An infant bed is a small bed especially for infants and very young children. Infant beds are a historically recent development intended to contain a child capable of standing. The cage-like design of
Late-18th century Dutch painting of a baby in a rocking cradle
Cradles in a museum
Baby cradle
A baby lying on an elevated mattress in an infant bed with traditional crib bumpers
A cradle is an infant bed which rocks but is non-mobile. It is distinct from a typical bassinet which is a basket-like container on free-standing legs with wheels.
An Irish oak cradle, from circa 1690, displayed in the National Museum of Ireland