You know you need to get one filled and warmed up ASAP, but also know you can’t just put them on the kitchen floor. It doesn't matter necessarily if it's a swing, bassinet, PnP, bouncer, etc as long as it does what you need it to do.Picture this: You’re holding your newborn when they suddenly start wailing for a bottle. As long as you really have at least 1 place in each area where you can put your baby down (probably for sleeping mostly), you're golden. The downside is that the footprint on the swings is pretty wide. We used it until he was about 7mo for sleeping, up to 10/11mo as a form of entertainment. Hell, the sounds were so soothing I slept for hours on the sofa next to him most days. The FP Snug-A-Monkey swing was also in the downstairs living room and was a godsend as my son would nap for HOURS in that thing. I had a 4Moms Breeze playard/bassinet that I used downstairs and for when we traveled. We used the Arm's Reach Mini-Cosleeper as our bassinet until he was about 4mo and we then started the crib transition. You don't need that stuff, but I have to say I was glad we had a swing. But like I said we had a lot of stuff from my first, and from other family members. We could definitely do without both the RnP or the PnP and the cosleeper (although that's much less portable). We'll be going to my parents weekend house a lot so we'll be taking the RnP because it's smaller, folds up easier than the PnP. We also have a rock n play- which is my more portable sleeping device. Same concept as the pack n play just easier to reach into to get her in and out. We keep the bouncy seat upstairs which is great for when I take a shower (it goes in the bathroom with us) or folding laundry, cleaning up, etc. She sleeps awesome in her swing so we use that all the fricken time. she doesn't sleep or lay down in it □ but that's mostly bc I'm not going upstairs to change every diaper. We have a PNP downstairs that we use mostly as a changing station, place to put extra blankets/clothes/diapers/etc. We have a lot of crap, but we have the space and she's our second so we had a lot from our first. If you use it in your room you may not want to drag it around your house every day. But keep in mind a pack n play is big and bulky. If we weren't given those items, I would have just figured something else out because I'm pretty frugal and I would have never bought a new $150 swing. I'm a firm believer that you can make it work with whatever you have. Luckily it was a wooden one that matched her crib and you could take the legs off to transition it into a toy box. We did have a bassinet, but she hated it. Once the baby grew out of the swing she slept in the pnp in our bedroom. I did buy a better swing at a garage sale in the Fall for $30. And I can't pretend like I would spend all that money this time around, because I won't. I'm sure being propped up on a boppy or something similar would have worked just as good. I can't say that we would have used the bouncy if we weren't just given one to borrow. We also used the bouncy seat a lot more than I anticipated.Both were borrowed, so we didn't actually need to buy them. BUT my child decided she didn't want to sleep ANYWHERE except in a swing for the first 3 months. There are alternatives! Good luck! :)īefore I had my first baby, I would have said no, you don't need all that crap. Their whole babyhood seems to be spent in one! I've heard this is why doctors had to invent "tummy time" - because people don't realize how much floor time babies need to learn to move, scoot, and crawl.Īnyway. I personally think too many babies spend too much time in "containment" devices. Here, they are safe, don't need to be "strapped" into a device to avoid harm, etc. In Montessori terms, the room is called the baby's "nido" or "nest". These rooms basically allow baby to scoot around freely, exploring his/her environment independently, sometimes without supervision (if it's TOTALLY babyproof). They are basically minimalistic, baby-proof spaces with a baby floor bed, rug, and simple baby-safe toys/furniture. Yes, you can! Check out Montessori baby rooms - they are a great and beautiful alternative to "traditional" nurseries. Can I just put him/her on the floor on a blanket
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