Bassinet or Cot??
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Topic: Bassinet or Cot??
Posted By: Kim
Subject: Bassinet or Cot??
Date Posted: 28 September 2005 at 7:53pm
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Hi there,
I am due on the 14th of December and am having the baby in Saudi Arabia as my husband and I have just moved here for his work. I was just wondering if it was worth buying a bassinet for the first few months and then move the baby into a cot once it has outgrown the bassinet. Thanks!! |
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Posted By: lenabeanz
Date Posted: 28 September 2005 at 9:00pm
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Welcome to OhBaby!
Nowdays you can buy cots that have a bassinet level in it - these are around the same price as the ones that are just the cot level. Basinet's are good if you would like baby in your room and can't be bothered taking the cot down and back up after a few months. All personal preference  ------------- http://www.snugglepie.com"> 
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Posted By: AlyAyde
Date Posted: 28 September 2005 at 9:05pm
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Ditto as to what lenabeanz said. We had a bassinet but IMO it was a waste of money as both our girls were in their cot by about 4 weeks and slept much better in a cot. ------------- Jayde 25/12/04 Alyssa 08/04/03 http://Alyayde.bebo.com |
Posted By: lizzle
Date Posted: 28 September 2005 at 10:27pm
| my son hated his bassinet, but LOVED the cot. he's a roller so liked to have extra space to roll around and even when he was tiny he liked to kick his arms and legs about. the bassinet was too small and he would hit his arms and legs on the side and wake himself up. |
Posted By: newmum
Date Posted: 29 September 2005 at 8:11am
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ditto to what Lizzie said, my Joey is definitely one to wave arms and legs about. He is 6 weeks old and has been sleeping in his cot for about a week now.
Bassinet on the other hand was nice at first because he was in the room with us and obviously if he hadn't grown so fast he would still be in it!
As lenabeanz said, personal preference really! PS Welcome to Oh Baby! ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: Roksana
Date Posted: 29 September 2005 at 9:00am
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Hi and Welcome to Ohbaby....
I am expecting my first in less than 5 weeks and was also thinking about the Besinette/cot thing.....but decided that if my baby grows really fast then the maximum time she will spend in the besinette is 5 weeks?!! Since we have a great cot we are just going to put the baby straight into it..... Its really upto you! Good luck! .....and the decision making starts here.....and the worries....dont you just love being a first time mum?? ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: Meg
Date Posted: 29 September 2005 at 1:06pm
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My baby was in the basinette for 3 months, and I only took her out because I wanted her to get used to a cot because we were going away.
I found it brilliant for the unsettled nights / days early on because you can move them around more, and when really desperate I would put the bassinette on the bouncinette & rock her to sleep. Also she had jaundice so I had to put her in the sunlight to sleep. Also it was easier to prop up one end for reflux / spilling. She was normal height & weight (always right on the 50% mark), and I never had problems with her banging her arms because mostly I would wrap her. Don't think I would buy one new though as they're quite expensive for the time you use it. Mine was hand-me-down. 2nd hand would be the go. |
Posted By: Maya
Date Posted: 29 September 2005 at 9:22pm
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We never had one, Maya went straight into the cot, but we did wrap her so even in a basinette she wouldn't have been able to hit the sides. She did spend a week and a half in a hospital basinette when she was 3 weeks old and hated it, she screamed so much they eventually brought in a hammock for her to sleep in. -------------  Maya Grace (28/02/03)
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The Gremlins:Sienna Marie & Mercedes Kailah (14/10/06)
Lil miss:Chiara Louise Chloe (09/07/08)
Her ladyship:Rosalia Sophie Anais (18/06/12)
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Posted By: newmum
Date Posted: 30 September 2005 at 8:01am
We tried the wrapping technique but he wouldn't have a bar of it!! He likes to suck his hands and would scream the place down if we wrapped them away!!  There are things you can get to put in the cot/over the cot at first so baby doesn't have to sleep in the big bed straight away... or a moses basket is always nice and very portable...------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: lizzle
Date Posted: 30 September 2005 at 10:47am
| i know what you mean Ana, jake was the same, just hated being wrapped. he didn't mind us doing it, just would worm out within two or three minutes, even when the midwfie did it!! |
Posted By: nikkitheknitter
Date Posted: 30 September 2005 at 12:22pm
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Han has always been wrapped but I generally wrap her so she can get her arms free. But yeah, we had the same problem with the basinette. She would hear a noise and throw her arms out and wake herself. Putting her in the cot meant she didn't wake as easily. She was probably in the basinette for about 8 weeks.
