Travel cot with bassinet

Has anyone changed from a next to me to a travel cot next to the bed. I’ve seen ones with bassinets which look ideal but not sure. If anyone has any advice?

Baby girl is getting too big for the next to me but I can’t see her moving to her own room in the next month or so as she wakes too often still and not enough space to bring her cot into the bedroom.

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Might be an unpopular opinion but I moved my first son and more recently my June baby into their room at 6 months, I found they were waking quite often in our room and they slept so much better in their own rooms. Don't get me wrong, my baby still has wake ups and they're unpredictable, but I do sometimes get 6/7 hour stretches of sleep from him. It's just if you're ready for her to move yet x

I got the mamas and papas space saver cot after the next to me, takes up the same amount of space and lasts til they are approx 18m or can climb out. My baby decided he hates it and won't sleep in it though 🤣

We have the Tutti Bambine 3 in 1 and she's been in it since just after she turned 4 months in our room after outgrowing the next to me. It's so easy to put up and down and she slept great in it even as a small baby when we went to visit my parents. It can also be used as a small playpen once in their own room and it has a zipper door so can be used like a den once they're older x

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