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Crib or moses basket?

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zhouqi · 20/02/2006 12:03

Hi,

First time mother due in May 17! I've noticed the crib is slightly bigger than a basket? I was wondering if we can use it longer then a basket? Shop told us this is only a personal preference. The basket is more mobile than a crib.

We've got a carry pram from the Stokke pushchair, so we thought we could use that if baby needs to sleep in other room occasionally.

Are we all wrong? Any suggestion would be appreciated.

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compo · 20/02/2006 12:04

We put ds is a cot from day one. he was in his own room though so not much help if you want the baby in your room if you haven't got much room.

Kelly1978 · 20/02/2006 12:15

I'd go for a basket, since they are more mobile. I don't think they make any difference in terms of how long they last. You can't use either once they are sitting, and ime they last far less than that. I think mine only used them for a couple of months.
I tried to put the dts (third and fourth children) straight in a cot and they hated it. One ended up sleeping in a washing basket, and the other in our old moses basket, which was also used for washing!!

starshaker · 20/02/2006 12:27

dd had a crib and her pram for sleeping in during the day. i used both till she was about 6 months then she tried to get out and thought it was time she was in her cot

ScotGirl · 20/02/2006 12:28

I'm planning on using my Quinny carrycot - though I have bought a ventilated mattress for it

MrsBadger · 20/02/2006 12:30

In my experience baskets tend to be much cheaper as well as more mobile, and as you're only using it for such a short time it hardly seemed worth shelling out for a crib as well as the cot you're bound to need.

NB check the specs on the Stokke - if it's properly ventilated, you can use it as a carrycot for overnight sleeping for the first few months - Silver Cross and Mamas&Papas do similar ones too.

beatie · 20/02/2006 12:31

We borrowed a moses basket for dd1 and bought a swinging crib for dd2. She's 5 months old and still has room to grow some more. DD1 was out of the moses basket by 4 months. This time round we have used the pram for dd2's daytime sleeps... to keep her out of dd1's reach

I don't know if that helps. I prefer the swinging crib but haven't tried to transition the baby into the big cot yet. With dd1 it was easy to transition her to the big cot because we put the moses basket inside for a few nights.

Nemo1977 · 20/02/2006 12:33

I have used crib with both of mine. DS was huge when born but stayed in crib until he was 3mths. He was in the moses basket for 2wks[i only used it as it was given to me!!]
DD still fits in crib now at 9wks old and would do for another few months. DD is half in her own room and half in ours at the min due to her not being well.

BonyM · 20/02/2006 12:34

No, no, no, no, no.

You want an Amby hammock. Our no.1 best buy. Lasts longer than a moses basket or crib, can go in your room and can also be used as a travel bed.

I'm currently selling ours on ebay...

Seriously though, they really are fantastic, I recommend them to everyone - have a look at the website. here

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zhouqi · 20/02/2006 12:39

Stokke pram (carrycot) has vents underneath. I don't quite like the basket walls are solid plastic. Since we are having a summer baby, either a moses basket or a crib look vent better then that. That is why I only want to use the stokke pram on a temp base.

John Lewis price: crib 70, need a mattress for 14 and needs extra for bedding (sheets, etc), that works out about 80 pounds? The moses basket is 60 pounds include bedding, but I need to get a base for 20 pounds.

So in all, we'd pay about the same for either options. That is why I thought crib would be better as it is a little bigger

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hunkermunker · 20/02/2006 12:45

I have both, because I've borrowed a moses basket and inherited a rocking cradle from a friend. The moses basket was used by our bed for the first four months because I thought it was a bit cosier, now it's downstairs (DS2 currently gurgling away in it) so I have somewhere other than the sofa to put him down here.

The crib is now next to our bed - DS1 is still in the cot in what will be the boys' room when DS2 goes into the cot. There's a bed in there already and I think DS1 would be ready to go into it - but I'm not ready to deal with him being "unpenned" at night until DS2 is a bit bigger!

hunkermunker · 20/02/2006 12:46

You won't use a moses basket as long IME.

hunkermunker · 20/02/2006 12:47

Cheaper cribs at kiddicare

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zhouqi · 20/02/2006 12:49

Thanks Nemo1977 for some encouraging news.

I think we want the baby stay in the crib longer until big enough for a cotbed (those could convert into small bed). We can put the crib in our room for the first five/six months, then move it to the baby room for a further number of months, all depends on how big baby becomes.

I've heard about carrying a basket with a baby inside up and down stairs is a very bad idea. So the mobile feature is not really that attractive.

I have a cunning plan when had the crib idea: put some pictures (those padded books thingie) around the crib to make it feel "smaller" for early weeks/months.

Crib sounds like an option for now.

Cheers for all the replies. Will let DF read this thread to convience him.

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zhouqi · 20/02/2006 12:53

Thanks hunkermunker for the link.

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ScotGirl · 20/02/2006 12:54

I've seen a white crib that turns into a little settee after you've finished with the crib.

It was in Jo Jo Manan bebe catelogue

here

hunkermunker · 20/02/2006 12:55

Oh, would never carry the moses basket with DS2 inside it - too scary. But is handy to have somewhere downstairs for them to sleep in the early weeks, definitely.

Can you borrow a moses basket from anyone?

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zhouqi · 20/02/2006 14:18

ScotGirl, the Jo Jo one does not have a solid base, looks like it will rock all the time? I think some book mentions crib needs to have two mode: rock and fixed. Would it be less safe when one side panel is removed?

The kitscare ones look better, I think.

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LIZS · 20/02/2006 14:22

You don't need a base for a moses basket - we had ours on a chest of drawers and then put it inside the cot. The bedding for the carrycot would probably fit the basket (ours did) or use flat cotsheets, folded in half.

Elf1981 · 20/02/2006 14:26

We put DD in Moses basket til around three months when she seemed to get too big for it. Now she's in a crib in our room, she can be in that til six months. We're then putting her in the cotbed in her own room.
However, the moses basket was brought for us and a friend gave us the crib as her son refused to go in it. So we only paid for the cotbed. Try and borrow what you can to see what your baby will like and then buy afterwards.

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