My cot had a level you could put the base on which was quite high, so leaning over was never a problem. But in all the basinette bagging I am doing... they are just so cute for little babes. I always wish I'd had a moses basket. It would have been great for carting around the house so that I could be in different areas and not have to worry about not hearing Hannah wake. |
Posted By: aimeejoy
Date Posted: 30 September 2005 at 1:49pm
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We have the bassinett that my husband and his siblings used (with a new mattress). Its really beautiful - old type wooden rocking one. Probably wouldnt have bothered buying one otherwise. Am beginning to think this baby isnt going to like a bassinett tho cos its so active (even the doc has a great laugh at how busy it is in there every time I go to see her!). I think it might end up being a wriggler ------------- Aimee Hannah 22/10/05 Greer 11/02/08 |
Posted By: Kim
Date Posted: 30 September 2005 at 8:29pm
| Thanks for all your replies. I have been offered the use of a bassinet so I think I will try the baby in that first. My mother thinks I should wrap the baby but I have no idea how to do that - Mum is not arriving until two weeks after the babies due date - can someone give me instructions!!! |
Posted By: lenabeanz
Date Posted: 30 September 2005 at 10:12pm
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If you have antenatal classes over there they show you how to wrap your baby, or at the hospital.
My MIL was down after my daughter was born and she wrapped Arna but then she kept getting upset so we stopped and I never learned!! Maybe someone else will know... Glad to hear you have got hold of a bassinet, best to borrow as much as you can!! ------------- http://www.snugglepie.com">
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Posted By: angel
Date Posted: 01 October 2005 at 5:08pm
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Your midwife should show you once bub is born how to wrap him/her.
We had use of a bassinet when Ella was born, she slept in it for about 7 weeks - another baby who liked to sleep with her arms spread out so she was better off in the cot. Very handy though, can wheel it around the house and pull it close to the bed. ------------- Aimee Ella - 5.5 years old! Toby - nearly 3 years old! 
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Posted By: mum2paris
Date Posted: 01 October 2005 at 8:17pm
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PAris was wrapped for ages, always with her hands just peeking out of the wrap, We tried Ayja a few times and she went nutty... annoying since i had gone and bought a whole heap of cute new wraps for her to use.
if you are going to buy a portacot at all, then get one with a bassinette piece... thats what we use.. and it's great cos it is nicve and roomy but not as open as a cot. ------------- Janine and her 2 cool chicks, Paris & Ayja 
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Posted By: lizzle
Date Posted: 01 October 2005 at 10:35pm
| my midwife at the hospital showed me how to wrap Jake...and how to put on cloth nappies. i felt so stupid at the time, but she said she'd taught many a mum. |
Posted By: Maya
Date Posted: 02 October 2005 at 4:45pm
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My midwife didn't know how to fold cloth nappies! (Except the pinless newborn fold). Lucky my Mum was there to show me.
But she did show me how to wrap her. PLunket have a different way of wrapping but Maya never liked it, she had to be wrapped up really tight and snug. ------------- Maya Grace (28/02/03)
(02/01/06)
The Gremlins:Sienna Marie & Mercedes Kailah (14/10/06)
Lil miss:Chiara Louise Chloe (09/07/08)
Her ladyship:Rosalia Sophie Anais (18/06/12)
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Posted By: Kim
Date Posted: 02 October 2005 at 9:10pm
| I don't have a mid-wife over. I have a Dr and then there is a separate birthing team who I haven't met yet. They also do not have antenatal classes but my Dr thinks they have a video which she is trying to find for me. At the moment I see my Dr at the hospital every two weeks, so am not sure what happens after the birth - will have to ask my Dr at my next appointment! |
Posted By: lizzle
Date Posted: 03 October 2005 at 1:56am
| the one who showed me was just the midwife at the hosptial. |
Posted By: aimeejoy
Date Posted: 04 October 2005 at 11:28am
They showed us at antenatal class but the midwives in the hopsital show again when you are in there. Am actually looking forward to going to hospital  (bit weird I know), but in Dannevirke you are encouraged to stay about 5 days so you go home rested and prepared. Everyone says its great, like a little housework and cooking holiday before you go home to reality!! ------------- Aimee Hannah 22/10/05 Greer 11/02/08 |
Posted By: Roksana
Date Posted: 04 October 2005 at 11:48am
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Hey.....They did not show any of that kind of stuff in our Antenatal classes. They just went over pregnancy, birth etc.....dammit!!!
