Daytime sleeping for baby downstairs- options?

[Noodles14]

Just looking at options for what the baby could potentially sleep in downstairs during the day.
So wondering what people use? We have a cocker spaniel (will be 18 months when baby arrives) so we need to have something off the floor and preferably even off the sofas! Just wondered what people put baby in to sleep in during the day when they are downstairs with the baby - assuming this will actually happen!

I used a Moses basket on a stand. Got it cheap second hand

Sofa is definitely not safe, I've been looking a moses basket or sleeping in pram carrycot (only with a safe model, of course!) Was also considering a baby box (but not sure if they are safe?) or a travel cot but they seem quite bulky and don't want to crowd our lounge so much so soon. Curious to hear what others have used!

I use the pram. I appreciate not having an extra thing cluttering up the house.

Mine slept in their prams during the day.

Moses basket for first DCs and with DC3 just left the pram (with proper flat carrycot attachment) set up in the living room for him.

We had two stands for our Moses basket so had one upstairs and one downstairs and just used to move it when needed.

I did that for a while and then switched to the pram, but had a lie flat travel system with a removable mattress that made it safe for overnight sleeping and therefore long naps. Not that mine ever napped for long!

I used the pram for daytime naps downstairs - or at least I did for about the first two weeks when he would actually sleep somewhere other than someone's arms!!

I've been thinking about this a bit too. I think we'll have a Moses basket on a stand otherwise our cocker spaniel will be constantly trying to lick the baby! We have plenty of space so not worried about clutter or having an extra thing - we're planning on a bedside crib so Moses basket and stand will prob just be for downstairs and will stay there so we don't have to move stuff about all the time.

We used the sleepyhead either on the sofa, floor or table, depending on where we were. No dogs though. Not sure what I’ll do this time as will have inquisitive toddler to contend with, probably sleepyhead in travel cot.

I've bought a second hand sleepyhead and also a free Finnish baby box. I'll see which baby prefers.

I have a large travel cot. Should be usable until DC goes to school, and will double up as a playpen, plus we can take it if we go anywhere.

We used our travel system with the cot attachment, worked well and kept the baby out the reach of our dog (a golden retriever). That's when DC would nap out of my arms, of course

I also have a dog, so we had the baby in a baby nest/sleepyhead thing on tables. I think I'll get some sort of travel cot/moses basket stand thing next time (if there is a next time)

DS sleeps in a lie-flat pram during the day but will occasionally sleep on the sofa if I'm there maybe watching Tv on Mumsnet but if I leave the room he gets out in his pram or taken with me to stop my lovely but crazy dog licking him.

We used the 3 In 1 Napper. It was amazing. Lasted til 8mo.

I just use the carry cot on the pram. And she sleeps next to me on the couch on a pillow sometimes. But only if I'm next to her!

Baby in Moses basket, later in pram carry cot body on floor. I had a playpen used for safe sleeping as we had a Labrador (although dog not allowed in room with sleeping baby anyway) but it also became a safe place to sleep when they were toddler age.
Older child also used travel cot as safe sleeping place at Granmothers house previously.

I think you need to err on the side of caution with dogs and babies, no matter how lovely your dog, as they are dogs and get jealous, not matter how human like you treat your dog.

Moses basket on a stand isnt a great idea with a dog about, as they could be knocked over

My DS slept in a Moses basket. He grew out of it quickly though. For a period I put a travel cot in the living room but bought a really comfy mattress for inside it.

We've bought a second hand sleepyhead for the sofa. No dogs though.

We have a 'Mum to Me' pod from Mothercare in the travel cot. Fraction of the cost of a sleepyhead grand but effectively the same thing.

A moses basket can be a little unsteady and an excited dog could accidentally knock it over. Personally in your situation I'd either use a playpen/ travel cot or the pram (depending on what pram you have) or buy a crib that has 4 legs to keep it steady.

Moses basket for about two weeks
Then pram
And now a reclining rocker chair thing

Or... me 😂😂

We used a pram carrycot to start with.

Later we used a mat inside a playpen as a safe place to sleep. No pets here, just exuberant older siblings who tend to race around without looking where they’re putting their feet.

The pram at first, then when bigger they used to like a vibrating chair

Also one of mine flipped themselves out of a Moses basket on a stand when about four months