Where did your newborn sleep?

[bcv513]

I want to have the baby in our room for the first few weeks or months, but there's not enough room to set up the crib in there. The bassinets I looked at seem too cushiony. I love the Halo bassinet, but there's this big warning on the side that says it's a suffocation hazard. Is the pack and play sturdy enough for sleep? Most of my friends use the rock 'n play, but I know from here that's not really recommended

[rugbywife]

Bassinet, then PNP (DD for a while, DS barely at all), then crib. Now DS sleeps in our bed most of the night, but that's another thing altogether.

We can't get RNPs in Canada.

[humpforfree]

Rock n play next to the bed.

[Deleted]

We used a RNP, a bassinet, and a swing when they were newborns.

[dottyblue]

I use a rock and play. We are transitioning to the crib for naps (DS is 6 weeks) and it's going well.

Why isn't the RNP recommended?

[Deleted]

PNP with the bassinet insert. She slept there for months.

[bcv513]

Nov 5, 2015 8:59:48 GMT -5 dottyblue said:

I use a rock and play. We are transitioning to the crib for naps (DS is 6 weeks) and it's going well.

Why isn't the RNP recommended?

I found articles that say it is a suffocation hazard and can cause torticollis

www.candokiddo.com/news/rocknplay

It's confusing because it's marketed as a newborn sleeper, so I just assumed it was safe

[awkwardpenguin]

We use a RNP. I was initially against it because I was very concerned about safe sleep. But my baby wouldn't sleep lying flat, so joke's on me.

An option for a bassinet is the regular (not mini) Arms Reach cosleeper. It has bassinet mode and a PNP mode, so it's more versatile, and it's definitely a safe sleep environment.

ETA - the Arms Reach can also attach to the bed, but you don't have to attach it to the bed at all if you don't want.

[thebreakfastclub]

Crib in his room - I couldn't mentally handle taking care of him all day and then having him next to me, or even in the same room, all night. I didn't think I would feel so strongly about that, but I sure did.

Luckily, he fell asleep easily and quickly went back down after bottles.

[dcn]

Rock n play. He wouldn't sleep flat.

[ilikedonuts]

RnP. Both kids slept in it for months. My oldest had torticollis. It had nothing to do with the RnP. Our PT laughed when I told her the RnP uproar about tort. And flat spots? Some kids are just more prone to them. Don't leave them on their backs all day long and rotate their head occasionally while they sleep.

Our PnP mattress is basically just as "hard" as the RnP.

[Susie]

We're going to try for the crib in her room right away. If that's no go, PNP with basinet insert in our room. If that's no go, we'll have to decide on a plan C depending on what she will go for.

[starburst]

He slept in the swing for the first few months. Then we transitioned him to the arm's reach co-sleeper to get him used to sleeping flat. We just moved him to the crib this week at 4 months.

[jeaniebueller]

We used the RNP and I slept next to it on the couch for the first 8 weeks.

[preppy]

She's sleeping in the bassinet that came with our stroller (uppababy vista). A friend key us borrow the bassinet stand. It works great! We are planning on switching to the crib next week but I don't think it will be an issue since she's used to sleeping flat already.

The first two weeks she mostly slept on us. She was fully in the bassinet by 3 weeks.

[ellipsis]

Rock N Play at night and some naps. Swing occasionally during the day. Trying to get her in the crib for naps with little success so far. I also have the Tiny Love napper which is more flat.

[meltoine]

We bedshare(d).

[halfpint]

PnP in our room until almost 6 months.

[osulori]

RnP here too, then crib in his room around 2 months.

[Velar Fricative]

This is a Rock N Play but it's the flat bassinet, which I felt more comfortable with. The sides are mesh and I took that toy and mirror off. We were in a small apartment and this was small enough to fit in the corner near my side of the bed and folds up easily. She slept in it until we transitioned to the crib at 4.5 months. ETA: This was for nighttime sleep only. She only napped on us or in the car for an embarrassingly long time.

[aspentosh]

Nov 5, 2015 8:59:05 GMT -5 humpforfree said:

Rock n play next to the bed.

Same

[vtdiamond]

My kids both slept in RNPs for the first 3 months or so and both ended up with flat spots. If I was to do it all over again I would have tried a bassinet or PNP.

[heygrey]

RnP basinette with is flat (and available in Canada). It was really compact and I could easily move it around our apartment during the day if needed. He was sleeping in his crib by 6 weeks.

[Blue Moon]

In her own room, in either the Mamaroo or the crib.

[anna7602]

For DS: Arm's reach co-sleeper at night (it didn't take up that much room, my bedroom is not very big), anywhere he fell asleep during the day: bouncer, stroller, carrier...

DD pretty much slept almost exclusively on my chest or in my arms for the first six weeks, but I also had the ARC for her and she eventually would start the night in it by 6 or 7 weeks of age.

We've used the PNP, with and without bassinet insert depending on the age, when we travel. I think it's specifically designed for sleeping. I've never heard anything to the contrary.

No experience with the RNP (I don't know if they existed when DD was born?). I am in danger of having my MMM citizenship revoked for that!

[thebreakfastclub]

Nov 5, 2015 9:16:35 GMT -5 vtdiamond said:

My kids both slept in RNPs for the first 3 months or so and both ended up with flat spots. If I was to do it all over again I would have tried a bassinet or PNP.

If it makes you feel better, DS had a flat spot on the side of his head at his 2 month appointment, and we didn't even own the RNP.

He was 100% flat surface sleeping, but he just had a tendency to turn on the right side.  

[bcv513]

Nov 5, 2015 9:12:09 GMT -5 @starry said:

I have the Halo Bassinest and don't understand the suffocation thing you mentioned. What would be its point if it is unsafe for sleep?

I don't understand it either. There was nothing on the older model that's just the bassinet. I was looking at the one with the music and stuff. There was a warning on the inside saying that the mattress is a known suffocation hazard. I'm sure it's just a liability thing

[soozy87]

He sleeps in his swing.

[bearbaby]

Basinette for the first few days (in our room). Then the RnP in the nursery with one of us sleeping with him (have a twin bed in the nursery).

He went into the crib for overnights at about...maybe 8/9 weeks? Napped in the RnP or swing for a truly embarrassing length of time...like way beyond the recommended age

He did have a side preference (not to any degree torticollis) and developed a bit of a flat spot as a result.  Not sure if the RnP exacerbated that, but it didn't approach the degree of needing treatment and resolved on its own so...yay sleep.

[vtdiamond]

Nov 5, 2015 9:19:21 GMT -5 thebreakfastclub said:

Nov 5, 2015 9:16:35 GMT -5 vtdiamond said:

My kids both slept in RNPs for the first 3 months or so and both ended up with flat spots. If I was to do it all over again I would have tried a bassinet or PNP.

If it makes you feel better, DS had a flat spot on the side of his head at his 2 month appointment, and we didn't even own the RNP.

He was 100% flat surface sleeping, but he just had a tendency to turn on the right side.  

Yup, I know that for most people their kids have been totally fine in the RNP.  But as DS is now on 6 months plus in a helmet, it is the one thing I would have changed if I could do it all over again.  I feel like I heard all the good things about the RNPs but none of the bad so personally just want to put that info in the back of peoples heads as they are considering this.