Showing posts with label Bassinets. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Bassinets. Show all posts

Thursday, August 18, 2011

Fisher Price Rock and Play Sleepers

We used these bassinets until the boys were almost three months and for us, were well worth the investment. What I loved about them:


  • Portability- In the city, we don't have a ton of space. These fold up just like a lawn chair so that when the babies weren't using them, or if we have visitors over, we could easily just fold them up and stack them against a wall in the corner. 
  • They're cozy- we would swaddle the babies and them place them in and they were snug as a bug in a rug. And pretty darn content.
  • Rockability- These bassinets rock and the beauty in this is that when all the babies are fussing at once and you're alone with them (fun times!) you can hold/ feed/ nurse one baby and use each of your feet to rock the the other two in the bassinets. I should have the strongest ankles ever because I spent many a late nights doing this early on. 
  • Mostly I liked these because our babies were very content in them early on.
Only downside:
  • I realized that the backing to the bassinet is super hard (it's plastic) and in turn I wished I had placed a folded blanket or something a little softer behind the babies when they were in there. My boys have slight flat spots on there heads and I don't know for sure, but I suspect that the hard backing contributed. I will admit too, that our boys spent quite a bit of time in these bassinets early on (more than other bouncy chairs or swings) because they loved them so much. If I could go back in time, I'd definitely use these again but I'd cushion with a blanket and make sure to be more diligent about tummy time early on.