Travel cot

A travel cot is a bed for use by a baby or young child that collapses or folds into a bag for easy carriage.

The United Kingdom Department of Health's guide Reducing the Risk Of Cot Death[1] states that babies should always sleep by themselves, and are much safer in their own cot.

The Foundation for the Study of Infant Deaths states that it is preferable that each new baby has his or her own new mattress to avoid the risk of infection spreading between children which has been a contributing factor in some cases of SIDS.

[citation needed] If using a bassinet or pop-up travel cot, the travel cot can eliminate the need to buy a separate Moses basket for the baby.

Such a travel cot can be used in the first few months of a baby's life either in any part of the house so that parents can closely monitor their new born baby and can place their baby in the cot without straining to the bottom of the back - which can cause harm to a new mothers recovering body.