Reusing 1st baby mattress

I am due for my second baby in January and getting everything I can ready now. I read online that it's best to buy a new mattress for every baby you have, is that true? I've still got my 1st baby bedside cot which I am going to be using again as she was only in there for 6 months but I was planning on using her cot for the next baby when they are ready to go into their own room as my 1st now has her own big bed. Would I really need to buy a brand new mattress for the cot? She had used it for 3 years and it was only from IKEA so it wasn't too expensive. I understand buying new if it was secondhand from someone else or marketplace but would you need a new one even though you knew how it was kept etc?

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They said pre used mattress increase the chance of cot death, I’m not sure if the science behind it but I’ll get my second a new one x

I have also kept my daughters next to me which I’ll be re-using but I’ll be purchasing a new mattress for that, once baby is older I’ll get them a brand new cot x

I reused our next to me mattress as I moved my first into her room at 4 months. They have their own cots with their own mattresses. In the case of the big bed, if they used it for 3 years I would definitely get a new mattress for them

Absolutely fine! I did the same. Its only when you buy SH from someone else that buying new is best, but even then its at your own descretion. Now if you had say 3/4 kids, then its had ALOT of use and i would buy new then too.

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