The latest discovery of mine is a little oddity about crib mattress sizes. We shipped our baby crib to Ireland when we were moving, but never considered the fact that a mattress for it might not be available in Ireland. The crib is a standard American size (approx 130cm X 66cm), but the baby mattresses in Ireland seem to be available in different dimensions. The 2 common sizes I'm finding are 140 X 69 and 120 X 60. Neither a good fit.

Rather than settle for a mattress that was too small, which would require us to stuff the empty space with blankets, I did a little calling around yesterday. It didn't take long to find a couple of places here in Cork that will make a mattress to your desired size. I spoke to a guy at Swan Beds (swanbeds.ie), and he said they could make the mattress almost exactly to my required measurements. The only drawback was a 3 week wait! He recommended I try Barbers (a local bike any baby shop) for odd size mattresses. They have a Mama's and Papa's baby mattress on order that is almost an exact fit (127 X 63 cm), that I think will work.

If you're bring your own baby crib/cot...
I suggest if you're bringing your own crib with you when you move to Ireland, and it's not a common size here, that you either bring a mattress that you know fits, or start looking ahead of time for a place that can make one for you.