Looking for a good co-sleeper

[Friendlee]

Our playpen/bassinet SUCKS! The baby doesn't like it and I can't keep getting up every 7 minutes to hover over her patting her back and replacing her paci. I would love a cosleeper but I have found that the Arm's Reach bed has some bad reviews as far as the hard and thin mattress (which is one of the problems with our current bassinet).

I've also looked at the Baby Delight Snuggle Nest but they dont look particularly great.

The amby hammock doesn't seem like it would hold the baby for very long before she outgorows it.

Any suggestions?

[completebeginnings]

I love my arms reach and it is on our 4th baby. Ours is the full size I wouldnt waste the money on the small one. We use it as a pack and play later.

[firewoman]

My Amby baby is saving my life. When she gets grunty next to me I place her in that and bounce her right next to the bed.

[fyrebloom]

I have a mama little helper baby hammock. It's really big and fits them to one year or 25 lbs. I'm incredibly happy with it. It's everything I hoped for! He's sleeping 6-7 hours a night in it and if he fusses when i put him down I just have to rock it with my foot and he's out like a light. No batteries! . The MLH is more then half the price of the Amby too

[Friendlee]

the mattress part?

What are the mattresses like in those that you guys love? From pictures it looks like either there is that flimsy foam mattress that bows eventually or people seem to have filled the hammocks with some of their own bedding (which I thought wasn't safe).

[firewoman]

The hammock is not meant to be flat, so when you say bows eventually, you should know that it it pretty much is a thin pad with a sheet over it. The point of a hammock is to simulate the womb, since being in a uterus isn't flat, neither is the hammock. It is actually quite safe and is recommended as bedding to reduce the incidence of a flat head that flat beds can cause. The Amby is recommended by Dr. Sears, and I'm sure for the same reasons he would like the Mama's Little Helper. Both motion beds are approved for safety and effectiveness by the Juvenile Products Manufacturers Association. There is a lot of info on both sites to familarize you with the products if you'd like to learn more.

[eloise24]

I love our arm's reach co-sleeper- neither of my kids seem to have a problem with the mattress though.

[Friendlee]

I am very intrigued, thank you guys! I think I might need to purchase one of these in the near future.

[jenak]

We've been using a contoured changing pad as if it were a snugglenest. DS seems happy in it and it works for me. It is a little tight in our queen sized bed as neither DH nor I are small people, but I believe the snugglenest is just as wide.

[completebeginnings]

I put a babys sheepskin on top of the cosleeper so it is plenty soft. The babies also weigh almost nothing so things don't feel as hard to them. Just a thought.

[joyakshi]

we got an arm's reach mini-convertible, but I had my mom make a quilted mattress pad for it b/c the mattress really is crappy.
Roslyn likes her crib better, but she does sleep in the co-sleeper and it is a good balance for when she's not in bed with us.
She has to be completely asleep when we put her in it - but that's the same with the crib.
I have thought about putting our contoured changing pad in the crib or co-sleeper too, as she loves it.