Comments on: hanging baby basket — silly or ingenious?

By: Juniper

Juniper — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 00:09:33 +0000

My parents used something very similar when I was an infant, and I survived the experience. And if the pictures don’t lie, I enjoyed it immensely. It was a little larger though, so it had room to grow.

By: Anja

Anja — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 05:04:23 +0000

This is terriffic for the time when your baby is really little and wakes up many times a night and needs to be breast fed. We hung a basket like this over our bed between ourselves and our baby hardly had a chance to wake up before I could reach him and feed him, and since he didn’t have the time to wake up proberly he fall asleep within minutes again, and I could rock him beeing half asleep myself. But it’s only good for young babys…but isn’t that when you have most of your sleepless mights?!

By: Tellie

Tellie — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 16:34:56 +0000

I would b tempted to put a big mattress under it for safety, but that would just be to ease my mind. It’s obviously safe for a newborn who can’t rock the boat, but I would still be jumpy.

By: shelterrific » Blog Archive » five things we learned last week

shelterrific » Blog Archive » five things we learned last week — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 13:01:41 +0000

[...] 1. Baby hammocks can work! As Amy wrote: “I used the Amby baby hammock which is similar to the one above but more hammock like. It was THE. BEST. EVER. Lasted for 2 years of continual use by the baby AND he older brother and now my sister is using it. So AWESOME!!” See more about swinging baby baskets here. [...]

By: allyroo

allyroo — Sun, 28 Oct 2007 03:02:57 +0000

i say this pack n play is the sorta of thing baby showers are for !!!!

By: Kat

Kat — Sat, 27 Oct 2007 17:15:25 +0000

I also swear by the Amby Baby for my first child. His siblings, however, are having none of it, so I’d caution against investing in a hammock until you’re sure that your child will be happy in it.

Hammocks are great when you’re knackered and have only enough energy to feebly rock the baby to sleep with your big toe.

By: Jamima Harris

Jamima Harris — Sat, 27 Oct 2007 10:59:16 +0000

the knoppa is definitely ingenious if you’re short of room and that’s a cool shop. the scandinavians are streets ahead when it comes to quality design for kids and for grown ups. it’s always refreshing to see that people are still thinking.

By: Amy

Amy — Sat, 27 Oct 2007 05:08:12 +0000

I used the amby baby hammock which is similar to the one above but more hammock like. It was THE. BEST. EVER. lasted for 2 years of continual use by the baby AND he older brother and now my sister is using it.

So AWESOME!!

By: LeeAnn

LeeAnn — Sat, 27 Oct 2007 03:10:40 +0000

Angela,
Csilla hit upon the name - Graco pack’n'play. It was perfect for my daughter when she was a newborn. I checked into co-sleepers, but I liked the bassinet attachment better. It put her just about bed-level and the sides were mesh, so I could see in. As she got older, she slept in it without the bassinet. Her nursery was upstairs, so it was more convenient to let her nap in the pack’n'play downstairs.

Here is a Target link for what seems to be the new-fangled version of the one I had 5 years ago. Sorry - I’m technologically inept and can’t provide a snazzier link.

http://www.target.com/gp/detail.html/ref=sc_pgc_r_12_0_1038664/601-5943114-4486504?ie=UTF8&frombrowse=1&asin=B000BMJ1CA

By: Csilla

Csilla — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 19:42:12 +0000

Angela,
Most all of the Graco pack’n'plays now come with a bassinet attachment perfect for those first couple of weeks/months.

I agree with the cool idea for the bassinet but not very practical. Although I’d hope that people who had that kind of money to spend on a bassinet were intelligent enough not to let their baby sleep in it if they can sit up by themselves…May be too much to hope…