Bassinet and Crib question
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Anonymous
| Hey all, FTM mom here with few friends with have children. I am confused about whether to get a bassinet and a crib. I was planning to have a crib in the nursery (my brother is giving us his 3 year old's really nice crib) and then a bassinet for our bedroom for the first few months. The American Pediatric association recommends the baby sleep in room with parent for a few months or so due to SID prevention, so I am willing to do whatever is considered safest. Also i see lots of Moms on here do this. I was planning to have bassinet in bedroom and then move to crib in nursery after a few months. However, now I am reading that bassinets are considered unsafe compared to crib. So I'm confused! Do I just move the crib into the bedroom? Seems weird. Are bassinets considered unsafe in general because some of them have had issues compared to cribs. I was thinking if I get a safe and well regarded bassinet with firm mattress that it would be just as safe as having a crib in our room, no? Anyway, I am all over the place clearly and likely obsessing over details as a FTM and overthinking things. Any advice from your seasoned moms would be awesome! |
Anonymous
| Where are you reading that bassinets are unsafe? |
Anonymous
| Just get the halo bassinet. |
Anonymous
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Bassinets are safe. And yes, you will need something in your room originally. I kept my babies with me for 10 weeks or so and then they went to the nursery crib (cribs can't make it through doors so they aren't portable).
You can use a pack n play bassinet or there are so many on the market. I'm looking at the snoo, but I guess it depends what kind of baby I get (a good sleeper or not) |
Anonymous
consumer reports: https://www.consumerreports.org/cro/bassinets/buying-guide/index.htm |
Anonymous
more specifically this below. But I'm thinking maybe that is because some have been in the past have not been good or gotten recalled - like one that had a slant, and the ones that rock. If I used the Halo I dont see how its diff from a crib - meets all the safety requirements in terms of firm mattress, etc "Consumer Reports has not tested bassinets, cradles, or other crib alternatives. We think a crib is the best place for your baby to sleep from birth up to about age 4. See our Ratings for Cribs. More reasons to stick with a crib. The danger with some cradles is that babies can roll against a side and suffocate. In 2009, some 24,000 Amby Baby Motion Beds were recalled after two infants died in them. The product was a small hammock-style cradle suspended from a frame; the side-to-side shifting or tilting caused the infants to roll and become entrapped or wedged against the hammock's fabric and/or mattress pad, resulting in suffocation. There are currently no safety standards for hammock–style cradles. According to the Consumer Product Safety Commission's (CPSC) report on nursery product-related injuries and deaths among children under age 5, there were 43 deaths reported in bassinets or cradles between 2005 and 2007, and most were caused by extra bedding. Nearly half the suffocation deaths from bedding involved pillows. The next most common cause of bassinet-related deaths involved entrapment or wedging between the mattress and the bassinet frame. Many parents opt for a bassinet or something like it because they think a newborn or young infant will feel more comfortable in a compact space rather than a large crib. But a full-sized crib (with a fitted sheet only—no quilts, blankets, bumpers, or pillows--see our Cribs guide) is the safest place for a baby" |
Anonymous
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That article is interesting and though I hear what they are saying and have read it, almost everyone I know used a bassinet and as long as it is a flat, firm surface it should not be an issue. A little newborn will SWIM in a crib, as in it will just feel so huge, I just can't imagine them loving it very much after being in the womb 9 months. and as someone who was obsessed with safe sleep, you eventually have to find a balance of safe sleep environment that also gets your child to actually sleep.
So if you are worried about safe sleep, I would either get the halo bassinet like one other person said or what I'm planning to do for my second child is rent the Snoo for a few months. No concerns for accidental rolling and a nice compact bassinet that most people I know have said good things about. I do think your original plan is the one that the vast majority of parents go for and I would recommend. |
Anonymous
I've never heard this. Source? I believe as long as you, as you pointed out, get a safe bassinet with a firm mattress, it's perfectly safe. I think that's what most people do. |
Anonymous
PP here, sorry just saw your link. I've literally never heard that before. I think you can use your judgement to get a safe bassinet. I think you don't want one that's basically padded around the sides - you want mesh or something breathable. But everyone I know used a bassinet. Who has room in their room for a full-sized crib?? |
Anonymous
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You want a bassinet not a crib to begin with. I never, ever left my bed at night with a newborn. I reached over into the bassinet, picked up baby, nursed and then put them back in. That's the goal at least. A crib is ginormous and wouldn't fit easily next to your bed.
Also, just want to state this- newborns can't roll. |
Anonymous
Agreed and also want to say that wiht a crib you would have to stand and reach in every time at night which sounds horribly exhausting. I know it's hard to imagine but it just is. When you're waking every two hours to feed you need it to be as easy as humanly possible to get that baby out. |
Anonymous
Thanks for the great advice! |
Anonymous
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The main drawback I found with a bassinet is that the baby grows out of it quickly. Mine slept in our room until 8 months and we had to switch her from the small bassinet to a pack n' play when she outgrew the bassinet. We originally intended to move her into her room earlier, but it just worked better with our evening and morning nursing schedule at that point to have her nearby (allowed me more sleep on the margins).
If I do it again, I would just use the bassinet insert on the pack n' play instead of having yet another piece of furniture. But I also found that I didn't like the co-sleeping aspect of the bassinet -- it was awkward with our bedroom set-up and I actually preferred to do night nursing in the rocking chair instead of in bed, so we ultimately moved the bassinet/pack n' play to the end of the bed anyway. Anyway, you don't really know what you are going to need, so I'd maybe get a hand-me-down bassinet from friends or family if you can and then expect to experiment a little bit. I know people rave about the Halo but based on my experience, that would have been a waste of money for us. |
Anonymous
| To the mom who says they outgrow quickly- this is true! Just get a nice one off facebook marketplace and then sell it again easily (probably for the same price you paid) when they outgrow it. I didn't even keep mine between babies because they were too bulky. |
Anonymous
| How long do you think it is necessary to use a bassinet? I’m looking at the Snoo rental option, but mot sure if it makes financial sense for more than a couple months... |