Bassinet vs. co-sleeper vs. pack-n-play

Which will you be using (if any) and why?
I am really torn on which way to go on this one.

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we will have the co-sleeper and pack-n-play. a colleague at work was selling her unused co-sleeper at 1/2 price so i snagged it. i plan to use this in our room early on before i make the transition to the crib.

the pack-n-play we are getting as a gift and will probably set up downstairs in the living room. a friend of mine used the pack-n-play for sleeping and changing when she was downstairs, and i figured that was a good idea...

Message edited 5/22/2006 9:32:58 AM.

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We have a crib in DD bedroom downstairs for naps. We have a bassinet in our bedroom for the nighttime/overnight.

ETA: We have a pack & play for when we visit with family.

Message edited 5/22/2006 9:51:27 AM.

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i am using my SIL bassinet for the first 3 months then moving baby to crib. My mom will have the pack-n-play at her house for babysitting purpose or when i go visit.

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We are going with the pack-n-play which we will set up in our room until we transition the baby to the crib. Then...we will move the pack-n-play to our basement for when we are down there, since we hang out down there alot.

I really loved the basinetts....so many cute ones. But practicality took over the cuteness factor, because I realized that I wouldn't get much use out of the basinette, but I could use the pack-n-play for alot longer.

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we're using the graco travel lite - its a smaller version of a pack n play, that has a bassinet on top. I figure we can use it in our room for the first few weeks/months, then downstairs for naps, and take it with us on trips as a portable crib...

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We used a pack-n-play. I wasn't comfortable with the whole bassinet thing mainly because we have to big Siberian Huskies and God forbid they knock the bassinet over. The bassinet was too little and I don't like the rocking feature with dogs. Too nerve wracking for me! We'll use the pack-n-play again with the next baby!

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Pack N Play.

You can use it later on at the beach, park, backyard, if you go out and need a place for him to nap, and for us it has been a Godsend with Hurricane Evacuations.

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I am not sure yet. At first I thought a co-sleeper for the side of our bed. But now I am rethinking that because we have a small room and I won't be able to lug the co-sleeper from my room to the living room every day (the room is situated strangeley) then back to the bedroom at night. And, the apartment is not big enough for both.

so, I may just go with the basinette so that I can take the top off and transport that to the room that I am in. I'm undecided.

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We will have a pack n play on the 1st floor, in the basement another pack n play, and in our room a co-sleeper. Then he also has his crib

Dh is still confused on why we need so many beds for him

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I have a co-sleeper that I used for Damien and will use for this baby too. If you get a co-sleeper you don't need a pack & play too, they do the same thing. If you plan on BF'd they I really recommend the co-sleeper

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We started out with a pack n' play in our room while Alex was just a few weeks old. But, she was so noisy that we had to move her to her own crib and room within about 3 weeks. At that time I brought the pack n' play downstairs, but I rarely used it. Instead, we bought a portable bassinet that I could carry all over the house with me, so if she fell asleep I wasn't chained to that room for the entire nap. Whenever we went to a friend's house we brought the portable bassinet, which was easy to carry because it was small. Now that she outgrew the bassinet, I bring the pack n' play to wherever we go overnight. So, for us, both worked out well...

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I plan on putting the baby in his crib right away at night, in his bedroom upstairs. We have a pack n play for downstairs.

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A pack and play - the double one. Then I can use it for them for awhile after, where the bassinet I would have only used for the first 3 mos. when they're in our room.

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We put Sarah to bed in the crib in her room (right next to ours) from day 1. We really didn't have the room in our room for a basinet or pack n play, plus we wanted her to get used to the crib right away.

We had a Pack N Play in our family room that we used for naps until she was about 2 months old since I didn't want to be up and down the stairs so much. Then we started doing naps in the crib as well.

We plan on doing the same for the new baby. Sarah has already moved into her new room and new crib with no problems (Thank goodness!)

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they have a pack -n-play for twins...so we are using that instead of 2 bassinets

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Message edited 5/22/2006 4:09:35 PM.

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We have a bassinet and my mom has the pack and play next door at her house...

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i have the pnp downstairs, and a bassinet in our bedroom.

if i only had one level housem i would only do the pnp and wheel it in/out of my bedroom. i do wish thoughi got the co sleeper, DD will NOT sleep for very long in her bassinet at night cause she needs to be close to her mom & dad

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We bought a bassinet and our daughter was in it till about a month and a half. I liked the thought of having her close for the first weeks of her life - it also made breastfeeding a bit easier in the beginning....

We also have a pack-n-play that we put downstairs (since our house is 2 floors) - i use it as a changing table and I also put pjs, undershirts etc in it - so i dont have to keep coming upstairs every time I have to change her - its been so convenient for me.

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I am going to use a bassinet in our bedroom, and have the pack and play downstairs in the den. I have a 4 level split, so I kind of want something on each level.

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we also have a four level split. we're using the pack-n-play (bassinet part) in our room for the first few months, then we'll move him/her to the crib in the room next to ours. i'm not planning on having anything else on the other floors. we'll see how that works out!

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