Mothercraft Rosella

Nice cradle – We boaught this cradle 2 years ago for our daughter to sleep in. She slept in it until she was around 6 months old. Easy to move around, a bit more cosy for little babies that a lareg cot. Rocking mechanism was useful for gettin bub to sleep. Matteress was thin but easily enogh padding for a new born. Timber is little lightweight. Otherwise its was fine. Can't agree with the other reviewer who say's it's unsafe. Could be unsafe once your babay is sitting up but prior to that it's fine. Looks, functioallity, mobility Wood a little lightweight

Perfect to take in any room of the house – Well worth investing in this cradle from Baby Kingdom as it is portable and ideal to wheel into our bedroom whilst our boy was a newborn. This cradle is good because the cradle locks, from rocking however the mattress it came with wasn't very good therefore I invested in a new one and it was great. Price, colour, lightweight and traditional looking to match with existing furniture The mattress that came with it

Exactly what we were after! – At 11 weeks old our second son started to outgrow his bassinet but I wasn't ready to put him in his cot in his own room, so I went in search for an affordable, streamlined cradle. I went to our local baby store (Baby Kingdom) where I came across the Mothercraft Rosella Cradle. It ticked every box! At $186 (on sale at the time, I think full price is approx $220), the price was less than half that of the 2 other cradles in store. And it came with it's own mattress, which the others didn't. It was fairly easy to assemble (although my husband did do it for me while I watched). It's slim, so it fits nicely next to our bed without having to rearrange furniture. And it fits through doorways, so can be wheeled from room to room, if needed. It's approx 90cm long (mattress measurement) so our son should fit comfortably in there until 5 months or so, despite him being off the charts in length! It comes with an arm for veil/mosquito net which can be attached or left off (we left it off as you don't get the veil with the cradle). The cradle can be set to rock, but I found this a bit noisy when my son moved and he kept losing his dummy through the rails, so I prefer to have it on the lock setting. The mattress size is approx 90cm x 40cm and I had a bit of trouble finding fitted sheets the right size. In the end I bought Living Textiles which are only a little bigger and do the job just fine.

We have since sold our bassinet as we love the cradle and will use it from birth with any future bubs! Relatively inexpensive, streamlined/slim for small rooms, on wheels so can easily be moved around, nice and long to last baby even longer, comes with mattress & veil arm, available from major baby stores. Limited colour options (walnut/dark brown and white) - a teak would be nice, shallower than other cradles, mattress size was difficult to find fitted sheets for, doesn't come with veil/mosquito net.