Fold able camp cot mattress??

take your eazy breath matteress, cut it into 4 segments then take a baby duvet cover and sew them in there. youll be able to fold it then

Thanx for all the replies. Just to let you girls know that i found a mattress that can fold in the middle, its nice and thin but dense enough to offer support for baby, has a handle so you can carry it easily, and is covered!!!

@ Baby City!!!

I made one. Get some thick batting material and cover with fabric. Its not as firm as a normal mattress, but fine for the times you are awy:)

I was quite pedantic about having the proper breathable mattress when my baby was very little. But after the first couple of months I started improvising. A folded up duvet works quite well. Another solution is placing a continental pillow and a single pillow in the camp cot - putting them next to each other they fit quite snugly. I just use what's available!

I've travelled a LOT with a camp cot. I used to pack all baby's and my stuff in a hard shell case (Samsonite I think) and then the mattress would go in, fold in half and squash closed. It didn't damage the mattress at all. On the one occasion we didn't have the mattress with us, we lined the camp cot with 3 normal bed pillows and put a blanket over it, then the sheet.

I know we looked at this issue a while back and landed up taking the thick mattress with which was a problem. Our base was slightly padded but not nearly enough.

All I can suggest is that you possibly get the camp mattresses that are in 4 segments and cut it down to 2. It is thinner but not much. I am sure a plain cot duvet would actually be fine too.

You do get three quarter hiking mattresses where you open a valve and air goes in. They roll up quite small but are expensive and the air gets cold.

i have the mattress that came with the camp cot, but its really thin and frankly quite useless. we travel quite alot so i always end up taking the breathable mattress that i bought especially for the camp cot, but like you said you cant even fold it.

going away this weekend again so im considering taking a worn continental pillow that is a flat and "testing" it out before we go on holiday.

just curious what other mommies do when they go away