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Pros and cons of glider/ swinging cribs

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CalaLilly · 29/11/2010 13:27

I had set my heart on getting a bedside cot (like an armsreach cosleeper) for our baby but for various reasons this option is not going to work. I am really keen to keep baby in our room for as long as possible- at least 6 months- so want a first bed that is more substantial than a moses basket. I was thinking of getting a glider crib and wondered if others have had experience of these?

I had wanted a bedside cot so that baby was in easy reach for night feeds- is it easy enough to get baby in and out of a crib in the middle of the night?

I had wanted a bedside cot so that I could soothe baby quickly. I think this would be possible with a glider as I could reach out to rock a baby who was sleeping next to my side of the bed. I have heard that it can be tricky to move baby from glider/ swinging crib to cot as they get used to the rocking motion, but that is a risk I?m willing to take in order to optimise sleep for both of us in the newborn period. I figure we wouldn?t lose more than a few nights sleep in the new cot until baby accepts that rocking is a thing of the past!

If you have used a crib in the past, what age was your baby when he or she out grew it?

Thanks!

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GiraffeAHolic · 29/11/2010 13:31

I bought a swinging crib for Dd.

Pros-it was beautiful and looked lovely all made up :)

Cons-Dd didn't sleep at all for the first 7 months so her bum barely touched the mattress and when she finally did sleep she hated the swinging motion

That's probably not a huge help to you

PeasPlease · 29/11/2010 13:33

We have Amby nests bought second hand from Ebay for our 8 month old twins (they are v expensive new). I would highly recommend them, they are very portable so you don't need a travel cot and if they wont go to sleep when you put them down you just bounce them in it a few times and off they drift. They take up less space than a cot too.

They sleep OK in cots at nursery but I've never had them in one at home but I think DS will have to move to one soon as he is getting a bit wide for the nest now I think. I have heard of 18 month old kids still using them though so who knows.

expectingno3 · 29/11/2010 14:56

I have to second GiraffeAHolic I bought a rocking cradle for dd1, and she hated it, would roll around all over the place in it, and didn't like the 'airiness' of all the bars. For DD2, I got a moses basket, which was so useful to carry around the house. She then moved into her cot bed at about 5 months, I think.
That'd be my advice - moses basket and cot bed. The crib has remained very unused, in the loft!

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CalaLilly · 29/11/2010 15:00

Thanks for the comments so far! I definitely don't want a moses basket but hadn't really contemplated the Amby nest so will look into that. Any other comments about cribs would be very welcome!

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sillysow · 29/11/2010 18:21

I had a gliding crib for DD and she was only in it for 4/5 months (cant remember exactly). Now PG again - and am getting a bedside cot and not bothering with a crib at all as they outgrow them so quickly.

Hope that helps?

grumpypants · 29/11/2010 18:23

Do you have other children? They will assume the baby wants to be swung ALL the time....

GrumpyFish · 29/11/2010 18:29

We had a gilder crib for DS. He hated it to start with so slept in a moses basket for the first 6 weeks or so. Then we managed to get him into the crib but he was a really big / long baby and by the time he was about 3 months old was too big for it, and we moved him into a cot. So we probably used it for about 6 weeks.

It turned out to be a total waste of money for us, but as Giraffeaholic said, it did look very lovely, and I'm a sucker for that kind of thing. Now expecting DC2 and will be attempting to use the crib again, if only for this reason!

katiegolightly · 03/11/2011 20:22

Hi girls, I know this thread is a little old now but I'm having the same dilemmas on what to go for. It's a toss up between a glider crib or a co-sleeping/bedside cot bed type thing. I like the idea that gliders (vs rockers) are less likely to have the baby rolling to the side once they start moving a bit more etc. And it also seems from reviews so far to be a bit of a gamble as to whether your baby is a fan of movement or not anyway.

As you can't have both, I guess my question is, what is potentially more useful, having a crib you can rock/glide the moment the baby gets restless, or to have co-sleeper bedside crib that you can access the baby easily right next to you as there's no lifting in/out?

Sorry for being completely new to this, but surely for night time feeding you still have to prop yourself up and get out of bed to change the baby too, it's not as if this is a seamless sleep-through feed? Does the co-sleeping type of crib really help keep baby and mum in a less disturbed doze-like state throughout? Or have I missed the point of these entirely?!

Thanks for the advice! :)

Hazbo · 03/11/2011 20:50

Katiegolightly,

Not much help but I have both, a glider and a Bednest.

The bednest has a side that can fold completely down if you want so is great for co sleeping and breast feeding in the night as you literlally just scoot them over to you. Also great if you have a csection as there is no getting up or down.
You feel very close to the baby with a bednest and very easy in the first few weeks when you are so exhausted. Easy to just put out a hand and shush/pat them as well.
www.bednest.com/

I have a glider in the other bedroom. I didnt really like it or use it much when my son was little as he would slide all over the place but as he got a bit older it was better and it did rock him to sleep.
You can also lock the glider so that it doesnt rock.

katiegolightly · 04/11/2011 12:37

Thanks Hazbo, sounds like it's 6 of one, half a dozen of the other. I think I'll ponder on it a while more and see if I have an epiphany! Thanks for your help!

LikeACandleButNotQuite · 04/11/2011 20:19

I scan-read your title as Pros and Cons of Swinging Clubs

KD0706 · 04/11/2011 22:44

I'm planning on having both as well. I'm pg w DC2. I still have a glider crib from DD, but I also want a sidecar cot on the bed so I can do a mixture of co sleeping and putting her in her own crib.

With DD I honestly don't know the value of the crib. She was a rubbish sleeper in it. But she was a rubbish sleeper in her Moses basket and in her cot.
I had a bumper for the crib, which I know isnt advised. But after the snuggle sides of the Moses basket she just wouldn't settle in a crib with the open bars. (on this same point, for her cot I got mesh sides which attach to the bars of her cot).

I used to rock her in the crib if I was trying to settle her but the crib also had a locking mechanism so it was solid as she was sleeping, it didn't move when she tossed and turned etc.

lisad123 · 04/11/2011 22:47

Swinging and gliding crib was awful but def recommend an Amby nest, dd2 stayed in there till 9months

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