if you feel that you want a capsule, then get one, if you dont think of it as "needed" then dont worry about it.
all kids are difrent, ive always used the reversible car seats, birth up, sometimes we could move them out of the car and they would stay asleep or stirr and be settled again, othertimes they would wake and be up. even now they are the same at 5, 3 & 1, sometimes they will stay asleep when taken out the car, sometimes they wont.
always go with what works for you, and what you are comfortable with. not everything works for everyone, babies and kids are no exception either!
We hired a capsule so as not to interrupt sleep. Makes no difference, because as soon as you shut the car door she wakes up. And has only fallen asleep in it twice in her 9 weeks of life anyway.
We made all the noise in the world in her first three weeks, but it did nothing, and now for some sleeps we have to tiptoe or deal with a very cranky little lady.
i have worked in childcare and as a night nanny. I've seen hundreds of different strategies and employed everything I know to create the best sleep habits I can. And I still have a shocking sleeper.
So I wouldn't worry about it. Hire a capsule if you're unsure, and make the decision later. That's what we did.
As someone else mentioned above, you aren't suppose to keep babies in capsules for more than 2 hours at a time if you can help it as it's bad for their spine...so at some point, you'd want to move them anyway (although there are times when we have found our capsule to be very convenient - but more for us than DS).
I really don't think you can create a bad sleeper. I've got 3 boys my first was hard to get to sleep, didn't sleep through the night until he was about 2 spent a lot of nights in bed with me. Once he was asleep he slept through pretty much any noise.
My second was awesome from day one, self settled,slept anywhere, and slept through anything.
This one, my third, is terrible still wakes between 5 and well I don't count any more through the night and wakes at the slightest sound, a light switch, door knob squeaking. I always have music playing in the room while he sleeps so that other noises around the house aren't so apparent to him.
I honestly think they are what they are
I'm also with the others about capsules, it's best not to leave them in too long anyway, it's not just thier little developing spines, but their heads. They can end up with flat spots and become a funny shape from lack of head movement.
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