Moses basket

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My LB is three months and has a snooze pod upstairs for nighttime, up to now his been napping in a Moses basket during the day however his now outgrown it 🥺 any suggestions on something that is easy to put away in a corner that he can use to nap in on the day. He has to be somewhere safe as we have dogs so don't like to leave him on a Matt etc x

What's stopping you putting him upstairs with a baby monitor on? That's what I did with both of mine...it works better the more aware they become too.

We used a Sleepyhead for daytime naps

What about a side crib thing downstairs? I did that for a little while. Or a travel cot? She's now in her pram for naps at 6 months old.

Following lullaby guidelines I couldn't put her upstairs while I wasn't in the room.... Personally scared the crap out of me. But everyone different. I have only started letting her go bed upstairs while me and dh have dinner, and even then up and down a lot to check on her. As she wants to go bed at 6pm some days 🤷🏼‍♀️

We always just used the pram downstairs.

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What's stopping you putting him upstairs with a baby monitor on? That's what I did with both of mine...it works better the more aware they become too.

Safe sleep advice is no unsupervised naps under 6 months.

A sleep nest might work well for you, OP - they aren’t cheap but there’s a good secondhand market. Cocoonababy are lovely, but we had a Purflo.

Mine slept on the couch supervised, in the pram or in a travel cot. I have let them sleep in another room before, during the day but kept checking them and I think it depends on how far the child is away from you in the house. I used their nap times to get stuff done round the house, you don't need to sit staring at them.

Do you have a pram? Stationary pram works.

Or a bouncy chair.

I know the advice is not to leave them until 6 months but what are people doing? Sitting gawping at their child for two hours whilst they nap in the day?

Stuck in one room the whole time?

Sorry but I think it's unrealistic and I used a monitor and popped in regularly.

Re. using prams, most say not to let child sleep in them don't they? Over a certain amount of time or something? Or is that old advice?

*What's stopping you putting him upstairs with a baby monitor on?

Safe sleep guidelines recommend child sleeping in same room as you for first six months. I'm not sure why anyone would take the risk tbh.

You don't have to gawp at them and it's bit unrealistic as many of us do it. I believe there are different theories on why being in the same room is safer such as it helping baby regulate their breathing and bit fall in too deep a sleep. I would clean up downstairs or even go in and out of the room where baby is sleeping, checking very frequently, but wouldn't leave him upstairs alone.

Some prams are sleep safe. I've got the silver cross pioneer for this reason.

OP I put baby in his pram if we are downstairs as I didn't want a Moses basket but he only has one very long nap a day abs it tends to be after an afternoon walk.

Or is that old advice?

It's not even advise, it never has been. You may be confusing with sleeping in a carseat - which isn't safe for long sleeps. As long as a pram is flat and clear, could be used as much as you like. Many parents use the carrycot attachment from a pram for all sleep in the newborn phase.

Sitting gawping at their child for two hours whilst they nap in the day??
Stuck in one room the whole time?

What an odd thing to say - do you have no concept of the realities of safe sleep guidance? My eldest is 17yo and this guidence is still the same back then.

Anyhoo - No, you do not need to sit gasping at the child. You get on with lift while the child sleeps in something portable. Often looking after otger siblings. Or making dinner. Or hoovering, cleaning, ironing... All the stuff of normal life.

Or just park yourself on the sofa with a cuppa while baby sleeps in a bouncer at your feet. It's not exactly difficult to make it work.

Mine slept in the pram in the day time until 6 months.

I was going to suggest upstairs in their cot too. Helps with the transition to night sleeping in the cot at 6 months.

With the safe sleeping guidelines it's worth looking at the whole picture of safety. If you're non smokers you risk level is already really reduced.

If you have dogs, baby sleeping in their own room is safer than on the floor or anywhere dogs can get them.

At that age, in pram. I would rock pram around until asleep as nightmare napper. Then just park it up in living room whilst I either sat down, or pottered around making lunch, laundry etc, so would be in and out room every few minutes

I don't gawp at her sleeping but I need to see her, I pop out go and do something and come back and check on her when I come back. No more then 5 minutes. Or I do as a pp said sit down on couch and watch TV can't do that in her room 🤷🏼‍♀️