DH asked me this morning if we had gotten a bassinet yet. We haven't
because LO's room is straight across the hall from our bedroom, so I
thought using the crib right away would work out fine. However, I do
plan to breastfeed and realize the convenience of having LO right next
to our bed. But because DH has to go to work every morning I thought it
might be less of a sleep interruption for him if I dealt with the baby
in the other room. Is a bassinet worth the $? What are you doing and
why? TIA!!
Re: Bassinet or no?
We're using one because it was given to us. I really wanted to try to have LO in his crib from the start but as pp said, it might be easier and more piece of mind to have him right next to me for at least the first few weeks.
yah...we have the crib in the nursery (obvs) and a chicco pnp with bassinet in our bedroom. also, we just decided to order a bassinet for the downstairs (first few months)- we got this one at bbb for $79.99.
https://www.meijer.com/s/natures-purest-organic-bassinet/_/R-142292?cmpid=camsn
not a clue whether it's worth the expense yet- here's hoping!
We're using one only because our room is the warmest in the house so we'll wait til spring to move her to the crib. I'd planned to use the pack n play in our room, but it'll be staying in our family room upstairs and I'd rather not take it up & down everyday.
I'd found a basic bassinet at Walmart for $40 and also considered the Rock n Play sleeper, but MIL gave us DH's bassinet and it's still in good shape so we'll use that until she outgrows it.
It seems like a lot of gear for one baby but I know I'll like the convenience of having her right next to me.
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We have this one:
https://www.google.com/products/catalog?q=kolcraft+bassinet+classique&hl=en&biw=1229&bih=966&prmd=ivns&um=1&ie=UTF-8&cid=15126374104509487288&ei=aJ09TZe6GsrUgQekkZHvCA&sa=X&oi=product_catalog_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CFkQ8wIwAQ#
that someone purchased for us off our registry. We will be having LO in the room with us for a while, I'm guessing, so we got one that has lots of little pockets and baskets and places to store diapers and wipes and clothes/etc so we don't have to constantly run back and forth to baby's room.
Haha DH randomly asked me this the other day too. I have to admit though I was a lil suprised he asked me this and even knew what a bassinet was. I had just assumed the same thing as you, that we would put LO in his crib right away since his room is right across the hall from ours. DH leaves for work every morning at 5:30 so I thought I would spare him the late night wake up calls also but Apparently the guys he works with insist that we NEED one. So much so that they plan to buy us one as a gift. Which I will not object to. I'll accept any free baby supplies and gear if people are willing to get them for us. And im positive I'll use it. But I had no plans to buy one ourselves.