| The provision of a comfortable sleeping place for a | | | | out of the base and lengthy enough from the base to |
| toddler below the age of five is well catered for by a | | | | prevent it from climbing down. |
| well designed baby crib or cot that contain a well | | | | The mattress, often raised to a high position for |
| upholstered soft mattress that act as a safety buffer | | | | buoyancy purposes is placed with a few sheets in a |
| against abrupt movements that might inflict shock. | | | | safe circumference inside the crib. When applying bed |
| The beds are designed in a streamlined furniture make | | | | items like sheets, the main consideration is their minimal |
| with relative height inaccessible to the babies | | | | size to avert breathing problems that might result from |
| themselves and devoid of cavities that might attract | | | | the stuffiness already enhanced by the enclosure-like |
| hazardous experimentation. The spaces between the | | | | design of the cot. |
| bars that form the upper part of the structure are | | | | Most cots at home are stationed on a single position |
| usually left superiorly small just enough to allow change | | | | and are mainly used for babies in the toddler's age. |
| of position but withholding passage of a hand to | | | | Other types called portacots are movable and are |
| prevent breaking or pull of muscles. | | | | modeled in such a way that they allow flexibility of |
| Other precautions that go into the making of the baby | | | | storage since they can be compressed to the required |
| crib are the firmness of the bars that should be solid | | | | size. Unlike standard cribs, they do not have dropsides |
| and smooth to reduce friction and maintain the upright | | | | used for easier handling of the baby into and out of |
| poise of the bed. Commonly, cribs are basin like | | | | the crib. |
| allowing the mother or nurse to hoist the child in and | | | | |