Advantages: bassinet with nightlight, vibrating padded mattress & music centre, toy bar, changing mat with straps Disadvantages: electronic features can only be used with bassinet
Our daughter is now 14 months and has used her travel cot as her main cot since birth. As we live in a 2-bedroom house and already had 2 boys sharing one room, we wanted something that she could use in our room for a while, that wouldn't get in the way too much, whilst still giving her room to grow. Graco's Contour Electra was perfect. It looked really stylish with its contoured design, and nicely padded top rails, and the mesh sides meant that baby could see you. It had a full size bassinet which we used as a crib when she was small, with an integral nightlight and a vibrating mattress and music centre to help soothe her to sleep. And a toy bar to keep her amused when she was awake. Baby had plenty of room for sleeping or playing, and it also doubled as a changing unit. It could be packed up or moved out of the way easily when ...
Advantages: Umm... Disadvantages: Unsympathetic, inconsistent characters; abysmal ending, really weird chorus, pathetic use of plot devices
Let me get one thing straight here.
I absolutely HATE this play. With a fiery passion which penetrates to the innermost core of my being. I loathe it. Reading it is not a pleasant experience. But re-read it I will, and indeed have. I have in the past because it was my set text. I will in the future so that I can write venemous criticisms of it, in the hope that my sacrifice of time that could be spent reading, say, Oedipus Tyrranus may serve to steer other people clear of this play. That?s how much I hate the Electra of Euripides.
Here, in all fairness, I must add that many do not agree with this view. Some of the people I studied it with enjoyed it, and many critics think highly of it. I do not, and though I try to keep myself open to other people?s arguments, I sincerely doubt that I ever will.
It must be said, I?m not a big ...
My parents bought a Graco Contour Electra travel cot (bit of a mouthful I know!) to keep at their house for those times when my little monkey became too much of a handful & had to be sent off to Grandma's for a reprieve for mummy...
I was shocked that they had spent so much money (£100) on something that would only be used infrequently - I fully expected them to buy something basic instead.
However, now that the cot has actually been used a few times I think we are all in agreement that the extra cost was well worth it.
This cot is perfect for my parents since they are (quite!) old & not as flexible as they used to be. The mattress can be used in 2 height positions, so that whilst my son is a baby, they don't have to over-stretch to lift him in & out. Also, there is a sturdy changing mat which straddles the cot, allowing them ...
