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With DD1 I co-slept without a co-sleeper and it worked well for me, however, DH never got to sleep in bed with us for his fear of rolling over her :-) This time around I would still like to co-sleep but hoping to make a comprimise with DH and get a co-sleeper. Any recommendations on a co-sleeper you love?

 

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Re: Co-sleeping suggestions needed

  • southernbearsouthernbear member
    We have, use, and enjoy the Arms-Reach. I have the full sized one. They come in a few different sizes, but we figured we'd get the big one so we can use it longer. So far, it's awesome.
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  • tokenhosertokenhoser member

    I just got a bed rail with DS, but ended up buying a full sized Arm's Reach later on. It works as a pack n play once they outgrow the cosleeper.

    You could also side car a crib (take one side off and attach it to your side of the bed). 

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  • boogerbearoriginalboogerbearoriginal member
    We just used the crib side car as a cosleeper. It worked great and plan to do that again if we have another.


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  • Summer889Summer889 member

    I'm in the process of researching this myself, but I think I'll sidecar a crib like Booger suggested.  Apparently babies outgrow the arms reach co-sleeper around 5 months and I'd like to co-sleep up to at least 1 year.

    I found some good info on sidecaring cribs here:

    https://moregreenforlessgreen.blogspot.com/2012/02/crib-part-3-turn-crib-into-side-car-co.html

    https://www.freewebs.com/sidecarcrib/  

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  • rae_dylanzmomrae_dylanzmom member
    The previous suggestions all sound great,... but just thought I would throw out that you could put one side of the bed against the wall and have LO sleep between you and the wall. No DH rolling-over issues with that option.
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  • hollowstarhollowstar member

    imagerachelinouray:
    The previous suggestions all sound great,... but just thought I would throw out that you could put one side of the bed against the wall and have LO sleep between you and the wall. No DH rolling-over issues with that option.

    We started with the Arm's Reach and then moved to a mattress on the floor. Eventually we were comfortable having Baby in the middle sometimes.

    Yes, the Arm's Reach can only be used a short time, but I found it worth it for those first few months, especially if you can reuse it or pass down to other kids. It also converts to a play yard, which we VERY rarely used at home, but we did take it with us camping (when my son was 10 months) and it was awesome to have as a play yard there! (You can also resell it when you're done with it.)

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