I want to get a bassinet to put next to our bed for our baby due in a few months. My husband thinks we don't need one since we are getting a play yard for the living room and have a crib already in the bedroom.
Here is why I think we need one:
1) I am having a repeat c-section (1st was a breeze, 2nd was awful, dreading the 3rd)
2) My husband works nights, and won't be there to help me at night.
3) We have 2 other kids for me to look after.
So I think it would be alot easier on me to have the baby right next to our bed than to get up walk across our giant bedroom and lean down into the crib while I am trying to recover. It isn't easy getting out of bed the first few weeks (atleast for me) and I can't imagine doing it all night long. How long did your baby safely fit in a bassinet? If we are only going to be using it for 4 weeks, then I will have to agree with him that we don't need it. But if the baby can sleep in it for 3-4 months I think it will be well worth it to buy one. Any recommendations as to what brand or what to avoid?
I think some of you missed the beginning, I said we are getting a play yard with a bassinet option, but for the living room. This is just a question about bassinets for the bedroom.
I would for go the bassinet and just put the baby in the carseat next to me in bed so I didn't have to get up at all. Then again I can be lazy too! I would def. save your money.
I bought a used cheapy one for $10 at Goodwill. Upon closer inspection, the thing was made from cardboard and plastic with nice fabric covering it. I think my newborn son slept in it for about 4-6 weeks (I walked down the hall to my newborn after my c-section). What I did like about it was that it was so incredibly light, I could just drag it across my carpet into the living room. I remember taking a nap on the couch with the baby at literally arms length.
I loved my bassinet. I wheeled it all over the house too. Which really takes the pressure off your healing stomach if you don't have stairs to contend with. My bassinet had a removable basket, so I could also put the basket portion on the bed with me if I needed to.
Don't know if this style is still on the market. It was an import from Italy. But you could check around. I did find one on amazon that has the same features, though this isn't the one I had. See;
If I were getting a bassinet today, and I couldn't find the one I had before, I'd go with one of those new style co-sleeper bassinets designed to be snug against the side of your bed. They come in two sizes, and much like a pack n' play so your husband might like it better. Not sure if you can wheel this one around easily.
I would try and find one for cheap if you get one off craigs list or a garage sale or something. I would not buy new. I only used it for 1-2 months tops with both kids and neither of them really liked it at all. My daughter has just always slept in the pack and play and she will be doing that till she goes into a big girl bed in her big brothers room after the first of the year. That has worked great for us.
it depends. my cousin had a bassinet and her baby grew so fast he was out of it within 2 mnths. I am using the one she had for her baby this time around. my son did not have one, but slept alot in his infant seat beside the bed
You can get a play yard (pack and play) with the bassinet attachment, which would be nice for you not having to bend over a crib and walk out of the room. As for me, I had a bassinet and rarely used it. We co-slept the first several months b/c night nursing was easier and baby slept in the crib for naps. I couldn't lift my child b/c I had severe carpal tunnel for pregnancy swelling. By the time, we stopped co-sleeping the baby was too big for a bassinet. My children were also 7-8 lbs. If you have a little 5/6 lb baby, you may be able to use it for 3 or 4 months.
With my second child, we did not use a bassinet at all because we ended up giving ours away and never needed another.
I used a "Moses Basket" for my son.
I too had had a repeat c-section.
It was GREAT.
My infant son at the time, LOVED the basket. I got it from Amazon.
And it is portable and you can put it in any room.
My son slept so well in it.
I LOVED LOVED LOVED it.
Wish I had it for my 1st child.
My son was a tall/big baby. He could use the Moses Basket up until about 3 months old. Then he went in the crib just fine.
If you're getting a play yard with the bassinet, why not just have it in the bedroom? Do you really need two beds?
I ended up getting a pack-and-play with the bassinet feature. We didn't even HAVE a crib until my eldest outgrew the bassinet on the pack and play! I mean, whats the sense in getting both the pack and play AND a bassinet AND a changing table when you can have it all in one? It worked great for me for the first 5 months or so!
Here's a great one like the one I had. I also LOVED the changing table part that is built in and flips over when you need it.
