Yes, I like it. Yes, it is convenient... although our bed is kinda high so it's lower. You can buy the leg extensions to fix this. We've taken in on vacation and it anchors well to any bed. Pack us nice and tight and is easy to move around. We have the mini and this seems PLENTY big. I like the side pockets and mesh sides. Lots of storage underneath. Firm mattress and the sheets are great because they velcro nice and tight. Baby seems more than safe. We got ours off Craig's list and it's worked out well.

 

we really like ours. It is easy to set up and the perfet size. we have the original because I wanted to use it as a pack in play for traveling when he is a bit older...although he did not sleep in it very much...the times he did use it we were glad we had it.

 

meh. i didn't really like ours too much, we used it until ds was pulling up on it, but because the bed part is lower I always had to lug him up and down. we ds got too big for it we side cared a crib, which if we have future children will be the way I do it from the beginning.

and if you decide you like the cosleeper idea check your local craigslist for armsreach cosleepers, we got ours for $30!

 

Our cosleeper made an excellent clothing rack

In all seriousness, though, I know lots of people who loved theirs. We just didn't get much use out of ours. My one recommendation would be to make sure and buy the extra extenders to make the cosleeper the same height as your bed's mattress.

 

I had the original. It was very easy to set up. It made a very expensive blanket and pillow holder for us. It's quality for holding toys and remote controls and books was spot on.

 

We don't like ours. The rail is so low that it would be unsuitable for naps after your babe is about 3 months (or can roll or scoot around). Also the design makes it impossible to have the co-sleeper mattress level with the adult mattress without a rail between the two of you so nursing at night involves sitting up, getting baby, transfering baby back to co-sleeper, etc. Definitely not perfect for a frequent night nurser or a baby that wakes when transfered to the co-sleeper. Ds didn't sleep in his one single time for these reasons. He slept in the adult bed with us until we side-carred a crib. That's the PERFECT solution. Do you have a crib you can side-car? I'd buy an inexpensive crib before I'd spend $ on the useless (in our experience) co-sleeper.

 

I have one, have used it for all my foster babies (15 of them) in the last 4 years. Our adoptive babe is in it now. I love it. It's an original. She is now 7 months old. She is cuddled with me for part of the night. I like it because it gives us a little extra room in our bed with the comforts of co-sleeping. My husband and I can be intimate in the bed and have her in the co-sleeper and not disturb her. But in the middle of the night, I can pull her in close, feed her and put her back in if I need. She is starting to pull up and reach for things, Id never leave her alone in the room asleep. I would not consider taking out the basinette part, but you could and have the babe sleep in the bottom part. I used it the cosleeper that way for one babe that was tube fed. She was safer to not be able to reach her feeding machine, but still the babe was next to me and I could tend to her needs at night. For my first three kids (now 12,11 and 7) , I had a sidecar crib. That was nice before I knew a "co-sleeper" existed, but the big rails of a crib felt "cage-like" to me.

 

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Originally Posted by henny penny We don't like ours. ...the design makes it impossible to have the co-sleeper mattress level with the adult mattress without a rail between the two of you so nursing at night involves sitting up, getting baby, transfering baby back to co-sleeper, etc. .

This was my problem as well. The cosleeper mattress and my mattress were not level, so I had to pick my baby up and move him into the cosleep, which did not work. once. he slept in it one night and then it became a blanket holder. it served that purpose well, but I don't think I'm even going to bother getting it out with our next babe, except maybe to use a storage/changing table thing.

 

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i love ours. dd is 3mo and she sleeps really well in it. we have the wooden one (sleigh bed) and we use 2 mattresses on top of each other to make it almost level with our mattress. i understand the dislike of the wooden rail in between her and our mattresses, but i do allso like that it is there, since we have a very soft pillowtop mattress that i don't want her rolling on to in the night at this age. i wonder how many more months use we will get out of it? i wish we could use it forever...i hope the sidecar crib we plan to do in the future works as well for us!

 

I had one and thought it was a pretty big waste of money for us. I didn't like that the co-sleeper isn't level with the adult bed so it doesn't even really matter that it is "attached" to the bed. I totally could have gotten a pre-owned Pack N Play with a bassinet and just pushed it up to my bed, it would have served the exact same purpose and cost a fraction of the price. And given that you can only really use it until the baby sits up, it has such a limited lifespan. Once baby can sit up, he can tumble right over the side and onto the floor. I found doing a crib sidecar to be way more convenient and cost-effective, and longer lasting.

We ended up just using the co-sleeper to store laundry and diapers.