I have heard of people a newborn baby to sleep in a laundry basket and dresser draws. Now would you do it or have you done it in the past. that to me is a little scary.
2007-09-19 07:34:24 · 23 answers · asked by loco_sue 3 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Newborn & Baby
ya it is kinda scary cuz they could suffercate and i would put them asleep the old fashend way by rocken them to sleep
2007-09-19 07:38:07 · answer #1 · answered by the one you gota love! 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
This is not something I plan on doing with my son when he is born. We already have a bassinet for our room, a crib for his and a pack n play for the rest of the house. But I lived in Mexico for a year when I was 16. My grandparents live in San Felipe on the baja and my mother and I moved there for a year. And I saw a lot of the mexican women use big wicker laundry baskets for their newborns. Much like a moses basket or a bassinet, they worked up until the child was about 3 months old. All around the world infants sleep in many different things aside from a crib.
2007-09-19 08:59:21 · answer #2 · answered by Jess & Baby 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I've known people who used drawers for the baby to sleep in while on vacation.
I put my son in a Moses basket while at my sister's when he was a newborn. Same concept as a laundry basket or drawer.
2007-09-19 09:55:44 · answer #3 · answered by berrel 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
One day my MIL watched my daughter when she was about 4-5 months old. She let the baby play nearby in a laundry basket with some toys. She lined it with a fleece blanket. When my daughter got sleepy, she laid down and went to sleep. I have pictures of her sleeping in a laundry basket, with her toes sticking out of the holes. That's how I found her when I came to get her. It was priceless.
2007-09-19 07:57:30 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
I did it one time. We went on vacation to visit family and had the car loaded down with baby stuff, but the one thing we forgot was a bassinet or her travel swing. We used a dresser drawer and of course took it out the dresser. She was not that old maybe a month, so she could not crawl out or roll over. It was scarry and the next day we went to the store and bought a paypen for her to sleep in for the rest of the time
2007-09-19 07:38:32 · answer #5 · answered by Melissa G 3 · 6⤊ 0⤋
I would never lay my newborn in a laundry basket or a dresser. I would be to afraid that they would flip over and fall out.
2007-09-19 07:42:51 · answer #6 · answered by shy girl 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
If you don't have or can't afford a basinette, you can put your baby to sleep in something like that. I got a little moses basket that I used. As long as baby isn't on a soft surface with lots of loose covers, baby will be fine.
2007-09-19 07:40:48 · answer #7 · answered by maegs33 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Sounds like a scene on vintage cartoons depicting the Old Woman who lived in the shoe. I don't think it's safe in practice and wouldn't let my little ones sleep this way. Perhaps in a controlled setting like a photo shoot with a professional baby photographer, but most likely not.
2007-09-19 07:39:27 · answer #8 · answered by Quiet Tempest 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I have heard of people in the past doing it. My parents never did it to me and I dont plan on doing it when my little on arrives. if times get rough or other circumstances arise, the safest place for a baby to sleep is the floor...they cant fall or roll off anything and hurt themselves.
2007-09-19 07:51:17 · answer #9 · answered by thejenns22 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I tried putting my son in a laundry basket once, because he had fallen asleep without a diaper on due to a horrible rash and he normally slept in bed with us and I didn't want a wet bed! *lol* He didn't fit.
2007-09-19 07:45:47 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
i have never done that in my life. nor do i know anybody that has. i would i walk around with the laundry basket full of clothes in one hand and the baby in the carrier in the other
2007-09-19 08:59:46 · answer #11 · answered by Got Milk 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