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That moment of relief …

Blackswanwood

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I started making a cot for my granddaughter a few months before she was born but then put it on hold when I was told she would not need it until aged 6 months.

I’m currently getting it finished and it was bolted together for the first time today. Despite measuring everything umpteen times it was quite a relief to find it fits the mattress! 🤣

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No.1 son and his Canadian partner (best not to mention 'you know who'😉) bought all their stuff (or it was given) for my grandson secondhand on the basis that the baby will only be using it for a short time before moving onto onto something else. Everything then gets passed onto another couple free and gratis or for a very small charge - Rob...who hasn't been tasked to make anything
 
A future heirloom piece for sure. When you say bolted together does that mean it can be dismantled, flat packed and stored easily until the siblings arrive?
 
AndyP said:
A future heirloom piece for sure. When you say bolted together does that mean it can be dismantled, flat packed and stored easily until the siblings arrive?
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Thanks Andy. Funny you ask that!

It's not the design I would have chosen but I was working to my daughter in law's criteria. She would like me to make another side so it turns into the modern day phenomenon of a toddler bed (shorter slats and an opening so the toddler can get in and out on their own) later. I've managed to kick that into the long grass by saying I'll make it when it's needed and privately hoping they will find either having a toddler contained is a better idea or that a sibling has need of it.

I have a cunning plan to make a bed suitable for a small child with a carved headboard that she can grow into but need my carving to improve first.
 
Lovely job.

My experience with boys is that they quickly get the hang of climbing out, unless you fit barbed wire and electric fencing round the top. Girls are probably fine.
 
AJB Temple said:
Lovely job.

My experience with boys is that they quickly get the hang of climbing out, unless you fit barbed wire and electric fencing round the top. Girls are probably fine.
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No, girls find a way of making you get them out. Saves them a lot of effort, and a few bruises.
 
My friend Brian, very sadly missed, discovered that he was having twins as grandchildren. So, between us, we made a twin cradle. It could be on a stand, locked in place or free to swing, or it could sit on the floor and be rocked there. It was an absolutely fantastic piece of furniture, angled dovetails, the works.
It was all pre-didital, the twins are now 26 years old, so I don't have any photos.
It did get passed around and the only stipulation was that it has to have a little brass plaque added with the ocupant's (or indeed, occupants') DOB.
I wonder where it is now and how many babies have slept in it?
S
 
Our oldest taught, and used to help, #2 climb out of her cot when they shared a bedroom. They would then sit very quietly under said cot playing together after bedtime. #2 couldn't climb back in again, so we had to intervene after a while, but it felt rather mean-spirited to do so.

They've been best mates well into adulthood, and I've a sneaky feeling they actually taught #3 to do the same thing.
 
AJB Temple said:
Lovely job.

My experience with boys is that they quickly get the hang of climbing out, unless you fit barbed wire and electric fencing round the top. Girls are probably fine.
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This is when you put the mattress on the floor and turn the cot upside down. They make great cages...
 
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