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What is a Moses basket used for?

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daisybooflower · 02/06/2024 22:36

Hi everyone,

Im going to be a first time mum in November and everything is still new to me. Can I ask what a Moses basket is used for? Is it a permanent place the baby sleeps in every night or is it just for naps and you can move it from room to room? Any advice would be great, thanks

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PollyPeep · 03/06/2024 17:28

Blueroses99 · 03/06/2024 15:46

I said nothing about silently watching the baby - my husband and I did all those things too on an evening, but with baby in the room and took her up when we went up. Babies don’t need silence to sleep, we could talk and watch films fine.

I agree with that babies of 5-6 months can sleep independently but this thread is about babies younger than that. Babies are usually grown out of moses baskets by then.

I’m sorry if you think it’s a derail but I don’t know anyone that put a sleeping baby under 6 months in another room so I think it’s a reckless suggestion.

I think we are just going to have to agree to disagree on this one.

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You're talking about safe sleep for the first six months, not for newborns. Only on mumsnet is what I'm saying considered "a reckless suggestion" 🤦‍♀️ We will have to agree to disagree. Mine would have screamed for hours if I'd tried to move them once they'd fallen asleep for the night, so every family works in different ways.

poshfrock · 03/06/2024 18:09

My daughter was 9lb 10 at birth and grew out of her Moses basket by 8 weeks so it really does depend on baby size as to whether they are value for money. She slept on her own in her cot in her room after that both at night and during the day. I was never advised differently but this was 20 years ago so I assume advice has changed.

Muffin101 · 03/06/2024 18:12

Ours was only used for the first (exactly!) month because DS had completely outgrown it by then and was moved into his full size cot.. he was (is!) very big and very tall for his age! Even then he only slept in it at night as I did contact naps for the first three months.

Mortima · 03/06/2024 18:19

We got given a moses basket - don't think I would have thought to buy one myself, but it was really useful for us. We had a Snuzpod for nights, and the moses basket in the living room as a day bed for naps, or for nights when the baby was more unsettled - it was so handy being able to just take him downstairs to avoid waking DH, and I slept on the sofa next to him. Both beds lasted until he was 5 - 6 months, and he's quite tall.

Enderunicorn · 03/06/2024 19:15

My cat slept in it and then we used it as a laundry basket. I had big babies and neither wanted to sleep in it.

LipstickedPowderedAndPainted · 03/06/2024 19:19

Mine slept in them every night and also in the day time for many months ( they were tiny prem babies). They preferred to sleep in there than in their cots.

marmiteoneverything · 03/06/2024 20:20

PollyPeep · 03/06/2024 09:43

We did scheduled naps from about three months which were in the cot while I was downstairs. And they went to bed hours earlier than us at night. Absolutely fine. It's guilt tripping mothers to say that you need to be next to your baby full time for six months, apart from taking a hurried wee. We shared a bedroom for 18 months, but naps? Not a chance I was giving up that free hour, or those precious hours in the evening to sit silently next to a sleeping baby. I've seen mums break down from the pressure of that, and that's how you get mums saying "I haven't washed my hair for six months".

Anyway, sorry for the derailment OP, moses baskets are very sweet!

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Just because your baby was (thankfully) fine, doesn’t mean that it is and always will be fine. The guidance is there for a reason.

DD didn’t nap or sleep alone upstairs until she was 6 months. I didn’t feel guilt tripped, I felt that I was doing what was safest for my baby.

MarbledHoodie · 03/06/2024 20:50

I never had one, but I had a travel system pram with a flat cot as one of the bits so used that for the downstairs sleeping others have mentioned as carry cot function. I lived in a very small flat, no extraneous large items could be countenanced, no matter how adorable.

DreamyNavyMentor · 04/06/2024 03:01

PollyPeep · 02/06/2024 23:46

Mainly for looking adorable! They are definitely not essential as it's likely your baby will outgrow it by 4-6 months. We used it for naps sometimes. I placed it on the floor next to me while I watched TV, or on the patio sofa outside, and he lay in it during family dinners so he felt part of things! We lay the basket across two dining chairs. We had a cot upstairs for night time sleeping. Also, don't worry about watching your baby sleeping for the first six months. I was never given that advice and I've had both my babies in the past five years.

It's most definitely the advice that the baby sleeps in the same room as you/some other adult. Lullaby Trust info. Not sure if you think literally watch them sleep

DreamyNavyMentor · 04/06/2024 03:05

Blueroses99 · 03/06/2024 09:54

Not a guilt trip, it is safe sleeping advice. If people want to ignore it, that is up to them, but people should at least understand why the advice is there. Babies regulate their breathing from adults. Just because your babies were fine doesn’t mean that all babies were fine. That’s why safe sleeping advice exists.

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I really don't think they regulate their breathing from an adult who isn't co sleeping with them. If I'm watching TV and my baby is sleeping, can it really pick up my breathing?

I think it's good to keep babies in the same room as you for a safety viewpoint and because they probably don't go into a deeper sleep. Plus it allows the parents to be more attentive.

DreamyNavyMentor · 04/06/2024 03:06

Moses baskets are just cute.
My baby could sleep anywhere and wasn't needing to be a Velcro baby.

I wish I didn't use a Moses basket and just used a next to me crib.

Blueroses99 · 04/06/2024 09:21

DreamyNavyMentor · 04/06/2024 03:05

I really don't think they regulate their breathing from an adult who isn't co sleeping with them. If I'm watching TV and my baby is sleeping, can it really pick up my breathing?

I think it's good to keep babies in the same room as you for a safety viewpoint and because they probably don't go into a deeper sleep. Plus it allows the parents to be more attentive.

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Good point, the avoiding deeper sleep is also relevant.

DreamyNavyMentor · 04/06/2024 21:10

I don't understand the lighter sleep as the baby isn't disturbed by the tv noise or talking

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