Lily
I think a cot will be better than a playpen, coz playpen (the sleeping area for bb will be like a basinet), then when they gets bigger, u just need to remove the bassinet and put your kid deep down inside the playpen to sleep, which i personally doesnt really like it.. like that better get a mattress. I have a playpen at home, which i put up on WTS thread haha.. coz my girl dun like to be confined in it..
which cot, i can put up cot bumper nicely for her, and she loves her cot coz it's beautiful haha.. all her soft toys are also inside keeping her company when she sleeps at nite.. the cot can be converted to toddler bed when she gets bigger..
A playpen not very exp lar, ranges from i think S$70 - 130, cot is more exp ranging from S$300 - S$2,000!!! (depends on what you want)..
if got extra $$ to spare, can also invest in the baby crib (the one sold in mothercare) super cute but i think quite useless coz very small and can only be used for awhile haha! I would love to have one if i have too much money to spare kekeke!
My hubby will deposit all the angpaos, given to my girl during the full-month under her account.. so we parents dont get to use the angpaos money for buying stuff for her .. same thing goes for angpaos during cny and also during her bday, all kept into her account.. so whatever we need to buy for my girl we have to forked out our own money *faintz*