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This is what we got for baby to sleep in. As a newborn, she started in the bassinet, then moved to the top part of the packnplay around 2mo, then to the full packnplay until she was almost a year!

Having her sleep in the bassinet made the transition to the packnplay easy, because she was already used to sleeping on a flat surface. The bassinet is light and portable, and so is the packnplay, so traveling with her own crib was great.

We also got this swing: https://www.amazon.com/Graco-Soothing-System-Glider-Abbington/dp/B00Y286NXY/ref=sr_1_5_s_it?s=baby-products&ie=UTF8&qid=1546456496&sr=1-5&keywords=graco+glider
Its a swing and a bouncy seat. Baby slept in this sometimes for naps, and a few times when she was congested and we needed her a little upright. I would consider this over a rocknplay!

As you can see, we were very into multi-use baby items, so I hope this helps. I got most of my recommendations from Lucieslist.com which is great for all kinds of baby-stuff reviews!

I was totally happy with the cheap Graco Pack n Play (with the bassinet, which is really just a raised flat surface, but not any extra features) for car travel. For plane travel, I would use the hotel's, and I bought another cheap Pack n Play for my parents' house. Two cheap Pack n Plays is so much cheaper than one easier to travel with Pack n Play.

We move the crib into our room for the first 6 or so months, but if we hadn't had the room we would have used the pack n play. I prefer a flat place for night sleep. I did use a swing or bouncer, as well as the pack n play, for monitored daytime sleep.

We did use a rock & play for the first couple months... DD slept in a Graco pack & play after that for the first year.

We tried to sleep flat first, with DS1 in a bassinet and DS2 in a pack n play but neither were big fans of that so we used a rock n play for a couple of months then transitioned to a crib. I consider a rock n play a lifesaver and I recommend it to anyone who will listen. When we travel we use a graco pack n play and it's been fine! We also have a pack n play set up in our dining room for diaper changes and other newborn stuff to keep on the first floor and I love having it as a baby command center, especially when I am trying to limit my stair use when we first get home.

Just one word about hotels, you probably are already aware of this but the pack n plays or cribs at hotels are usually first come first serve. Recently we went to a hotel, I had called ahead of time and they told me they made a note in my reservation that I needed a pack n play but when we arrived for check in they didnt have one and refused to find me one. We literally had no where for the baby to sleep and they told me to co-sleep. DH went to walmart at 10 o clock at night and bought one. Anyway, I am just rambling now but I won't ever count on a hotel to have one available ever again. It's the first time we've had that issue in 4 years.

We loved the automatic rock-n-play for both babies until they could roll over (4-5ish months). I know the recommendation is for babies to lay flat for best breathing, but.... laying flat for us meant wakings every 2ish hours and the RnP gave us chunks of 4-6 hour sleep so....

@Petitduck: Oh I was so livid. And it wasn't some cheap motel. My brother actually used to work for the hotel chain and still has friends in corporate there, so my complaint got heard loud and clear and we were compensated for it. But still, SUCH an ordeal.

@Umbreon: We used the little Cuddle Cove attachment that used to come on the top of Pack n Plays. I don't think they even make it anymore but it was perfect b/c it wasn't angled like a Rock N Play and thus I think safer/ meant for sleep. Then we used the Chicco Travel Bassinet for months. They worked great (not like my kid slept longer than 3 hours until he was 3 months old).

DD1 was an atrocious sleeper, so we bought tons of sleep items hoping one would work. Nothing did, so we co-slept. With DD2, my favorite was the Arms Reach Mini Co-sleeper. It was attached to our bed and I loved it. We also have a pack and play, and I loved having that set up in our living area for quick diaper changes and napping when they were small. Even when we’re done having babies I’ll probably keep the pack and play because it comes in handy when friends with little kids are over.

Our swing was also a lifesaver for our first. It was the only place we could get her to nap for months!

I would have liked to have a co-sleeper that sidecars to the bed...that would have been the best option, but my husband would have probably gotten a lot of bad sleep that first 6 months or so.

@Foodnerd81: Yep! I’m opposed to clutter, but I think a pack and play is essential. We just got it out a couple nights ago for friends who were visiting.

We have a pack n play that we used in our bed until our 3rd was about six months. It came with a slight incline bassinet she used in newborn days.

For travel by car, pack n play is okay. We went to the beach when she was about 3 months and took it in the car. The hotel was super old (part of a military base...we were guests of someone) so I’m glad I did. For air travel, it’s heavy and kind of a pain. We bought a guava with our second and take it when we travel somewhere.

Another option is, I loved our Doc a Tot. I know there’s some wariness about it but we used ours for day sleeping everywhere. Its easy to drag upstairs and downstairs and she would sleep on it...on my bed during the day. We went in a big international trip at 6 months where we were in various hotels, my in-laws mountain home, etc and we just packed the Doc a tot and had her sleep on that.

For night time sleep on the go, a pack n play is the best option. Graco has a good variety available on amazon.
A rock n play is good for daytime napping and "sitting" but not for night time sleep when the baby isn't being observed