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Do I need a moses basket?

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Flump1234 · 30/05/2022 17:50

Hi all.
Baby's due at the end of June. We live in a 2 bed flat. I have a bedside cot for them to sleep in, but it isn't moveable as it will be attached to our bed. I also have a little pod thing, like this www.etsy.com/uk/listing/1085877965/baby-nest-pod-cocoon-sleeping-normal?ref=yr_purchases but I guess this will have to go on the sofa or on the floor only when I'm sat next to them.
I also got a cot which converts into a toddler bed (it folds up concertina style against the wall) but wasn't planning on using it until they're no longer sleeping in our room. It is very heavy so can't be moved from room to room.
Do you think I need some kind of bed for them that can be moved from room to room? So they can sleep in it in any room? It seems a bit excessive to have 3 different things to sleep in.

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dementedpixie · 30/05/2022 17:59

We had the carry cot bit of the pram or the reclined buggy when a bit older for downstairs sleeping. Never had a moses basket and used a crib in the bedroom

HSKAT · 30/05/2022 18:00

I had a Moses and loved it for the living room tbh. We got a lot of use out of it but know some people don't.

ParkheadParadise · 30/05/2022 18:05

We never used the Moses basket.
Dd slept in her pram downstairs
Next to me upstairs.

LillyLeaf · 30/05/2022 18:09

We never had one. We used the carry cot from the pram with a cozy sheepskin in it. We had the snuzpod also which we moved the top bit into the living room on an evening. I think they grow out of a moses basket too quickly. We lived in a flat so didn't want too much baby stuff unless it was 100% necessary.

Topseyt123 · 30/05/2022 18:10

I never had a moses basket although I think they look very nice and was half tempted.

Mine slept in the pram when downstairs and in the cot when upstairs.

Bouledeneige · 30/05/2022 18:13

I did use a Moses basket for my two DC when they were downstairs and as a first bed on a stand in our bedroom. But to be honest it was only for a few weeks or a month.

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Flump1234 · 30/05/2022 22:17

Thanks everyone. Unfortunately the pram isn't an option because we're storing that in a shed outside, down narrow steps, so that we don't have to carry it up the steps every time.
Think I'll just wait til the baby's here then see.

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