Rock N Play - what?!

BananaPancake

Okay, apparently everyone in the entire worlds is using these but me. Can someone clue me in? We are tight on space in our master br and my kids have all hated the pack n play bassinet, so we cosleep. Clearly I can't cosleep in a queen with twins. We have an empty room across the hall, but I'm so not into walking all over in the middle of the night. 

 Are these as magical as they come across? 

allisonmarie22

We have a small bedroom but we were able to fit one of our mini cribs in the room so we could cosleep without spending extra money on RNPs or a PNP. I do know a lot of singleton moms that are using RNPs and they seem to love them.

 Also, just fyi (only because it's a huge pet peeve), if you sleep with your babies in the bed it's bedsharing.  Co-sleeping is different (baby or babies in the same room but not in the same bed). 

Good luck!

MrsLnt

We didn't use them. The nursery is right next to our bedroom so they were in their own bed from day 1. I figured it was just one more transition and wasn't worth the extra expense. I don't regret not getting them. It wasn't a big deal to go into the nursery.

schoolsoutbride

Yes.  Yes they are  

schoolsoutbride

schoolsoutbride:

Yes.  Yes they are  

eta: I sold mine for almost what I bought them for, so I think they cost me $30 or something out of pocket. 

~Lynchie~

We couldn't have lived without ours in those first few months!  They were the only place the babies would give us 4 hour stretches of sleep, we used them every night until they could roll over.

 

macchiatto

They weren't out yet when our boys were born but from what I hear, they would've come in handy. That being said, we had an Arm's Reach Original Cosleeper in our room for the newborn stage ... hte boys only slept in our room the first 10 days. Having two gassy, grunting, fussy, noisy newborns in our room was NOT conducive to sleep. So we ended up moving them to their crib at 10 days. Sure it was less convenient but that way we could sleep in shifts and each get a turn at uninterrupted sleep!

GeauxTigers82

macchiatto:

They weren't out yet when our boys were born but from what I hear, they would've come in handy. That being said, we had an Arm's Reach Original Cosleeper in our room for the newborn stage ... hte boys only slept in our room the first 10 days. Having two gassy, grunting, fussy, noisy newborns in our room was NOT conducive to sleep. So we ended up moving them to their crib at 10 days. Sure it was less convenient but that way we could sleep in shifts and each get a turn at uninterrupted sleep!

All my babies would be perfectly quiet...until the second my head hit the pillow. That's when all the grunting would begin. They were out to get me from Day 1.

Jen0204

macchiatto:

They weren't out yet when our boys were born but from what I hear, they would've come in handy. That being said, we had an Arm's Reach Original Cosleeper in our room for the newborn stage ... hte boys only slept in our room the first 10 days. Having two gassy, grunting, fussy, noisy newborns in our room was NOT conducive to sleep. So we ended up moving them to their crib at 10 days. Sure it was less convenient but that way we could sleep in shifts and each get a turn at uninterrupted sleep!

We lasted 6 weeks because I'm stubborn and both H and I had 12 weeks off, but oh my god, the noises!  People say you get used to them, but I never did.  Every little noise woke me up, so I spent the first 6 weeks never fully sleeping - I was always half awake, half asleep, it sucked!

Even though we only kept them in our room for 6 weeks, I loved the RNPs and don't regret getting them.  They're a perfect height to put next to your bed and fit perfectly in our small bedroom.  They also fold up nice and flat so you can store them easily when you're not using them.  If you have any sort of baby consignment store (we have a chain of them near me called Once Upon a Child) keep an eye out, you can usually find them there cheap and the insert detaches to be washed so you don't need to worry about getting it used.

JenLC99

We will be bedsharing and co-sleeping, and in our bedroom I plan to put them in the same PNP bassinet (not the twin PNP) when they are newborns.  We did also get two RNPs for downstairs because they are lightweight, easy to transport, and I have a 4 year old and a 2 year old and I needed something to put them in that was secure.  Also we have a deck right off our kitchen that goes into the back yard and I figured it would be really easy to carry those outside and have the babies on the deck with me while I sit outside this summer watching the older girls play.