{"id":335,"date":"2006-09-28T17:59:50","date_gmt":"2006-09-28T21:59:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lunardreams.net\/ttc\/?p=335"},"modified":"2006-09-28T18:00:35","modified_gmt":"2006-09-28T22:00:35","slug":"baby-bassinet-options","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/lunardreams.net\/baby\/?p=335","title":{"rendered":"Baby Bassinet Options"},"content":{"rendered":"

So I was considering doing a moses basket instead of a bassinet for a baby, since we’re short on space in the bedroom and house in general. Unfortunately the consensus on the boards is that a moses basket is just too unsecure with dogs loose, too easily knocked over, that’s not good. So here’s our options:<\/p>\n

* The baby sleeps in his\/her crib in her bedroom right from the start. This means no extra purchase, but don’t want to do that. We want the baby to be with us. (The crib, btw, won’t fit into the bedroom.)<\/p>\n

* We put the PNP in the bedroom. This is a low-cost option because we’re getting a PNP anyways, but this means the PNP won’t be available in the living room where I want it – because it’s where I spend all day. I’m also not sure if a PNP would fit in the bedroom. For now this is an option.<\/p>\n

* We buy a bassinet for the bedroom. They’re usually smaller so it’ll fit in the bedroom. But this is an extra $100+ purchase. Plus most cradles\/bassinets are SO horrifically frilly they make me<\/i> cringe. Here’s one<\/a> I found that I actually like.<\/p>\n

* We buy a co-sleeper and just don’t attach it to the bed but use it like a seperate portable crib. This is expensive. But they’re usually smallish like a cradle\/bassinet, and they’re less frilly. But can still only be used for a couple of months.<\/p>\n

* Last option, we find some kind of portable bed that we can put on a crate that we can secure (tie down?), that won’t tip over. Space saver, no more floor space taken up. But will be another extra cost only used for a couple of months.<\/p>\n

Decisions, decisions.<\/p>\n

Oh, and if you’re wondering why we don’t just get rid of the crates – we can’t. The crates are absolutely necessary for the safety of our home and our dogs (they’re used when we go out, and for Zeeke when Den isn’t home). If we get around to building the laundry room I want one crate could possibly go in there. But the living room is already a living room\/dining room\/office and it’ll be full of baby gear, and the second bedroom is going to be the baby’s room, no dogs allowed. We are extremely short of space in this house. :( (We plan to finish the basement at some point and add on a new master bedroom suite in about 10 years, but those both take cash we don’t have at the moment. So it’s a shuffle.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

So I was considering doing a moses basket instead of a bassinet for a baby, since we’re short on space in the bedroom and house in general. Unfortunately the consensus on the boards is that a moses basket is just too unsecure with dogs loose, too easily knocked over, that’s not good. So here’s our […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":71,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[12],"class_list":["post-335","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","tag-gear"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/lunardreams.net\/baby\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/335","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/lunardreams.net\/baby\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/lunardreams.net\/baby\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/lunardreams.net\/baby\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/71"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/lunardreams.net\/baby\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=335"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/lunardreams.net\/baby\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/335\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/lunardreams.net\/baby\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=335"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/lunardreams.net\/baby\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=335"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/lunardreams.net\/baby\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=335"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}