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C slept in a rock and play at the foot of the bed (it was too narrow by my side of the bed.)

With this one I'm thinking I want to use the UB Vista bassinet but need to get a stand. Or a cosleeper. Not sure so interested what people say.

Rock N Play for us.

Both! She slept in a bassinet for the first couple of months and then switched to a co-sleeper afterwards. I preferred the co-sleeper in those days but now that she's 3.5 I really wish we had stuck with the bassinet--this kid will NOT sleep by herself!

A bassinet. I love how cute sleeping babies look in a moses basket

bassinet when he was itty bitty. i've considered a cosleeper but hammie sleeps in bed with me. i'm a super light sleeper but am very nervous about things in the long run!

She slept in a bassinet and I liked that she wAs right beside the bed, but not in/attached to the bed.

Sleep nest in our bed.

We used the UB Vista bassinet until LO outgrew it around 4 months. It was ideal! We had it in a rocking bassinet stand that made it easy to pull right next to the bed or push further away to have room to get out of bed. It was great to be able to take her out for a stroll and back inside the house, all in her bed!

Dd1 she slept in a pack-n-play next to our bed. Dd2 is high maintenance and slept in a co-sleeper.....and has somehow migrated out of the co-sleeper into the bed...

Bassinet with wheels. The portability was nice. My mom watched her a couple times at night to give me a break and we could wheel it into the nursery (where my mom slept) and it's be a familiar spot. We also were able to transition her by moving the bassinet further from the bed over time before moving her to her crib. We also would move her to one side of the bed or the other depending on who was going to deal with MOTN wake ups. I'm a very light sleeper so this helped me a lot. Oh yeah, and it could be rocked.

UB Vista bassinet. Sometimes on the floor, other times the whole stroller came in the room. He broke out of swaddling early and would wake himself up hitting the sides around 10 weeks so we moved him to the crib at that point.

I was anticipating a whole "transition" but the first time he laid down he stretched way out and fell asleep. Too bad it didn't stay that easy...

Rock n play for maybe a month, then the arms reach mini cosleeper until 4 months. I still keep it in our room (LO is 6.5 months as a safe place to put her while I shower). And a place to store folded laundry until I get around to it. And a cat bed. Ha. The Rock and play was ok for the very early stages but it concerned me how scrunched up she would get especially when swaddled and I was a little paranoid about the flat head thing (which was a non issue)

@stratosphere: did you have the jolly jumper stand for the UB bassinet? T was easy enough to push away from the bed or pull it closer? I need to take measurements and see how high our bed is and see if the stand will be close enough.

@Foodnerd81: Yes, we had the jolly jumper stand (for our UB Vista bassinet) and it worked well. It's very lightweight and the "rails" made it slide backward and forward very easily on our thick shag rug. I just kept the bassinet at an angle to the bed so I could push it away or pull it close on its "tracks", if that makes sense.

Our bed is very high so the stand did not bring the bassinet up to the same height as the bed but that was fine. I could still lean over and scoop LO out of the bassinet easily enough (and I was a c-section mama).

Both of mine slept in a cradle in our room for the first few weeks. That is the plan for number three as well. I do admit that DS also slept in a bouncer....inside the cradle for about 3-4 weeks.

Rnp for a a short period of time, then crib and our bed, and then just our bed