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Posted By: aimeejoy
Date Posted: 04 October 2005 at 4:33pm
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I found the best part of antenatal was the after you've had the baby stuff. ------------- Aimee Hannah 22/10/05 Greer 11/02/08 |
Posted By: Roksana
Date Posted: 04 October 2005 at 4:37pm
Hmmmm.....now this is really making me angry!!! We never got shown any of those things!!! ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: aimeejoy
Date Posted: 04 October 2005 at 4:43pm
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I'm sure they'll show you in hospital and when you first at home. I prob wont remember that stuff from class anyway... ------------- Aimee Hannah 22/10/05 Greer 11/02/08 |
Posted By: Roksana
Date Posted: 04 October 2005 at 4:47pm
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now you are just trying to make me feel better....LOL
Yah well I think I should be okay...I will have my mum and MIL there to "give" me advice. Cant wait..........LOL ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: aimeejoy
Date Posted: 04 October 2005 at 5:00pm
lol - yeah i was trying to make you feel better, but its also probably true! Can only remember one of the ways they showed us to fold nappies, plus I didnt actually have to pin it on to anything more than a teddybear - putting one on a real baby is an entirely different prospect!! Same goes for wrapping baby  ------------- Aimee Hannah 22/10/05 Greer 11/02/08 |
Posted By: aimeejoy
Date Posted: 04 October 2005 at 5:05pm
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Just thought I'd add that I am quite worried about all the helpful 'advice' I'm going to get from my MIL! My mum is great, she only offers advice when I ask, but my MIL is really good at 'suggesting' better ways of doing things (I'm remembering my wedding!!). Plus she has had 4 kids and is a nurse so is always playing with babies. BTW, she works at the community hospital where I'm delivering, so please everyone cross your fingers for me that she isnt on duty that day! She has booked the week off after my due date so hopefully she will be off. I feel bad now in saying that cos we do get on well, I just think the best way to learn is to work things out yourself or ask!! ------------- Aimee Hannah 22/10/05 Greer 11/02/08 |
Posted By: lizzle
Date Posted: 05 October 2005 at 2:37am
| yeah, i agree. my mum was great. she sat back and waited til I asked for help. Nana is a nurse and she did the same thing. it was good because i was more or less organised by the time i got to see my step-mum (whose wonderful but infintely more bossy _) and MIL (once again, who i adore...but...). It's nice to have someone to turn to when you need it, but also nice to make your OWN decisions about YOUR child. |
Posted By: aimeejoy
Date Posted: 05 October 2005 at 7:42am
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Yep, your the one that has to live with it 24/7 so you gotta do whats right for you. I am going to try and just take on the advice that I want and ignore the rest! ------------- Aimee Hannah 22/10/05 Greer 11/02/08 |
Posted By: newmum
Date Posted: 05 October 2005 at 8:14am
I am having trouble with my MIL "suggesting" things at the moment. She can't believe that Joe is almost 7 weeks old and not sleeping through the night yet She said I should give him porridge before he goes to bed at night so he sleeps through....  and if he wakes up at night not to feed him milk, if anything just herb tea because he is getting "too fat". AAAARRRGH!! I am not even going to carry on now because it makes me soooo mad.... ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: Roksana
Date Posted: 05 October 2005 at 9:35am
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Porridge at 7 weeks????
I dont know abt that....even as a first time mum I think it is a bad idea...... Yah well my MIL is going to be the same...she is very old fashioned and always suggests the weirdest things to do.....my hubby doesnt know any better and thinks that what she says is right (she had three kids)....I however always smile and nod to her suggestions but told hubby that I will raise the baby the way I feel is right! If he or his Mum does not like it...the can go and.......
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Posted By: lizzle
Date Posted: 05 October 2005 at 11:18am
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a lot of the MILS had different advice given to them when they were mums for the first time. my step-mum said even now she has trouble putting babies down to sleep on their back as she was always told you put them on their stomach so if they spit up they don't choke.
BTW Ana, jake was nearly 8 months before he was sleeping through the night. there is nothing strange about it really, but everyone I know always said it was. it got to the point where people would say "does he sleep through the night?" and i would lie and say "yes". stops all those helpful hints. |
Posted By: newmum
Date Posted: 05 October 2005 at 2:19pm
LOL Lizzie, I was thinking that was what I would say next time MIL asks too...  ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: aimeejoy
Date Posted: 05 October 2005 at 3:49pm
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You gotta love MIL's don't ya - I dont know anyone who has no probs with theirs in some way!! But you know, I think my mum is a great MIL for hubby ------------- Aimee Hannah 22/10/05 Greer 11/02/08 |
Posted By: Roksana
Date Posted: 05 October 2005 at 3:55pm
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Mine too..... ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: aimeejoy
Date Posted: 05 October 2005 at 3:57pm
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He he - funny that isnt it!! ------------- Aimee Hannah 22/10/05 Greer 11/02/08 |
Posted By: Roksana
Date Posted: 05 October 2005 at 3:58pm
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makes you wonder if there is some thing wrong with us huh????
What will our DIL's think of us I wonder?? ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: aimeejoy
Date Posted: 05 October 2005 at 4:06pm
Oh thats a scary thought  One day I'm going to be a MIL! ------------- Aimee Hannah 22/10/05 Greer 11/02/08 |
Posted By: Roksana
Date Posted: 05 October 2005 at 4:10pm
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LOL....Sure will be...unless our children decide never to get married and become a monk/nun or some thing!!! ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: mum2paris
Date Posted: 05 October 2005 at 9:51pm
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Yeah all that "helpful" advice, for the most part just made me feel like i wasn't doing anything right. pfft, now i know better... hey, my girls are still here, they are well behaved for the most part and growing and learning and Paris's language is great! (a little too good if you ask me..) mum came and helped out after i had paris, but she did everything, especially stuff i had just said i was gonna do... it made me feel like she thought i couldn't handle doing it.. was probably just helping out of the goodness of her heart but i took everything to heart and saw it as an insult.
now if people give me advice i say thank you, smile and most of the time just ignore it or store it away for a desperate situation in case it might actually work. ------------- Janine and her 2 cool chicks, Paris & Ayja
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Posted By: nikkitheknitter
Date Posted: 05 October 2005 at 10:29pm
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yay. one good thing about han not having a father. no MIL
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