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Bassinet or Amby?
My daughter is a big baby and the pack-n-play bassinet only went to 15 pounds .... I had a bassinet and it was good because I could move it around. my son ...
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- I preferred a cradle to either of your suggestions> We used a bassinet in the family room and a cradle on the bedroom and the cradle was great! I could gently swing th...
- I used a bassinet for the first three months and then put my lil' one in her own room in her crib. Worked like a charm. Having them in bed is sometimes nice, but not r...
- I have a baby hammock (a homemade one, not Amby), and I think my little guy sleeps longer in it than my daughter did in the bassinet. I like it--it's more like the sl...
Out Growing Arms Reach Co-sleeper, What Now?
How old was your baby when you moved them out of the bassinet/cosleeper? ... as I had the 3 day weekend I decided to try to do the move into the crib. ...
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- My daughter didn't really like the bassinet. I had her in a swing up to about 7 months old. Then I put her in her crib. Babies don't know where they are when they ...
- At that age we moved our child's crib into our room, took one side off so it resembled a day bed and then moved it next to our bed. We secured it same way as the co-sl...
- My son slept in our bed for the first five months. His chubby butt was too big for his bassinet and it was so much easier with the night feedings to just have him in m...
What Do I Do About My Cat!
For the most part babies move too much in their sleep for a cat to like ..... If you are really worried about it, keep the baby's bassinet in your room, ...
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- Hello - congrats on the new baby! I have a 3 month old and was also very scared how my cat would behave - she did try to get in the crib a few times before my son ar...
- A., they have these mesh tents that fit over cribs that zip up so kitty stays out of the crib. I just had to send my oldest cat baby to live with the in laws since he...
- Try putting aluminum foil in the bassinet or filling it with balloons. I used the balloons and a friend used the foil. The sound of landing on the crinkled foil scar...
Bassinet Advice
Finally when they were looking cramped in there I would move them over to .... It was very convenient for diaper changes and the bassinet gave the baby a ...
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- I have three chidlren and we finally gave away our crib because we completely prefer to use the Arms' Reach Co-Sleeper. It's by far the best piece of baby gear we own....
- I also use the arm's reach co-sleeper and I LOVE it - you can get the mini which only goes up to 20-something pounds or the full which has a higher weight limit. My so...
- Hi, H.. We had the same pak-n-play with bassinet attachment. That's what our son slept in the 1st couple months without a problem (he's 1 now). It was nice to have ...
Advice on When to Move from Crib to Bed?
Youll have a few months after baby is born before he really needs the crib ... another person suggested until after and use a bassinet in the mean time ...
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- Get the new bed, get some new books and make it a "fun place" to read or play. Usually they will feel comfortable and crawl under the covers if you allow it. Make it t...
- We always moved our kids up to a bed when they started climbing out of the crib - just couldn't stand the thought that they might pull that stunt in the middle of the ...
- First, do not transition your older child to a bed very near the time of the new baby. You either need to do it now and let it get well established, or wait (as anoth...
Baby Play-yard Advice/suggestion
Read all 22 responses: "Hi there, I'm starting to research about baby play ... Then, when your child grows out of the bassinet, or you move them to their ...
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- Hi C., I think the Graco Pack n Play's are awesome. Very popular. The other ones are similar, but it's not that big a difference to stress over. They have the ones...
- Our family loves our huge and roomy 10 year old Regalo play yard. It is easy to set up and take down, travel with, clean and our 37 lb, 2 year old grandson demands to ...
- I would say skip it for now. I found that I never used my playpen until my baby was starting to crawl and then she didn't like staying in there for long. The less unne...
Will Not Sleep in Crib!!!
My second baby would not sleep in a crib, or bassinet either once she was ..... so close to me in bed i cannot move. and there is no letting go of him. ...
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- With both of my kids, they didn't like the bassinet or crib for a couple of months. When they were brought home from the hospital they would either sleep in the vibra...
- I had the same problem with my son when he was born. He would never sleep in his crib. The only place he would sleep was in his carseat carrier, so I swaddled him re...
- I had the same problem with my first child, We tried everything!! She suffered from severe reflux so whenever she laid flat she was in pain. She slept in her swing unt...
Advice on Co-sleeping
Oct 15, 2009 ... At my house, we have an Arm's Reach brand Co-Sleeper, which is like a bassinet that attaches to the side of the bed. When our baby is in bed ...
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- My son wanted to sleep in our bed with us too when he was a newborn... he would never sleep longer than half an hour outside of our bed, but I slept HORRIBLEY with him...
- You sound like a very sensitive and intuitive mom. I agree that "cry-it-out" techniques break trust and waste calories that could better be used for learning and growi...
- I didn't do the cry it out with my daughter either. I don't like it and nothing anyone said to me was going to make me comfortable with it. We later found out that we ...
Co-sleeper Vs. Vibrating, Musical, Etc. Bassinett, Vs. Crib
After baby is big enough to move out of the bassinet, then go to the regular crib (in baby's own room). Size is important for baby to feel cozy. ...
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- There is no right answer. Sleep is a very personal ever changing thing for a baby. For us we had a cosleeper which my son stayed in until he was 4 or 5 months old....
- Hi. I am a mom of four. With my last child, at my baby shower, I received a bassinet that could be made into one that fit up to the bed with the side down. I never ...
- I agree with another mother, you have to figure out what works best for your family. My husband and I toss and turn horribly at night, so having my son in the bed wit...
Any Suggestions on Getting 3 1/2 Week Old Baby to Sleep in Bassinet or Crib?
Sometimes, we would just move the swing into the room with us. She did much better in her ..... Newborn Baby Won't Sleep at Night in His Crib or Bassinet ...
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- B., My son never slept in his bassinet, for some reason he just didn't like it. He did much better in one of those bouncy seats for the first couple months. He di...
- What if you got the mommy bear it has the sound of a heart beat and that seems to soothe them
- At 3½ weeks it is not to difficult to transfer from your bed to basinette. Lay her down in the bassinett, swaddled, or not, however you feel comfortably. When she s...
