Mattress for a cradle

bcwilliams7395 | Posted in General Discussion on May 21, 2008 08:38am

Hello All,

My name is Brian Williams. I am a novice woodworker. I have a few cutting boards, frames, a table and a bunch of shop cabinetry under my belt. I am now tackling my first “fine furniture piece”; a cradle for my first born. I have followed Mr Jacques Berger’s “heart-shaped dovetails” cradle design (but tweaked it a bit).

I find myself in the end stages, and with a July due date, I realized… dang, I need a mattress to put in this thing.

Can anyone recommend what I should do? Do I contact my local store, or what?

Thanks!

Brian

Replies

blewcrowe | May 21, 2008 08:49pm | #1
Brian, I've never seen a cradle with a mattress in it, but maybe someone makes such a thing. We always just used blankets as a base.

Denny
saschafer | May 21, 2008 09:00pm | #2
Brian,

Aren't you too busy doing the evening news to be building a cradle?

Have a look at these document from the Consumer Products Safety Commission on safety tips:

http://www.cpsc.gov/CPSCPUB/PUBS/200.pdf

http://www.cpsc.gov/CPSCPUB/PUBS/202.pdf

http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/pubs/5090.pdf

To answer your question, purchasing a commercially made cradle mattress and adjusting your cradle dimensions to fit is your best bet.

-Steve
JohnWW | May 21, 2008 09:42pm | #3
Call an upholstery shop, it's just a seat cushion basically.

John White
mvflaim | May 21, 2008 11:39pm | #4
Hey Brian,

I made a custom bassinet for a freind of mine. Went online and ordered a custom mattress to fit the bassinet. It was about $50.00 with shipping. Turned out great.

http://www.ababy.com/data/custom-baby-mattress/custom-baby-mattress-2405.html

mike
sgwilliams | May 22, 2008 12:30am | #5
Hi Brian,

I built one for a friend a couple of months ago.

I got the pad at: http://www.babyage.com

Scott
howcome | May 22, 2008 12:36am | #6
Brian

I live in Calgary, Alberta and went to a local mattress manufacturer who made a 2" thick foam mattress to the dimensions I required.

Rod.
a_Furnitologist | May 22, 2008 06:39am | #7
Hi Brian.........you must be very excited!!!

Here's a link of all kinds and different sizes....search cradle mattresses

http://www.ababy.com/results3.asp?KeyWord=mattresses&searchqw=2

My video blog.........Inside the shop of David Ebner

http://furnitology.blogspot.com/index.html]
JMHO | May 22, 2008 06:50am | #8
Hi, what I do is go to my local upholstery shop and he sells me foam suitable for mattresses. Then I go to the local fabric shop and they sell me cloth that has a soft textured side and a moisture proof side and make the cover so that it can be removed for cleaning.
BrianDerr | May 22, 2008 08:40am | #9
I made a full sized crib for my newborn (not that she used it much), complete with $200 organic matress. For a cradel I would think that one or two blankes of choice would be better. It's not like they're jumping up and down on it. Does a foam provide more safety from fire or suffocation? Really don't know. But I would wonder what's in it, if not organic.

Brian
jfak7670 | Jan 27, 2020 10:56pm | #10
We’ve always put a mattress in a cradle. I’ve never heard that some use blankets as a base. So, the last mattress we bought for our baby was Moonlight Slumber MCBluebird. It comes with a removable cover, which is made of cotton, so you can easily wash it. It’s hypoallergenic, memory-foam, stain and water-resistant.