I've just bought a second hand playpen, advertised as used a couple of times.....

[wwydnoreallywwyd]

I looked at it and it's spotless....exactly what I'm looking for, folds flat, two doors, netting top.

I'm a childminder.

I looked it up on the Internet when I got it home, to see if I had got a bargain or been ripped off...

I couldn't find it on any of the parenting websites. But I did find it.......In a petshop!

So Wwyd, let the kids play in it, or not?

of course you let them play in it! just give it a wipe first :P

I would, as long as you clean it carefully first! I dont know why you wouldn't really, perhaps not if it was half chewed or something but you did say it was spotless!

It's brand new...So much nicer than my current one!

I'd do it without question for my dc's...but wouldn't you be a bit if you walked into your childminders and recognised it as a doggie playpen?

LOL, why not use it! It is fit for the purpose, whether for puppy or baby

Link to it?

I wouldn't be happy if my baby was in a playpen with netting on top sounds more like a cage

The netting on the top zips off....but it stops toysbeing grown in by older toddlers

I wouldn't have had a clue tbh, whether it was a doggy one or not. Can't say I have seen any playpens with nets on - long time since I had babies though.

do people still use playpens?what are they actually for?

netting on the top sounds awful.

Could make a cool den though! My dc always complain that the blankets fall in - it all depends on how you market it.

I think we need a link to it before we can judge [nosey]

show us a link!

Did you really just ask: what are playpens for? Do you really need that question answered?

You had to look it up & you're reasonably well versed in baby/toddler equipment so unless any of your mindees parents are dog breeders/ trainers, I doubt they'll see it as anything other than a clean pen for playing in.

I'm not showing it to you just incase you come to my house and say....oooeeerrrr isn't that a doggie playpen?

My dd. Who is 8 has been playing in it all night and thinks it's 'well cool'

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If its this YABU

The people who bought DD's old playpen from gumtree were buying it for their dog. I'm sure it's fine the other way around too :)

No it's not like that... It looks like a normal hexagon playpen

Tbh a playpen with a netted lid sounds a perfect way of maintaining baby v kitten's personal space. Please link... I've been looking for something like this!

You're barking mad!

dog cage is much more sturdy than travelcot

only joking

Small Portable Pet Playpen Dog Cat Exercise Enclosure Cover Indoor Outdoor Bag...in Australian ebay.

The picture I saw was without the pets.

It's not exactly the same, but it will give you an idea of what it's like

yes,i dont really know what someone would use them for?ive seen pictures of babies sitting in them playing with some toys before but why couldnt they do that without a playpen there?i dont really understand why someone would use one?i thought they were quite an old thing ive never seen one in real life before!

Somewhere to leave a mobile baby safely while you nip to the loo?

We used ours as a travel cot in my mum's house when she was looking after DS

Yes. Just use it. Give a thorough clean and stick them in it.
Playpens are very useful to keep crawling babies out of harms way whilst needing to do something else.
Shower, cook, toilet, etc. etc...

Small babies and puppies are extremely similar in my opinion!