What will your newborn sleep in ? Recommendation ?

want2Bmum · February 2013

I posted this question on the baby gear board but didnt get many good replies. So here I go again.

What will your newborn infant sleep in for the night ?
A )Bassinet Rocker/Swing C) Playard with Napper D) Crib
Which Brand would you recommend?
Have you bought it/used it ?

TIA!

I am in an apartment where space matters so dont want to have bassinet and playard and crib. Currently, I am leaning towards one of these.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005UV0UCM/ref=pd_lpo_k2_dp_sr_3?pf_rd_p=486539851&pf_rd_s=lpo-top-stripe-1&pf_rd_t=201&pf_rd_i=B004O4DU2I&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_r=0T5JA41TWKHH4RH819EG

shara3333 · February 2013

I plan on going right to the crib, but I realize that may be ambitious. I have an apartment and the baby room is right next to ours, so I don't think getting up will be a huge deal, but what do I know? haha. We are also getting a rock n play from a friend and that will be my back up if I feel I need/want the baby next to our bed for a while. Graco and Divinci have good low price cribs, but since all cribs have to meet safety standards, you should be OK with any crib you pick.

Baby bargains was a great book with brand recommendations for every category. They actually do NOT recommend the newborn napper that comes with the pack n play b/c it's rather cushion-y and too much cushion can be a cause of SIDS.

I am also getting the basic pack n play, which could be an option next to the bed too, b/c of the bassinet feature. However, I'm more getting this to use in our yard and also to trips to our parents houses. I don't really "plan" on having this set up in our apartment, but even the best laid plans...

crunchymochamommy · February 2013

We'll be doing the arms reach co-sleeper sleigh bed again. I LOVED it and so did DS. We started off with the crib but it took up so much space and I HATED getting up to nurse him. I was an evil witch during the day from lack of sleep so hubby bought the cosleeper. It was heaven being able to change and nurse him without getting out of bed.

stacy&seth · February 2013

Arms reach cosleeper here, too. So much better than getting up and our son only slept if we were touching him so...

Liz4444 · February 2013

A bassinet from Bellini.

luvmyducks · February 2013

Rock N Play. Hands down the best baby item we purchased. Great for travel as well.

solsburyhill · February 2013

We went with an old fashioned bassinet in our room. Actually we bed shared for 8 full weeks, and then did a mix of bassinet and bed sharing another 3ish weeks, then transitioned to crib.

This time we're in a new house and the baby will most likely start in its crib. But we'll see. I might end up doing a mix of bedsharing and bassinet again.

The bassinet was mine from when I was a baby. We borroed a Rock-N-Play but DS hated it.

pepomntpat · February 2013

Most like LO number 2 will sleep in our bed. That's what we did with Ro for the first six months.

alli&dan · February 2013

I'm hoping this LO loves the RockNPlay as much as DD did, because that's what we plan to use this time. LO will likely sleep in our room for the first few months and the RnP doesn't take up much space.

new2011mommy · February 2013

I have the Eddie Bauer bassinet and it worked fine with DS. He slept in it for 6 weeks and then I switched him to the crib. I also have a Graco pack n play with the newborn napper. I have the separate napper that sits on top like this one https://www.amazon.com/Graco-Playard-Newborn-Napper-Classic/dp/B004O4DU2I. Sorry cannot make clicky with my kindle. DS liked it for daytime naps. I only used the pack n play for naps and as a changing station for the first two months. Then we used it once last summer when we went away for the night.

sophie206 · February 2013

Well, we had a bassinet and a crib. But DD ended up sleeping in our bed. It wasn't too bad. It was summer so we just used a light weight blanket and kept it waist-high for DH and myself, keeping DD bare. That said, I am planning on getting an Arm's Reach co-sleeper this time around because I like the idea of baby having its own space, but still being close for nursing, calming, etc.

My plan with DD had been the bassinet and then transition to the crib after a few months...but the only way any of us got any sleep was with her in bed with us for the first year.

paradebegone · February 2013

We got a Rock n Play and my SIL is giving us their co-sleeper.

larhun3 · February 2013

We bought a rock and play for our bedroom and plan to keep it by our bed since ill be breast feeding. Once baby gets too big for that we will transition to crib.

pgermain11 · February 2013

Planning on using a bassinet for the bedroom for the first couple of months then transitioning to the crib! I haven't found which one I want yet.

bridge2005 · February 2013

larhun3:
We bought a rock and play for our bedroom and plan to keep it by our bed since ill be breast feeding. Once baby gets too big for that we will transition to crib.

All of this.

queenbone · February 2013

We lived in a bungalow and had a tiny dormered bedroom ourselves. There was no room to set up a playpen in there for baby to sleep in. (Frankly there really wasn't room anywhere in the house to set up the PnP!) There was just enough space to fit a bassinet next to DH's side of the bed. At ~3mo. our babies transitioned to a crib in the nursery.

bunnie712 · February 2013

What you have picked out is what we did. We also occasionally coslept. I thought about getting a cosleeper this time around, but the pnp you linked worked well enough for us. DD went to the crib at 3 months.

oh_maria · February 2013

1. Co-Sleeper by Arm's Reach- that's the way to go, especially if you nurse. If your bed doesn't really accomodate it or you don't want that route, bassinet/crib are good options too, but cribs do last longer than the 6months a bassinet will give you.

2. No recs here, really, except Dream Baby furniture- totally totally worth it for the crib and glider.

3. We are using a hand-me-down bassinet that worked great with DS. We also have a crib. We have used both.

FWIW, DH just chimed in that he loves Dream Baby and that unlike other places, you're not paying for a name, you're paying for high quality (he has carpentry background and he was impressed with their stuff).

mcmarried · February 2013

we used the pnp until DS stoped nursing at night, until then he just slept next to my bed then once we got to the regular 6 to 8 hours we moved him to his own room (crib). I think it depends on your feeding plan and the baby's temperment. We spent a good portion of mornings cosleeping after his 4 am feeding.

bobcee · February 2013

DD went straight into a crib in her nursery from day 1. The nursery was right across from our bedroom and I didn't find it a big deal to go in to nurse her throughout the night. We actually all slept better than the few times she slept with us so it wa the right choice for us. We plan on doing the same with this one. As far as brand of crib, we went with Babi Italia and will be re-using the same crib. I second pp recommendation of the Baby Bargains book.

I know a lot of people use pack n plays for overnight sleeping, but I'm pretty sure it states right in the manual that they are not to be used for this purpose. It's up to you to decide whether you're comfortable going against that recommendation or not.

Carrie3102 · February 2013

DD slept in her crib in her nursery from day 1. She never has slept in our room for an entire overnight (now that she's older if she is up at 5 on a saturday, we put her in bed with us and sleep until 8.).

We have a davinci crib, in espresso. The new baby will get that crib and DD will get a new one. I love our crib it was easy to put together, and easy to lower as DD grew.

MrsWilson2013 · February 2013

With my DS we used a Moses basket, this was 6.5 years ago. It was ok, but this time we are planning on a cradle hand me down from my husbands brother.

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