I had a repeat c-section, my husband couldn't help at night because he can't nurse the baby (lol) and he had school 5 days per week and I had a 3 year old and no family around. So I feel your pain but you don't need a bassinet. My daughter's crib was in the room with the mattress on the highest setting so there wasn't any leaning over into the crib.
And I can tell you, every mom I have ever talked to said the 2nd c-section was a breeze compared to the first. I had my daughter on a Monday night and left the hospital wednesday afternoon because I was doing so well and not needing really any pain meds.
You won't need the bassinet long enough to justify the cost imho. But if you are getting a pack and play get one with the bassinet feature and you are done (but those are more pricey).
If you were closer, I would give you mine. My last baby didn't even sleep in it. I like the ideas where you use the bassinet attachment on the pack n play. There's also this bassinet that you can use next to your bed: http://www.walmart.com/ip/Fisher-Price-Newborn-Rock-and-Play-Sleeper/11149739
Oh, and I know everyone is different, but my 3rd c-section was a piece of cake!
We brought a bassinet with our first child. We had her probably using it for a month or a month in a half.
The second we were going to use it again,but our daughter(our first) thought it was funny b/c it had wheels at the bottom and she could push it around the house,plus we were afraid that she was going to tip it over with the baby in it. So we use the baby bed instead,just lift it up to the highest that way it was easy to pick her up out of it.(had a c-section too.)
Our third we brought a pack and play(but it had the bassinet attached to it) but we usually put him in there but had TO WATCH carefully that he didn't start flipping over,or his older sisters try to messed with him or etc....
The only thing I worried about the bassinets that some of them aren't sturdy and worried about younger kids flipping them over. Plus they don't stay in them that long......
Nope they arent worth it. I just had a baby and didnt even bring it up from the basement. I only used it with one baby, until I realized they grow out of the bassinet VERY quickly.
I have bought 3 pack n plays for each kid and I used them until they were all two, for several different things. I had to get a new one each time because we used the heck out of them and they get funky.
The one I am using for my new baby is a Graco Pack n Play with the newborn napper. The napper is awesome!! Makes baby feel more secure while sleeping.
The thing is like a nursery in your room, I keep everything in it, I do not leave my room at night! Love it!!
We never bothered with one.
We took a drawer from a dresser, put it on top of a large stable cardboard box next to our bed, and our son was fine in there for 3 weeks.
It wasn't glamorous, but it was very practical and it didn't cost us anything.
I would get a used bassinet for cheap.. you can probably sell it for the same price you pay for it.. I bought a used bassinet for $50 used it for both kids. and then sold it for $50 when I was done with it.. So it cost me nothing to have it..
I put my bassinet downstairs in the living room so the baby could sleep during the day and I could watch her.. this worked great for my first.. not so good for my second as the first would wake up the baby.
I bought a bigger size bassinet It was like the eddie bauer model with a longer mattress. My kids fit in their for almost 6 months.. It had a rectangular mattress 30 x 15???
I coslept with mykids for 6 months on the king size bed.. I never ever used my pack and play.. except for 1 night in a hotel.. the pack and play was a waste of money.
I think a bassinet is very handy, but you definitely don't want to spend a lot of money, because your baby won't be in it long. How long depends on the bassinet size. Maybe you can borrow one from a friend. (It's really true, by the way, that some people used to use laundry baskets as bassinets decades ago.)
When my children (now grown) were born, bassinets were pretty shaky things - wicker, with fold-down legs. After maybe six weeks, the babies were too big and I needed to move them to a crib My grandchildren, on the other hand, have spent their bassinet times in pack-and-play cribs, and their parents have been able to continue using the things for a year or two, especially when they travel (like to Gran's house). Since it's built to be a crib or play pen, it's quite versatile, with an extra raised "bed" for very young ones. If it will fit, you might consider one of those.
I hope you'll do well with the c-section. It will be worth it to have your wonderful baby as a reward.
My first son would not sleep in one, so he ended up sleeping in bed with me for the first 6 weeks while he was still night feeding. My second did great in one, and it was nice having him close those first 6 weeks while I was night feeding without him actually being in our bed (safer IMO). So if the child will sleep in it, it is well worth it IMO.