PLAYPEN - worth it or a CAGE they fight to get out of????????

[MissyBabee]

DD starting to get the hang of crawling so... am thinking about a playpen but there seems to be one company supplying the market with one product - the Babydan hexagonal one. They really do have the monopoly!

Is there anything larger anyone can recommend?

Can't see DD lasting 5 minutes in the Babydan one.

Morning. Oh yes, that's a point. Thanks for checking.

Quootie, i got the one from Bambino World in the end (the medium size) - it's really good - can recommend - and such good value. Thanks for finding it for me. Did you get one in the end?

bump for quootie

got mine! Its great!!! Hes in it now with ALL his toys in it. Means I can go to the kitchen without turning round and seeing DS sneaking in aswell!

Trust me.. the baby dan is big enough. My DTs loved it and spent many a long hours.... moment..... in there (esp whilst I was MNing) lol

got the XXL, but 2 bits arent on it... ive done it like a long rectangle, so its against a wall. I got mine via auction, rather than buy it now, and got it for £83, inc. delivery.

DS loves his playpen. He can either mess about with his toys, or lie down & get comfy or stand up and practice walking up and down the sides shouting "mamamamamama"

brill!
i just love it! easy to build too.
i think i got XL - 5 sides and a gate. is yours 7 side bits?

i've just put dd's travel cot up in living room.
i change the toys in it every few days.
at last i can get on with housework knowing that dd's safe
was worried i was only person who did this, glad i'm not alone!

6 bits, and a gate, so, 7. DH did it in a few mins with no grumbling!

sorry, 8 bits, just counted.

LOL Marslady MNing

do you think if we keep raving on about them, our company Bambino World will sell more? LOL

I bought a gate aswell from them to put in the diningroom/kitchen arch. I put it up chuffed We should get comission!

ooh, now i need a couple of gates! so, they are good, mmm.

Here

and here

ooh, fantastic!!!
i was expecting links to gates!

is that one in 2 different formations or did you buy two in the end??
and that's ds2? Awww.

same one

DS1, only have the one!

oh i see, i've just realised what you meant about DS sneaking in, you mean following you into the kitchen! i thought you meant DS2 was sneaking into pen to play with DS1! nevermind...

yes, i played around with hexagonal and rectangular but i have wood floor and rectangular cutoff of carpet for DD so she doesn't bang her head tooo hard, thus rectangular playpen is the way to go it guess.

anyway, love the pic. was that easy to do - post them on web or you have to have MSN account?

had MSN account. they were in my pictures folder of my documents, and i pressed something about copying to web, as i tried to upload them on picture trail or something, but it took ages. microsoft did it all for me, i just picked the pics i wanted to show.

those playpens look fantastic. My playpen is my lifesaver normally, but dt2 has learned to climb out don't suppose anyone knows where I could get one 5 foot high to stick all 4 of the kids in?!

well i am very impressed quootie

just get a stair gate and put it at the door - makes one giant playpen and much cheaper than buying a play pen that they will probably be able to climb out of anyway.

I just put ds in his cot with some books and toys if I wanted to have a shower.