Snuggle Bed VERUS Hammock

[NaeNae]

Pam - yeah they are big aren't they - we have King size bed maybe if we co sleep then hubby will learn what side of the bed he is meant to sleep on hmmm I am so confused.

I love the idea of both of them I could always get both and see what future baby likes best.

I love the hammock creates a womb feel with movement for bub and I love the high wall snuggleness of the Snuggle bed.

I know babies need to feel safe they create nests in the NICU for the little babies out of nappies its so cute.

I s'pose I have plenty of time to deliberate over these choices, from the reports I have read on the hammocks babies seem to sleep better and possibly longer in this (yet to find threads on snuggle beds) and I know what DH is like on little sleep

I think I will just keep an eye out and will see what comes up.

Anymore opinions either way are welcomed, would love to hear from a few other mums who have used the snuggle bed to get a bit of a balance (if possible) so that other ladies considering either option can hear pros and cons for both items

Nae x

[NaeNae]

Ok - I am bumping this thread up too see how some of the previous expecting mothers have found these and to see if any others want to offer their opinion.

I am toying with the idea now of brand new hammock or buy second hand - either way i still have to wait until we pass 25 weeks according to DH

Any new opinions welcomed

thanks all

Nae x x x

[AwesomeFoursome]

We brought both. The snuggle bed was used twice. It was too big to co-sleep with and ds refused to sleep in his cot. The hammocks I didn't know about til he was 5 months old and we got one then. It was a godsent. It was the first time ds would sleep alone. I would just bounce him to sleep and he would sleep for hours. We bought our's off the same lady as Renstar on ebay for $149. We still have both and the next bub will sleep in whatever she takes to the most. You could always buy both and re-sell the one you don't use.

[bettyblue]

We co sleep with our 11 week old baby and also use a hammock. We bought a KANOE hammock and love it. Our baby hates to be wrapped when sleeping and we find the hammock cradles him so he doesn't wake himself with his arms moving about too much. The KANOE is bigger than the amby hammock but we looked at both and decided on the Kanoe and are really happy with it. We sleep him in his hammock for day sleeps and then the start of each evening until I am too tired to get out of bed and get him again to feed. Then I bring him into our bed to sleep as it makes the early morning feeds easier. He sleeps in between us on top of the covers in a sleeping bag. We found the snuggle bed too big for all of us in bed at the same time time. However, the snuggle bed is great when travelling and bub is still too small for a porta cot.
I hope this helps.

[sweetpea678]

I brought an amby of ebay for $120 when bub was 7 weeks old, I loved it, my first two settled in there bassinet but bub would scream everytime I put her in it. So when I got the hammock thought if it did not work would just sell it again.

SO SO glad I brought it, it helped dd to settle her self and she stayed in it till 8 months when she learnt to roll over in it and the transition to the cot was easy after that, she still self settles now.

[NaeNae]

Thanks so much ladies for the new input. I was showing a friend at work who has two children and she loved the idea of the hammocks and wished she had known about them as her son had silent reflux which went undiagnosed for 5 months. She has pretty much convinced me to get a hammock as well.

bettyblue - thanks for the info on the Kanoe hamocks, I had a look at those after your post. Love the idea of a bigger hammock. I guess for the price though I would expect a stand to go with it. We have 11-12 foot ceilings so these really aren't much of an option. But thank you for the suggestion I didn't know they existed until you mentioned them.

[Kailani]

We have both. LOVE the snuggle bed! It's portable so it's used in our bed, in the cot, on the lounge, can take it anywhere. But beware, I think you mentioned you had a cat, he/she will probably like it too! I have caught our cat several times in DS's snuggle bed lol.

He hasn't used the hammock much, maybe 5 times. As you're not meant to swaddle baby when using the hammock and there's really no way you can tuck any blankets in, you need gro-bags or something similar to keep them warm. What does everyone else do in regards to this? Maybe I'm missing something really obvious here! Anyway, he doesn't hate the hammock though, just haven't tested it out properly to know how good it is. Might buy some grobags and try it out properly and get back to you!