My daughter is 2 1/2 and we were going on a 10 day trip. As she is at the age where she is getting too big for a pack and play, we decided to order this cot for a travel bed. It is lightweight and compact. Much smaller than a pack and play, however it does have the reinforced material directly across the middle making it rather awkward to actually lay on as is. This reinforced material spans width-wise across, and when my daughter layed on it, her head was low and feet were low with a raised area in the middle of her back. We just added some folded up blankets to each side to even it out and she slept very happily and comfortably on it for 5 full nights and was so proud to have her own cot. We also look forward to using this for campouts in the backyard and for a sand free seat at the beach. Over all, I would still buy it again, but the product really needs to be redesigned to minimize the hump in the center.