baby sleeping question

[cheeseandcrackers]

Hey girls, I have a question about what to buy, or whether or not i need to buy anything else.

My concern is about when the baby gets here.. We are getting a crib (in a separate room), I also bought a bouncer and a cradle n swing. I know I will want her to sleep in the room with us some days (and other days I will sleep with her in the nursery for a while).

Do I need to get anything else like a bassinet,pack and play, or a rocker to put in our bedroom or will I be able to use the bouncer? Any suggestions? 

[jennistarr1]

I hear the rock n play is the bomb but I'm not speaking from experience

[linz]

Rock n play. Worth every penny. It's super light so we have it in the living room during the day. My babies just started using bouncers, I don't think I'd want them sleeping in those overnight but some might use them.

[cheeseandcrackers]

Any good recommendations for a pack n play?

[luv2rn4fun]

We have a PNP and RNP. My plan initially is to use the PNP for night time and the RNP for naps (hoping that it will lead to a smoother transition to the crib); however, I'm willing to be flexible and let C sleep in the RNP for awhile if that's what ends up working best.

Sorry, no recommendations on the PNP as our's were handed down to us (we ended up with 3 PNP total...we gave one to my ILs, have one for our house, and another that will travel with us to my parents as needed).

[Deleted]

We plan to use a PNP, since the RNP isn't technically considered a 'safe sleep environment'.

[kams]

After a few weeks of newborn misery, we bought the RNP for DD1 and it was miraculous. That is what we plan on using this time around in the beginning. The incline is just so darn helpful for reflux, but it is solid enough to keep them from slumping down on themselves like a bouncer does (or did for my DD1, and she was an average-large size newborn (8lb1oz)).

We have a super cheap PNP that we keep at my parents house, but just didn't need at home between rnp, swing, and crib. We didn't transfer dd1 to the crib until ~4 months, so I am guessing we might have a similar experience this time.

I think its really good to have a couple of options, but not necessarily every option, and be ready to add to the collection to try a few things as needed. Every baby is so different and in the fog of having a newborn, many of my preconceived plans were thrown right out the window. It's nice to be able to adjust. AND, maybe you'll get it right the first time, or have a great sleeper!

[Brie]

We used the Rock N Play and it was great.

[estrellita]

We are setting the crib up in our room, but if we didn't, we were just going to use the bassinet insert in a PnP.

[mandymay]

We use a rock and play for naps sometimes (more so when he was younger, but we're transitioning to the crib for naps now that he's bigger and wakes up a little more easily from noise) and use the crib in our room for nighttime sleep. The rock and play was a miracle when we first brought him home. He'd sleep in it during the day for hours (he still does) and I liked having him in the living room with us. He sleeps in his crib at night and does great in there too.

We used a pack and play with my daughter and she slept in that for the first seven weeks in our room. We had a Graco one that worked great. We still have it and will use it for nighttime sleep when we travel.

[gerberdaisy]

We tried the PNP, but there was no way DD was sleeping in that in the beginning. She hated being on her back and would only sleep in the swing. After 2.5 weeks, we bought the RNP and love it. Shes still in it and we need to start the transition to the crib.

I would have her sleep in the swing, crib, or RNP/PNP, not the bouncer. Troublesome tots recommends they sleep in a swing.

[azurely]

I think it really depends on the baby. We have the PNP, RNP, swing, and bouncer, and have used them all.

Like @sessalee said, the PNP is the only one that is considered a safe sleep environment, so that's what C has slept in from the beginning. Only the PNP has mesh sides and it's bigger so there is less chance of him getting his face up against the side. It's at the end of our bed, and at night, I swaddle him and nurse him to sleep, then lay him down in the PNP.

We have the PNP with the reversible newborn napper and changing pad, but I actually would just recommend the basic one with the bassinet insert. I took the napper/changer part off, since they take up so much room, so C is in the middle, away from the sides.

He likes the swing, bouncer, and RNP and takes naps in them, so I'd recommend them too. We have the swing in our living room, but the RNP and bouncer are light enough that we can move them around. They are usually in our bedroom, but I have taken them both into the bathroom so I can take a shower

[dearprudence]

I think this is so baby-dependent it's hard to predict. Mine would sleep in his crib or pack n play no problem, but refused to sleep in anything else. If he started getting tired in the swing or bouncer (or carseat) he'd scream his head off until you took him out.

[imimahoney]

Well we 1000% planned on the PNP but DS was like hell to the no with lying flat. He would only sleep in 15 minute increments even when swaddled and with white noise. The RNP literally saved our lives during that early time.

This time we aren't even nothing with the pnp. RNP all the way.

[cheeseandcrackers]

Dec 15, 2014 16:45:35 GMT -5 imimahoney said:

Well we 1000% planned on the PNP but DS was like hell to the no with lying flat. He would only sleep in 15 minute increments even when swaddled and with white noise. The RNP literally saved our lives during that early time.

This time we aren't even nothing with the pnp. RNP all the way.

Can you link me which one you have? 

[imimahoney]

Dec 15, 2014 17:42:30 GMT -5 cheeseandcrackers said:

Dec 15, 2014 16:45:35 GMT -5 imimahoney said:

Well we 1000% planned on the PNP but DS was like hell to the no with lying flat. He would only sleep in 15 minute increments even when swaddled and with white noise. The RNP literally saved our lives during that early time.

This time we aren't even nothing with the pnp. RNP all the way.

Can you link me which one you have? 

They are all kind of the same. We have a graco one with a newborn napper that worked great after like 10 weeks. He still uses it, at 2.5, when we travel. It is similar to this:

www.amazon.com/Graco-Newborn-Napper-Elite-Vance/dp/B005UV0UU4/ref=sr_1_5?s=baby-products&ie=UTF8&qid=1418688308&sr=1-5&keywords=graco+pack+n+play

[MrsAggie]

DS sleeps in the pack n play in our room at night. We also use the changing station for diaper changes. This is the one we have:

www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B005UV0USQ/ref=pd_aw_sbs_1?pi=SS115&simLd=1
(The current sale price is actually really good)

We keep a rock n play in the living room for during the day. I also take that into the bathroom if I'm going to shower or something.

[mandymay]

Dec 15, 2014 19:43:18 GMT -5 MrsAggie said:

DS sleeps in the pack n play in our room at night. We also use the changing station for diaper changes. This is the one we have:

www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B005UV0USQ/ref=pd_aw_sbs_1?pi=SS115&simLd=1
(The current sale price is actually really good)

We keep a rock n play in the living room for during the day. I also take that into the bathroom if I'm going to shower or something.

Being able to take the RNP into the bathroom has been wonderful! I can give my daughter a bath with all of us in there so he doesn't get bored/I can keep an eye on him.