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Cots, cot mattresses and safe-sleep products
Cots, cot mattresses and safe-sleep products: the measurable requirements a parent can actually check: EN 716 bar spacing, the 3 cm gap rule, cot mattress…
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What this guide covers
The measurable requirements a parent can actually check: EN 716 bar spacing, the 3 cm gap rule, cot mattress firmness and the roll test, and EN 16890 for child mattresses. A second half grades the products sold around the cot — bumpers, sleep positioners and inclined pods (withdrawn or restricted in the US), bedside cots, travel-cot mattresses, sleeping bag TOG by room temperature, swaddles and hip development. ~15 item pages. One focused section asks: "Cot mattress firmness: the roll test and the gap rule".
How to use it
Use Cots, cot mattresses and safe-sleep products to understand the inputs, units and assumptions before relying on an output. A useful result should be reproducible from the named source rather than presented as an unexplained score.
The page keeps the main question, its evidence base and its limits together in one canonical place. That makes it useful as a quick orientation and avoids splitting a broad subject into shallow pages before each narrower answer has enough verified material of its own.
Search vocabulary in four languages
Terminology changes across borders. These are example phrases people use for the same subject in Estonian, Finnish, Russian and English; they are included as a practical vocabulary aid, not as hidden keywords.
| Language | Example phrase |
|---|---|
| Estonian | võrevoodi madratsi kõvadus |
| Finnish | pinnasängyn patjan kovuus |
| Russian | жёсткость матраса в детскую кроватку |
| English | are cot bumpers safe |
Evidence and provenance
The evidence map below records the primary, official or openly licensed material chosen for this guide. It is deliberately visible so a reader can tell the difference between a rule published by an authority, a measured dataset and an editorial explanation.
Source: EN 716-1/-2 and EN 16890 scope abstracts (free), CPSC 16 CFR 1219/1220 and the US Safe Sleep for Babies Act 2022 (public domain), AAP 2022 policy statement (free), Lullaby Trust product guidance (cited). · checked 2026-09-09
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Scope and boundaries
/mattress is adult bed sizes, firmness and duvet warmth.
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Frequently asked questions
What does this guide cover?
The measurable requirements a parent can actually check: EN 716 bar spacing, the 3 cm gap rule, cot mattress firmness and the roll test, and EN 16890 for child mattresses. A second half grades the products sold around the cot — bumpers, sleep positioners and inclined pods (withdrawn or restricted in the US), bedside cots, travel-cot mattresses, sleeping bag TOG by room temperature, swaddles and hip development. ~15 item pages. One focused section asks: "Cot mattress firmness: the roll test and the gap rule".
What evidence does it use?
EN 716-1/-2 and EN 16890 scope abstracts (free), CPSC 16 CFR 1219/1220 and the US Safe Sleep for Babies Act 2022 (public domain), AAP 2022 policy statement (free), Lullaby Trust product guidance (cited).
Where does this guide stop?
/mattress is adult bed sizes, firmness and duvet warmth.
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