Bassinetts

[M D]

So with DD1 we had the cot in our room as we lived in a 1br apartment, which was fine. She went straight into the cot without any troubles.

Now we have moved we have a 3br place but I don't think I want the next bub to go straight into their room. We don't have room in our bedroom for a cot, so was thinking about a bassinett.

Does anyone have any suggestions? The ony ones I can find are the ones with a tonne of material frills around them which isn't really my cup of tea.

[Mum2Romone]

We got a blue one, a Moses type basket ( with handles) from babies r us, toys r us might have them if you don't have a babies r us near you

Mil actually bought it for me whilst I was in the hospital with ds we could use it beside our bed and take ds out to cares etc without disturbing him

He only grew out of it at 6 months old when he was too big and heavy lol

They had pink and green too and it has a half cover, shade on it.

[~Hestia~]

I found Moo's bassinett in a second hand babys good shop online. Try googling or look on ebay. I wanted a particular style that I couldn't find in mainstream baby shops; a wooden cradle type that was on wheels so we could move him from room to room. Like you we didn't like those little frilly ones!
He slept in it til he was 6 months old as it was just so much bigger.

[volcomkitty]

We have a Mother's Choice Coco. It's not your typical frilly bassinette, and not on cheap plastic castors, which were the 2 main reasons that DH saw it and straight away said "that's the one". We were never intending to move it around the house, so didn't bother with one on wheels, but on the few times we did move it from room to room, it was light and fairly easy to carry. It's got a rectangle mattress and is a bit bigger than some others and our DD stayed in it for a good 5-6 months.

[Beach Mama]

If you don't like the frills etc. maybe a cradle or hammock would be a better option for you? I got ours for $20 on ebay, I repainted it and got a new mattress cut at Clarks. We used it for 8 weeks with DD and then for DS we used an Amby baby hammock for around 6 mths.

[Arimeh]

I got a basinette attachment from a pram off ebay for $50. It came with a stand and hood and everything, but yeah, did fine for DD2 for a few months till I was ready for her to go into a cot. I'll use it again for the next one too. No frills on it.. haha!

[~Gee_Whizzy~]

we had the Cariboo Gentle Motions basinette which i loved! great airflow, no frills and nice a big, so got good use out of it

[Cassius2]

we use a moses basket. and a good friend uses her emmajunga bassinette thingy on the stand...