingdom, louis, outgrows, protect, rails, sides, sofa, spacious, stage, storage, suit, teeth, teeth... Shop: Kiddies Kingdom | £379.99 |
 | Tutti Bambini Louis Cotbed-Walnut + FREE Mattress , adjustable, baby, baby's, base, bed, birth, converts, cot, cotbeds, cots, delicate, development, draw, elegant, essentials, fixed, gums, junior, kiddies, kingdom, louis, outgrows, protect, rails, sides, sofa, spacious, stage, storage, suit, teeth, teeth... Shop: Kiddies Kingdom | £379.99 |
 | Boori Classic 2 in 1 Cot Bed Direct Delivery , 1085h, 1410l, 870w, air, bed, bedding, blends, box, care, child's, classic, close, contemporary, cotbeds, don't, doublerailed, extended, furniture, gap, hide, hinges, kiddie, mind, nursery, peace, perfectly, play, practical, rails, safe, safety, seek, s... Shop: Kiddie Care | £410.00 |
 | Boori Classic Ranchboard 2 in 1 Cot Bed Direct Delivery , 1085h, 1410l, 870w, air, bed, bedding, blends, box, care, child's, classic, close, contemporary, cotbeds, don't, doublerailed, extended, furniture, gap, hide, hinges, kiddie, mind, nursery, peace, perfectly, play, practical, rails, safe, safety, seek, s... Shop: Kiddie Care | £410.00 |
 | "murano" Special Offer , 180cms, 54, 56, 80, 84, 149, 91cms, 94cms, additions, ajunior, base, bed, changerwith, chest, contemporary, converts, cot, cotbed, drawers, effect, furniture, garden, hanging, ivory, maple, oak, ofdrawers, position, rail, removed, runners, safety, savec... Shop: Additions Direct | £499.00 |
 | Bebecar Elegance Collection - Cocoa Wengue Pack M - Cot Bed, Wardrobe and Drawers , 70, 140, adjustable, ample, babies, base, bed, care, changed, chest, collection, contemporary, cotbed, d146, d46, d50, drawers, elegance, essentials, fresh, furniture, h182, h91, h96, hanging, kiddie, mattress, nursery, rails, shelf, shelves, space, spa... Shop: Kiddie Care | £599.97 |
 | Bebecar Elegance Collection - French Oak Abeto Pack M Cot Bed, Wardrobe and Drawers , adjustable, ample, babies, base, bed, care, changed, chest, collection, contemporary, cotbed, drawers, elegance, essentials, fresh, furniture, hanging, kiddie, nursery, rails, shelf, shelves, space, spacious, teething, toddler, wardrobe... Shop: Kiddie Care | £599.97 |