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I am using a used bassinet. Our friends used it for their two kids.

If you're worried about the mattress, could you just buy a new one? I doubt they're very expensive

I'd have no issue with a used bassinet - they're used for so short a period of time, and they can be pricey brand new. Neither of my kids liked laying flat as a newborn, so it wouldn't have been useful for us though.

I would absolutely use it and get a replacement mattress.

We bought our bassinet off kijiji, so yes, I have no problem with a used one. If you have concerns with the mattress I might try to get a new one though.

we bought our arms reach cosleeper used from a baby consignment store, used it for our daughter, lent to to a friend, lent it to our chiropractor who "paid" us in visits so it covered our actual cost, used it for our 2nd baby, then lent it to my SIL and now we're getting ready to use it for our 3rd! so yes, i would and we bought new waterproof mattress pads for ours as well as new sheets when we bought it, but all of our friends have used our stuff and it's fine! if you feel like the mattress isn't firm enough (it does fold to store), i'm sure you can buy a new one!

I would use a used bassinet used by other people we knew for the amount of kids you cited - if someone I didn't know had used it, I'd be extra careful with my disinfecting, and would buy a new mattress.

My three kids have all slept in the same Moses basket (same mattress), and not for a short period of time - I'd say it was probably 6, 4 and 9 months, respectively - and it's still in pristine condition. And the stand I used with it was not new to us, and I don't think it was new to the family we got it from, either.

We borrowed one for our first baby!

I wanted to add that most of DD1's stuff has been used by now by 4 kids at least! DD1 --> friends LO --> DD2 --> friends LO. And in the case that it came to DD1 as hand me down, then even more! Obv we won't use something if it's in horrible shape or unsafe!

I used a bassinet that MANY people had used before. I got a new mattress because the last home had cats. Lots of others have used it after me to. It's sweet to see those things move around as needed.