Newborn help please....moses basket getting too small

[Weezie85]

Hello, Well as title says really. Got a moses basket in our room for newborn but she is already starting to get too big for it. She keeps hitting the sides and waking herself up. The problem is she is only 3 weeks old. Can't fit a cot or crib into our room, got a lovely cotbed in her room but she has obviously been sleeping in our room in the moses basket. Not sure what to do when she gets too big....only option is to put her in her own room really. Going to try and keep her in the moses for as long as I can but concerned we are going to have to put her in her own room. Any advice please....thank you :)

when DS outgrew his moses basket we bought a smaller than average size crib (from kiddicare) which we managed to squeeze in our room, and didnt take up much more space than the basket. a friend of mine got a travel cot for the same reason, and she said that worked fine until her DS was big enough for his own room.
if thats a no-go, could co-sleeping be an option? although i'm not sure if theres a recommended age from which you can do that, since your DD is only 3 weeks old. we managed to take a side off the crib and attach it to our bed so we co-slept but he had his own space iyswim.

Well, SIDS advice is to have baby sleeping in the same room as mum or dad for the first 6 months. Having a parent in close proximity stabilizes and regulates the infant's breathing, heartbeat and temperature. If you can't move some furniture around to make room for a crib or cot then perhaps consider co sleeping? Or if that's not a viable option maybe you can move a single bed into her room and sleep there.

My DD is 14 weeks - and also too big for her basket which she outgrew at around 10 weeks. In the early evening she sleeps in a travel cot in the living room with DH while he relaxes after work or has a kip on the sofa. And I get a few hours uninterrupted sleep upstairs. She usually wakes for a feed between 1 and 2am and he brings her up to me and we co sleep the rest of the night.

I have a small London flat so moving DD into her own room isn't really an option, and besides, it's not a risk I'd be comfortable with. I need to have DD close by for my own peace of mind. However, many parents do make this choice and feel fine about it. You'll have to think about whether or not the risk is an acceptable one for you and do what you feel is best.

Will check out kiddicare. Co-sleeping wouldn't be great as I move a lot in my sleep. Would be too afraid of squishing her. It's rubbish having a small bedroom.
Travel cots I have seen are really big. Was it a certain make?

It's a Graco Contour Electra - not the smallest thing in the world but just about fits in my living room. DD does daytime naps in it too. I could move it up to bedroom if I got rid of bedside tables though. Wardrobe has already been moved to hallway to make more room for baby stuff.

tbh i was always against the idea of co-sleeping as i also move a lot in my sleep and was terrified of squashing him, but it has been a life saver at times for us, and i have never even come remotely close to squashing him. actually, he sleeps like a starfish, DP still takes up half the bed , and i lie curled up further down the bed. it works for us as i dont use a pillow, and DS lies where my pillow would be

Me too. I have a Bednest co-sleeper crib on loan from some friends, it's nice, but I can't bf with DD in there so she is often in the bed with me, especially in the early morning and late afternoon when I'm flagging the most.

OP - Infant deaths from co-sleeping are incredibly rare. Much, much less frequent than SIDS when babies sleep alone. When smothering does occur it's often linked to guidelines not being followed re smoking, drugs, medication, alcohol, heavy bedding, sofa sleeping, etc. Believe it or not you are very aware of your baby during sleep and no more likely to roll onto him or her than you are to roll off the bed or onto your partner. Google the work of Dr Sears and Dr Mckenna who have both done extensive research on its benefits.

I moved DS into his own room at 10 weeks ready to be flamed he was to big for his moses basket and crib as he loves his space, co sleeping was not for me as i'm a light sleeper and couldn't get a wink with him in and the cot would not fir in our room so he went in on his own and sleeps much better in there where i'm not bothering him tossing and turning.

I have an angelcare monitor so god forbid if he stopped breathing i would be alerted straight away and he still wakes 2-3 times a night so he's being checked. I was really unsure at first but after coming on here and asking advice i decided it was the best option for my family.

If you really don't want to leave her alone then how about moving the cot to your room and whatever is in your room bar your bed to her room or instead of a travel cot you could buy a cheap one from ikea they are quite small.

DS slept in the pram bit of his buggy as was too big for the small crib we had (he was a big 9lb 6oz baby) but at 6 weeks I put him in the cot as he too kept waking up after hitting the side of his bed.

It was fine - but walking out the room to get him when he needed a feed was a pain, so he did end up co-sleeping as I fell asleep whilst he fed so he stayed there!

I used a travel cot between outgrowing moses basket and the cot becoming vacant. I had to climb to the end of my bed to squeeze past it to get out of bed, and also had to move the bed over a bit so DH had less room his side, but so easy just to reach down and scoop him up in the night. I think if you can walk down the side of your bed you can squeeze a travel cot in. I can't remember make off the top of my head I'm afraid.

If you swaddle her for bed she won't be able to wake herself up by hitting the sides with her arms. We have a small crib in our room, it really doesn't take up much space, it is barely wider than my bedside table. Does mean I have to climb out of bed at the bottom end though! Also got no room for a proper cot in our room so he will go into own room at 4 months when he outgrows the crib or when he is too big for swaddling (otherwise he can stick his arms out of the bars already)

I managed to keep chunky and long dd in her MOses basket til 4 months due to swaddling.

Her arms will flail outside of her control.and wake her anyways even if they dont hit anything.

She is swaddled at the moment but seems to roll a lot. Its her head that hits the side. Found a crib that isn't too big. Just a pain as the only furniture we have is our bed and one bedside table. The rest is in the inbuilt cupboard. Thanks for the help.