Sleep Mats at Canadian Tire

[Mamma_Mia]

I was getting our tires rotated on Friday past and saw this item for $10 each! So cool!!

I'm thinking of going back and getting 2/3 for when I have bigger kids. With my luck when I do need them I wont find any

Thought I would share

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[Play and Learn]

Just an FYI - I bought them for the kids, and they won't sleep on them. They don't like the dips in the mat. I tried selling them, and no one would buy them, so now I'm stuck with them.

Just my 5 cents!

[Mamma_Mia]

really?

ok I guess I'll keep that as 'food for thought'......My dck's (thank goodness) will sleep on the floor - we had a 'camping day' and they ended up falling alseep on the area rug! I'm thankfull that above all the eating issues they sleep soundly! I vacuum all the time and they stay KO...I have to go in each day and wake them up, only my own DD wakes up on her own.

[Debderk]

Could just lay a blanket under the children for padding

[Inspired by Reggio]

Ya - I worked at a daycare where while some kids would sleep anywhere and on anything - those style were not 'enjoyed' by many of the kids ... we had even made 'covers' to try to hide the seems and still had a few of those 'princess and the pea' types who could feel the cracks and could not get comfortable as a result.

The centre ended up reinvesting in cots and putting those in the gym as 'safety mats' around climbers and for somersaults.

[Mamma_Mia]

The centre ended up reinvesting in cots and putting those in the gym as 'safety mats' around climbers and for somersaults.

That's a good idea too...it'll work great for my infant area! Thanks Reggio!

[playfelt]

I am in the market for new mats as the crib mattresses I use now have cracks and are taped and while the sheets cover that I know it is just a matter of time before it becomes an issue. I have dickered between cots or mats but even without knowing I wondered just how comfortable the fold up ones would be because I could see some child's hip or knee or elbow getting stuck in the crack and it being annoying. I did see some that were a three fold rather than four so at least the hips would be on something solid for at least most kids. Then I realized by the time I folded up five mats they would take up the same if not more space than stacking 5 mats. I just wish the mats were longer as even now using the crib mats I see 3 year olds that lay straight and toes are at the end so on something only 40-48" they for sure would have to curl up although being thin the toes would just rest on the floor I guess. Even the cots are no longer so at least with the mats the feet aren't on the frame. Then again I have considered just buying new crib mattresses or getting foam toppers and covering them myself.

[Play and Learn]

I buy from the states (but you can't claim it as a business expense as we're in Canada) in Walmart these cots: http://www.walmart.com/ip/Regalo-My-...el-Bed/4433186 And it's only $25.

I have currently 2 dcks on it, and they seem to like it. I have no complaints.

I do ask parents to provide me with a pillow and a mattress protector (a crib one works well).

Just a suggestion!

[5 Little Monkeys]

I buy from the states (but you can't claim it as a business expense as we're in Canada) in Walmart these cots: http://www.walmart.com/ip/Regalo-My-...el-Bed/4433186 And it's only $25.

I have currently 2 dcks on it, and they seem to like it. I have no complaints.

I do ask parents to provide me with a pillow and a mattress protector (a crib one works well).

Just a suggestion!

I know this is an old thread but I was just doing some searching on cots and this thread popped up in google! I was looking at this cot and going to buy it from the States. I am just curious....why can you not claim it? I have bought plenty of things from the States (in store and online) and have never been told I couldn't claim it so I am curious. Thanks!!

[sunnydays]

I have the mat in the picture (I got it at All About Kids in Ottawa) and I have one 2 1/2 year old sleeping on it. He has never complained at all, but then he is a really good sleeper. It never even occurred to me that the kids would complain about it! However, it's a good heads up in case future kids don't like it.