biiiiiiig moses basket for biiiiig baby

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Getting ahead of myself here as baby not quite born yet but if he/she's going to be anything like her/his sister, she/he'll be at least 55cm long. So I'm looking for a longer and larger than normal basket. Thanks.

my last two babies were that size and I used a crib for 6 months in our room then they went into a cot in their own room

I never used a basket for my daughter at all, she slept in her cot from day 3! But this time round we won't have a room ready because we'll be moving house a few months after the birth.

Pop him/her in the cot in your room - I would not bother with a moses basket.... (ds was in his for all of 4 weeks before he went in his cot, and dd was in it for about 3 weeks I believe...)

Not sure where you would get a big moses basket from, I thought they were all pretty much the same size...

The thing about a bigger basket, if they exist, is that surely it would be more unstable if you tried to lift it. I used a wooden gliding crib beside our bed for ds3 (my Moses basket was worn out by being used by his 3 siblings and at least 2 cousins !). I found the crib much longer than a Moses basket; he used it for about 4m I think.

Maybe you could get a cheap small cot or crib from Ikea or through Ebay.
I felt that the moses basket was a waste of time as DS didn't seem very happy in it and slept much better once in his cot.

DS was 57cms when born and hated his moses basket.After about a week,he slept in our room in the travel cot,which was great,as he had lots of room in there and was much happier.

why not try a carrycot?
I got one second-hand and bought a (new) wooden stand for it.
was much stronger and more stable than a basket, and I could put it on the bed beside me and sleep with my hand in it (which to me is the joy of a basket rather than a cot with a newborn babe)