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Using a Moses basket and a crib?
I've got a lovely Moses basket but just been thinking about the fact that baby won't be in it for that long and wondering if I should get a crib now for our bedroom and just use the moses basket for daytime naps in the lounge etc? I don't want baby to be unsettled by using both?
We live in a bungalow so haven't got to carry anything up/downstairs. Just thought it might be easier to have the crib from day one so I feel like it's got more use rather than wait til baby outgrows Moses basket, any thoughts?
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If you already have the Moses basket and your cot or cotbed fits in your room I wouldn't bother with a crib. We have a big Moses and the cribs I saw were same width and a little bit longer so she wouldn't have been in it much longer than the Moses. Both of mine outgrew that by 10 weeks. And went straight into their cotbed.
That's exactly what we did BE! W was so big that he was only in it for about 12 weeks. But we got our Moses basket and crib from my SIL, so it wasn't such a big deal finacially. I thought it was great! Although i'd advise getting a decent mattress as i found the one that came with the moses basket wasn't very nice. I went to John Lewis and got 2 similar mattresses for the moses basket and crib.
The only reason I would have got one is that they are so cute!
How long did W last in the crib RKB?
Just realised, he's probably still in it?!
VE - We *could* get the cot in our room but I'm not sure I want to move it out of the nursery! I don't want to buy a crib and then find that it doesn't last until at least 6 months though.
We had a Moses for #1 and he outgrew it at 4 weeks! This time we got a crib (2nd hand £10!) which is in our room with Moses downstairs. He's in his toddler/rocker chair downstairs now so the Moses we had before is already defunct after a month!
I have the Saplings Katie crib and mine were in it until 8 and 9 months. L was the full length of it but was still happy in it.
Thanks IDC and LR. Think I will order the crib as H has said he doesn't want the full sized cot in our room. Will have to make sure it all gets plenty of use with subsequent babies hehe!
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iv'e got both hun, Moses will be downstairs and crib will be next to our bed x
I've never used a moses basket. We use the pram carrycot for naps downstairs and the Crib (Katie Sapling like LR) for upstairs.
We did the same as JB. A decent carrycot which lasted until 28 weeks for naps and a crib upstairs. E is 9st percentile height and weight and would still fit in ours now (sapling gliding crib) but I had to stop using it when she could sit herself up, about 20 weeks iirc and we then used the travel cot until we moved her at 28/9 weeks. Definitely didn't confuse E using then both. When you think of it a teeny baby sleeps everywhere (well if you are lucky and they don't just want you). E Slept in the crib, in the cot if I were busy in the nursery, bouncy chair, floor mat, pram, carseat, sling. Not done her any harm x
Luckily we given both but needed them as it's 2 flights of stairs up to our room, which would've been fun with the moses basket so we had the moses basket downstairs for daytime naps & the crib in our room for when we went up to bed. She was fine in both until 6 months but really depends on teh size of the baby!