my son is 5 months old and still in his basinette until we get his room and my daughter's room ready...my daughter is in what will be the baby's room right now. his crib is in there so i put him in for his naps in his crib but at night, he is in the basinette. has anybody else did this cuz when the baby was past 3 months cuz of moving and such?
2006-07-05 07:32:27 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Parenting
he loves his basinette and he is still within the weight requirements
2006-07-05 07:38:11 · update #1
At 5 months I don't think it's safe for a baby to be in a bassinet still. Check the height and weight requirements in the manual for the bassinet. Also if your son is moving in his sleep...and by now he is...couldn't he fall or move the bassinet and it fall? I would take him out
2006-07-05 07:36:49 · answer #1 · answered by Jacob's Mommy (Plus One) 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I had a crib and a pack-n-play pen for my daughter when she was born, and she wouldn't sleep in her crib at all, and when she was 2 months old we ended up moving in with my ex-boyf's (my daughter father) father, and the 3 of us didn't have our own room, cuz it was a 1 bedroom apartment, so my daughter and her father and i all slept in the livingroom, and there wasn't room for a crib, so my daughter slept in the basinette part of her pack-n-play pen til she was almost 7 months old, then she slept in her playpen til she was almost 20 months old (we had no choice, there was no room for a crib and when she was 15 months old i left her father and stayed at my parents house til she was 20 months old, there wasn't even room at my parents for a crib!), when i got my own place, i bought her a twin size youth bed and she's been sleeping on that since she was 20 months old, she is 33 months old now, and her youth bed will last her til she moves out and gets her own place!
2006-07-05 15:46:05 · answer #2 · answered by renae8003 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As long as he is comfortable with it and still fits in there, I don't see a problem with it.
My son was in his also until he was about 6 months old. It was easier for me to have him next to my bed, but not in my bed, until he was sleeping through the nights better.
At about 6 months he started doing this (his ear problems cleared up about this time) so we transferred him to his crib and he had no problems with it.
Good luck!
Cherish these days...they go by so quickly! In a blink of an eye they will be grown. Take it from a mom that knows.
My motto was : the dishes and housework can always wait because it will ALWAYS be there....my kids won't. You can never get today back with them. Make the most out of it and enjoy each and every minute with them...even when they cry. Keep a journal and videos if you can. You'll charish them as they get older.
Even with me living my life this way (yes, my house was a mess a lot of the time...not dirty though), but I had quality time with my kids. I would go on "surprise" rides with them...put them in the car, pick up McDonalds and go to the beach to play for an hour or so. Make PB&J sandwiches and grab bottles of water and go to the park for a picnic. Take walks to get frozen yogurt and talk, or grab the stale bread that I was going to throw out down to the creek and feed the ducks. Play in the sprinkler, in the little snapset swimming pools, or make snow angels in the snow, go sledding, or roast marshmellows in a "camp" fire. These are the things the kids will remember...not the big trips!
Good luck!
2006-07-05 14:44:20 · answer #3 · answered by 317bossyaussie 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
At 5 months, I think it's safe, if it's an EARLY 5 months of age. But just to be on the safe side, get him in his crib soon. Has your baby started rolling over? Mine certainly didn't do that at 5 months, but If your baby hasn't been rolling over or pulling himself up in anyway, then I think it's fine. You can tell when he'll start getting more active.
2006-07-05 15:08:01 · answer #4 · answered by It's me. 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My daughter slept in her bassinette until she was about 7 mos old, and occasionally I would put her in a port-crib for naps - she's fine now and a healthy 2 y.o. It is OK to switch him around until his room is ready, that way the transition from bassinette to crib won't be so strange to him.
2006-07-05 14:38:47 · answer #5 · answered by jetaunbraese 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is no problem - the baby doesn't need his own room. Whole families have lived in one room. Remember that indians had teepees and the whole family slept in there. Really it is no problem for the next few years if he sleeps in your room.
2006-07-05 14:37:09 · answer #6 · answered by BonesofaTeacher 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
thats dangerous. put him in his crib. how old is your daughter. hes too big for a bassinet. he needs room to stretch out and get comfy. you lucky he sleeps in it
2006-07-05 14:36:58 · answer #7 · answered by kleighs mommy 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I haven't done it and I wouldn't recommend it. It would truly suck if something happened and he were injured or worse. I would have him in a crib, one way or another. Just my opinion.
-Meg
2006-07-05 14:36:49 · answer #8 · answered by Meg 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
IF YOUR BABY FALLS OUT THEN ITS CALLED NEGLECT!! HOW OLD ARE YOU? THE ROOMS SHOULD HAVE ALREADY BEEN READY
2006-07-05 14:36:49 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
BASINETTE'S ARE FOR NEW BORNS
2006-07-06 11:23:42 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