Where does baby sleep during day when too big for moses basket

[Satstar]

My baby is almost too big for his moses basket. He is also too big for carry cot on pram

Where can I put him to sleep during the day (downstairs). He has a cot in our bedroom but want him sleeping downstairs during the day.

[jaffacakesareabiscuit]

A travel cot is probably your best option. What age is your baby?

[Time2change2]

Why do you want him sleeping downstairs during the day? An older baby naps best in a darkened quiet room

[YorkshirePud1]

@Time2change2 advice is to have them sleeping in the same room as you until 6 months. I have this same issue - my baby is 4 months old and will either sleep on me or in her crib upstairs - nowhere else. So I end up being a human mattress!

[Time2change2]

Ah ok. I just put all of mine up for a nap around that age. All of mine were sleeping in their own rooms from 3-4 months at night. When you have twins that don’t fit in their go sleeper / Moses baskets anymore and your bedrooms are not big enough for two cots you don’t really have the luxury of sleeping in the same room! I would suggest a travel cot then but I don’t think many people have those in their downstairs every day so not sure what other people do?

[Noti23]

I used a good quality lie flat umbrella stroller/buggie. It’s not for overnight sleeping but fine for naps. It was a Slivercross reflex.

[seayork2020]

when my son was too big for his moses basket he had a cot so slept in that, in his bedroom where I just assumed the cot was meant for that

[RyvitaBrevis]

We're nearly to this point, and we will try with a travel cot downstairs, even though it will take up a lot of space. However, my DS is very distractible now and easily disturbed so I'm not holding out much hope.

[ELM8]

We used a sleepyhead on the sofa

[Horehound]

Cot in room with a monitor.

[MonkeyPuddle]

I just used the buggy, I had a mamas and papas armadillo and it laid flat.

[smilingthroughgrittedteeth]

As soon as mine outgrew the moses basket they were put for naps in their cots upstairs and i just checked them regularly

[Sunshine1235]

Mine used to nap in his buggy (goes flat) or in a bouncer type chair that also went pretty flat. Or just in his cot/on my bed and I’d just stick to upstairs

[happymummy12345]

My son only ever slept upstairs, first in the crib then in the cot. I never saw the need to have him downstairs during the day. I had a video monitor and checked on him regularly. And I hate Moses baskets so would never ever have one.

[Lalanbaba]

Upstairs with baby monitor so I could check on her from around 4 months.

[Pipandmum]

Travel cot downstairs or cot in their room. They never slept in my room anyway.

[SqidgeBum]

I had a bassinet for the sitting room. It was much bigger than the moses basket, but smaller than a full cot. If you had the space I would just go for a travel cot with a good mattress.

[HebeMumsnet]

Might be unconventional but I put DS just on a folded blanket and mat on the floor with a blanket over his body when he was a baby. Probably wasn't as comfy as a cot but I made sure it wasn't draughty etc and he seemed to sleep ok there. He was never a big napper anyway though. It meant I could be in the same room or just popping in and out, plus he would then sleep like that anywhere if we were visiting friends etc, which there's a lot to be said for. I used to make sure we were at home a couple of times a week at least and he could have a really good kip then.

Having said all this, several years on, sleeping on the floor at cub camp never goes well, so I'm not sure how much good it did!

[BackforGood]

What Time2Change2 and others have said.
If you really want to be very near and don't trust a monitor, then you could set that up as time to do a job you can do on the landing outside their room - be that ironing or sewing or relaxing with a book or having a nap yourself

[flameprincess]

My friend had a travelcot which she doubled as a playpen by putting plastic balls in to make a ballpit when baby was old enough to not need downstairs nap and could go in bedroom

[Caspianberg]

We just use the pram with main seat . He’s not 6 months yet but also outgrown carrycot.

I doubt he would even sleep in cot that easily anyway daytime so I don’t bother yet.

[difficulttod]

Does no one use bouncers or swings anymore? We have a BabyBjörn bouncer and a Mamaroo swing, all my DCs have napped in these up until 6/7 months old.

[Graciebobcat]

DD1 used to fall asleep on her baby gym sometimes and I'd cover her with a blanket over her tummy.

Both DD1 and DD2 were too long/mobile for a Moses basket by 10 weeks and regardless of the advice, went into a cot in the next room as our bedroom was too small to have a cot in with us. I would just put them down for a nap in their cot upstairs if we were in, with the monitor on.

[AnnaSW1]

We used a Sleepyhead too.

[Nat6999]

Ds napped in his bouncy chair from birth, wouldn't settle in a carry cot or pram unless out & about. He used his chair until he was about 8 months & then I used a travel cot either in the living room or in our caravan awning in warm weather.