Next to me vs a "normal" crib?

[HopeWish]

So I've seen a lot of gushing over next to me/snuzpod side sleeper style cribs but they are rather expensive!

I am likely not going to use the co-sleeping options and would just use the crib as a normal crib.

With that in mind, is there any reason why next2me/snuzpod style cribs may be better than a less expensive traditional crib? I would still have the crib next to me, but I am just not so fussed about the co - sleeping stuff!

Does anybody still use a traditional crib nowadays and are there any recommendations?

Thanks for this thread I’ve been wondering the same!

It’s worth mentioning that that having the side of a next to me crib down during the night is still classed as co sleeping. This is because there is still a small risk that you could drop your quilt/pillow/arm on the baby I’m the night. The NCT website advises the same guidelines for using a next to me crib as actual co sleeping.

I’m still weary of keeping the side down in the night as I’m a wriggly sleepy and sometimes wake up with half the quilt down the side of the bed! Which would be on the baby if he was there.

[quote 2155User]@Lodex

The only downside to those I would say is they don't rock [/quote]
This doesn't bother me personally :) xx

next to me was probably one of the best things we got.

We had a Snuzpod and didn’t move the crib section at all. We had a regular Moses basket downstairs which was easier and they’re pretty cheap :)

I had a next2me, some of the pros vs traditional crib which I had for dd1.

• Very easy to pack into a bag if you are going away anywhere while baby is little
• Having the option to move sideways rather than lower into a crib is a lifesaver in the early days where babies startle reflex is very strong
• no slats for babies to get their hands/feet stuck in when they move a bit more (serious design flaw of a crib!)
• doesn't rock, trying to get our first traditional crib from stopping moving at all each time dd1 moved was quite difficult, never used the rocking function but the fact that it could was a big pain
• size, cribs are far too small after the first few weeks, baby starts to hit their hands and feet on it. We had the next2me still up in our room for occasional use til 8 months, it still fit at that point but dd2 had started to pull herself up so it wasn't safe anymore.