I was just wondering if I should register for a pack and play. Any experienced mom's have advice? We don't travel very often and my mom has one from my niece and nephew for when we come to visit... the only time I can think we need one is when we fly to my husband's mom's house but even then, can you transport and check them very easily?
Re: Do I really need a pack 'n play?
It depends on your needs, but we had one and learned that we didn't need it. DS hated the bassinet feature that we planned to use when he first came home. When he got bigger, we put him in it sometimes but mostly it ended up just being this big thing that took up space in our room that we hung clothes on and stored toys inside.
We never needed it for traveling purposes. Both sets of grandparents bought one for their houses and used it for naps. But at home, DS napped in his Moses basket, swing, bouncer and crib.
Needless to say, we won't be using one this time!
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i like having one. even though we dont' travel very much it's still nice to have. and when your little one starts crawling it's nice to have some place to put him if you need to run to the bathroom or something like that.
our friends even used ours for their baby if they stayed the night at our house. there are many uses for one even if you can't think of too many now circumstances come up when they come in handy. or you could just borrow your mom's when you need it.
We got one and don't really need it. We used it as a bassinet at first, but honestly a real bassinet would have been better. He had a hard time getting used to all of the space in the pnp.
We thought we'd travel with it a lot, but we've never had to. Both of our parents have their own for us to use, and we wouldn't really feel like lugging it through an airport anyway.
I think the best bet with most things like this is to not buy one, and then if you need one later you can always pick it up then
I would take into consideration the layout of your house. If you have 2+ floors it might be worth getting one of the lower end models without all the bells and whistles simply to use when baby is awake but you need to use the bathroom or grab something from another part of the house, or so you have somewhere for baby to sleep when you are downstairs so you don't have to keep running up and down. I've also seen them set up outside at parties/bbq's. I'm afraid I don't know anything about checking them at airports, though.
This is what we did, and we love it, we can raise the top of the mattress for DDs reflux and move it anywere in the house. With a one story condo, we change her in her room and never neededd a PNP
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