My niece is coming to visit me for a few months and she has a newborn baby (1 month old). What can we use for a bed or should I just buy a bassinet?
By Onesummer
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Use a dresser drawer lines with soft towels then covered with a soft blanket.
Do you have a friend who has a pack and play or a playpen that you could borrow. My niece spent a few days with us with a small baby and she brought one of the pack and plays with her.
Sometimes when my daughter was that small, I'd let her sleep in her carrier (for the car). I didn't do this all the time, but it seemed very comfortable/cozy to her.
You can use a rectangular or oval laundry basket if the baby isnt too big.
When my son was a baby & I would go visit my mother in-law she would take out the dresser drawer & pad it with sheets (thick sheets), & his blanket(s). And he would sleep like an angel lol I know it sound crazy but trust me it work. Try it & let me know what u think.
I was also going to suggest a large oval or rectangular laundry basket or large drawer lined well with a blanket. Even if your neice is going to stay for a few months a currently one month old baby is not going to grow large enough to outgrow either.
You can find the playpens very cheap on Craigs List, I got one for my grandbabies for around $15. When I was a baby & my parents traveled, they put me in a dresser drawer. When my kids were babies that were still not crawling or scooting & I traveled, I would just put them on the floor if I couldn't take my playpen. I only did this when I thought they would be safe, such as no animals around or people who might walk across the floor, & it was warm enough. I put a blanket or sleeping bag down on the floor near the head of the bed, as a pad.
Please don't use the baby carrier/car seat for the baby to sleep in. First of all, it can't be comfortable to spend that much time bunched up in a small space you can't stretch out it. Second & more important, they are saying now that small babies who are left to sleep in these things are more likely to suffer from a lack of oxygen to the brain because their head dips forward to their chest & they don't breathe enough to get the oxygen they need.
My mother was born in 1919 and she said that in the days when she was small, people pulled out a big drawer and lined it for their baby to sleep in. Everyone did it: nobody except for the very rich bought special baby cots.
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