Pram as a bassinet?

[Starlight]

We only have a small house and we are limited on space. I wondered if it was safe to use the Pram part (of say a Bugaboo) as a bassinet for the first few months?

Does any one have any experience of this?

TIA

[[M]umma[M]ia]

if u are meaning something like this.. http://daddytypes.com/archive/silver...o_cameleon.jpg

i dont see why there would be a problem.

Babies can sleep pretty much anywhere when u bring them home. I know a lady that had space issues too and took a draw out of her dresser and made it all comfy and sat it next to her bed and bub slept in that for a while.

the only problem is, they get big quickly, so what are you going to do when the pram gets too small?

[Kitt3n]

yep its fine hun, i have the love n care nova stroller and bassinette - thats what we used

[Jellyfish]

We have a bugaboo and DD sleeps in it when we are at friend's or family's places. Works well for us.

[Starlight]

Yes Hollye, That's exactly what I meant. I thought we could have the carrry cot in our room? Bub's will have a it's own nursery so hopefully when bubs grows out of the bassinet it will be time to move into his/her own room? Or do you think they should stay in the same room as you for longer?

Thanks kitt3n/jitterbug, I was just wondering if there was a time limit that they could stay in there because I've read that babies shouldn't be in a car seat for more than 2hours because it's bad for their spine. I suppose a cot is flat and has a comfy mattress so it should be fine?

[blackduckies]

I'm not sure I think I have read abit about not enough ventilation, I would google a bit more... before making a final decision. Occasionally would be okay, but long term???

[Sequoia]

We used the bassinette attachment of our Bugaboo for the first month before DS moved to the cot, even after that he often had day sleeps in the bassinette, always with the hood down for ample ventilation. We changed over to the seat part when he was 4 months old.

HTH!

PS - Oh I meant to say that we added to the supplied mattress...a mattress protector, sheepskin and fitted sheet. Although I have a feeling that sheepskins are a SIDS risk....but ours was quite thin.

[Bathsheba]

We've always used our Emmalunga prams as bassinettes for the first few months.... here's some piccys:

DD lying in Emma pram 1995.

DS in 2005 model Emmalunga pram

In the first photo my DD is awake but you can see how the bonnet folded right back to allow good ventilation if she was asleep.

In the second photo you can see how huge the newer model Emmalunga was... it was actually more roomy than our cradle.

[suse]

It is recommended not to use prams for all sleeps (especially for longer sleeps or overnight), partly because the air-flow in many prams is not as good as a cot ot basinette, and partly because it is important for spinal development for a baby to lay on a completely flat surface (although this advice relates more to rockers with a curved surface or prams that don't have a fully flattening lay-back function).

Having said that, our 16 month old still has all of his day sleeps in a pram or carrier, and always has.

[Bathsheba]

Yep, our babies just slept in the Emma prams for day sleeps.... the base was perfectly flat... as flat as a cot... had it's own mattress which i put a fitted sheet on etc.